Hey Jen, Thanks for the tips!!! If I can talk my husband into doing it (and I can be very persuasive...lol), then we will definitely be buying those knee pads. Thanks for the mortar tip too. I can't believe I am starting to look forward to this-I hated the idea two weeks ago. Did you guys have to prep your floor (ie. even it out, etc.) before you laid the tile?
:) Wendy --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hey Wendy! > > Tiling isn't all that difficult, just a little > time-consuming! :) > We've done our kitchen and 2 bathrooms > ourselves...first thing that > comes to mind: invest in those knee-pad thingys > they sell at Home Depot > or Lowes! It's alot of hard-work on the knees! And > I think I just > picked up a tiling video from Home Depot for, maybe, > $10...it gives you > a good visual of what to do. Just be sure to mix up > your mortar every > once in awhile to keep it soft and easy to spread! > > Actually, if I can dig up that video tape, I'll send > it to ya, if you like! > > Jen > > **************************************************** > "But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. > To me, you will be > unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique > in all the world; You > become responsible, forever, for what you have > tamed..." --Antoine de > Saint-Exupéry > > "If you talk to the animals they will talk with you > and you will know > each other. If you do not talk to them you will not > know them, and what > you do not know you will fear. What one fears one > destroys." --Chief Dan > George > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: wendy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Monday, April 3, 2006 10:02 am > Subject: OT: New journey-laying tile!!! > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > > Hey guys, > > > > My husband and I have decided to go with the tile > in > > replacing our carpet in the living room, hallway > and > > one bedroom, plus we figure we might as well > replace > > the kitchen and master bath linoleum while we're > at it > > as it needs replacing too. We're going to move on > this > > in the next two weeks, since I'm having foot > surgery > > on the 25th of April and would like it completed > by > > then. There is some beautiful tile out there. > What > > stinks is that the labor costs twice as much as > the > > tile. So if you have a 10x10 room, and the tile > is 2$ > > per square foot (on average), it's going to cost > you > > $200 for just the tile. But the labor is another > > $3.25 (HD) or $3.50 (Lowe's) per square foot, so > what > > we could do for $200 will end up costing us > $525-550. > > That's a lot! And when you're talking about 800 > > square feet, it gets expensive. Plus, sealing the > > tile is extra (we will for sure do that > ourselves), > > and tearing up the carpet is extra (we'll do that > > too), and floor prep is extra (probably do that > > too!!!). LOL. So we might possibly lay the tile > > ourselves with help from a few friends who have > > already done it. My husband is scared to do it-he > > doesn't want to mess our house up. I am more the > > do-it-yourself type, so I'm all for it. Anyone > out > > there ever lay tile? Any thoughts or advice? > > > > :) > > Wendy > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
