I think it sort of looks easier than it is. My parents had tile put in their kitchen & living/dining room. My father had wanted to do it himself but we are all sooooooo glad he didn't try. The guys came in, did the job 1-2-3, cleaned up, came back the next day to do the grouting, cleaned up, and left. It's a real hard job physically and you could eat up a lot of tile cutting for corners and edges. Also, they just have the eye for spacing--every tile evenly spaced. Last, they did the grouting well so nothing budged!
I do know that the guy who came recommended large tiles over small ones. Said it was easier to install and easier to maintain because there are less seams. Also, made them buy some extra tiles in case one got damaged somewhere down the road. Well, one did when my father dropped something real heavy on it and it was just a simple thing to have the tile replaced with one that matched perfectly because it came from the same lot... Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of wendy Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 11:02 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: OT: New journey-laying tile!!! 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
