Nordling, yes get those beautiful Mexican tiles you won’t regret it!! this in our home, is similar to the tiling I designed and did in Tiny Tiki. Use nutmeg or terra cotta colored grout. It never looks dirty.
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Absolutely love these drains. We are doing a 6’ one in a current project (which will be the first one we’ve done, hopefully not the last!). They are not cheap! But I really love they way they look/feel.
We have had a bear for getting people to do tile more recently. Wish I had your expert in my back pocket! These guys are expensive but a great tile job is worth every penny (and every additional few days they take to wrap up the job).
In the Tiny Tiki tiny shower stall there is a custom curtain that is lined, and there was a vinyl plastic curtain that could still be used, completely waterproof, which I squirted and wiped or removed to squirt/clean regularly. Now I have 2 fabric “liners” to try. I have totally cheapo rings that are sort of horse-shoe shaped with hooks on both sides. I try to roll the shower curtains slightly so the liner(s) don’t show and have discovered the folded bath mat can be positioned to make them stay in a slightly rolled look. You can really see the uneven tiling (due to) old 1954 crooked trailer stall in this photo. What you cant see is the “tub” lip and the teak part that you stand on
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I’m sorry that you are dissatisfied with the tile you chose. It can last a lifetime, and should be chosen and done with that in mind. What looks reasonable or attractive in a store amongst all the other choices there might only stand out because the other choices are so bad. Personally I love color and we have loved our bathroom now for 10 years and it still looks like it did when built. Store choices seem terribly dull , but that’s the trend.
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Thanks for sharing! I dig the look!
The more pictures of people’s actual listings on here the better. A picture is worth 1,000 words!
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Honestly, linear drains are the easiest and least expensive way to replace a tub with a shower, though that won’t seem obvious at first. A flat pitch is FAR easier than a 360 degree pitch.
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Forget the expensive pre-made kits. It is much easier, far less expensive and stronger to do a mud bed. Then waterproof it, and VOILA. Here is one of ours.
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We did the shower floor with herringbone 4x8 porcelains - this would be impossible with a traditional shower. ANY design is easily done, with any size tile.
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Thank you but I am not interested. In Spain, you may be surrounded by European tile craftspeople, with generations of expertise. Here, in “merica”, we are not.
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They do a lot of tile where @KKC is, and she isn’t thrilled with her install. It is a shame and unfortunately common here.
A VERY cute and creative use of space.
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I purchased my one bedroom condo during an awful economic & real estate downturn. Sadly construction company owners had reduced their work crews to the owner & 1 or 2 employees. Very talented people did my renovation.
Good/bad news-now the demand is so high, they are booking their crews out a year in advance and the company owners aren’t doing the actual work.
I do a double curtain, just like Grandma did in these bathrooms. My mother installed sliding glass and aluminum doors, which were a horrible chore to clean, with a design that appeared to deliberately attract soap scum.
I also worried about their safety, since if someone grabbed a handle the wrong way if they slipped in the tub, they could pull the door off the track. I removed them and went back to double curtains as soon as I could.
When I remodel all baths will be showers, tiled so they can be hosed down.
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YES, you’'re crazy because by this time in your life and marriage you should understand that your wife is always correct in matters like this and this should be verified by the undeniable truth of the statement written in the cosmos of “Happy wife, happy life!”
Maybe I travel more than most here, as I’ve seen this exact thing more than once, it might have thrown me the first time I came across it, but it becomes abundantly clear with a little common sense what is going on.
You misinterpreted the problem.
There is no problem with the lippage in my installation. I’ve used 4 different installers on my last 5 projects over the last 6 years. None of the installers used a lippage system. None of them used a tile saw either. Having laid many thousands of square feet myself over the last 30 years I like using the tile saw but the pros here apparently do not.
Reviewing what I said, the primary problem is I don’t like the tile I chose. The main problem for me is that I chose a light color with a light grout. My home isn’t that large and I wanted color on the wall paint so I thought lighter tile would be preferable. But with the dog business it shows all the dirt and dog hair. The floor literally never looks clean. The wood look tile in one room doesn’t show the dirt so badly. The other issue is that it’s not through body tile so when it chips the dark color beneath shows. Sometimes one feels they can’t afford the more expensive stuff and it ends up having a different cost. So I’m not 100% happy, blah blah, first world problem for sure.
The issue with the install is that I didn’t get the tiny grout lines I wanted. It’s one of those things I told them but when I looked and realized that it wasn’t what I wanted it was too late. I made sure I got what I wanted on the last two jobs though as I learned from my mistake.
This is what we humans do best…
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Ha. Well, sorry to be contrary but some humans don’t seem to ever develop that skill. It goes hand in hand with never admitting they are wrong. LOL.
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I’ve also done tons of tilework and have never used a lippage system and my floors are level, no problem.
I also use a wet saw. You can’t score and snap the type of mostly low-fired Mexican tile I’ve used.
As for grout colors- I personally think that using more or less the same color grout as the tiles defeats the whole look of tile. So unless one is only using tile due to its durability, a contrasting grout color makes the job pop. Not to mention, darker grout color hides dirt.
There are so many colors of grout to choose from, it can be a bit boggling to decide. But I find that just regular cement color grout looks good with almost any tile, if you are having a hard time making a decision. Although if the tile were that color grey, I’d choose a different color as contrast- darker grey or black.
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LOL, yes that’s exactly what I wanted. I didn’t really want it to look like a tile floor. If money were no object I’d have a terrazzo floor.
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Got it. For sure that’s a look some people are going for- a uniform, seamless floor. And if the installer didn’t do the tiny grout lines you wanted, it wouldn’t have that effect.
Also, you probably already know this, having laid a lot of tile yourself, but when the grout lines are tiny, unsanded grout is used. Meaning it’s quite smooth, so it doesn’t get dirty looking- easy to clean. Wider grout lines require sanded grout, which is a bit rougher, so grout can look dirtier.
Rain glass. Don’t have to worry about spots…
Though in this rental at checking the towel hooks are naked, the white towels are rolled and stacked on the tub deck with the amenities basket on top.
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While it’s certainly much easier to care for than clear glass, I grew up around that kind of glass in the sliding doors on the tub/shower combo. At least here where the water is full of minerals, that glass still has to be cleaned as the white deposits from water and soap do indeed show up on it over time.
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It’s a matter of personal aesthetics, but I dislike the look of that type of glass. And it would be covered in calcium deposits in my location as well.