Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Master Bathroom Tile- Post 2

If you remember our tile shopping trip, we fell in love with this basket weave tile for the floor of the shower tray...

So, it was very exciting when the tiler started first with the decorative tile.  It took a lot of time...  It didn't cut well- he tried with the wet saw, then tried cutting it dry, and even tried cutting it through the plastic.  Evidently it was a real plain, but at the end of the day, it was dry fit and looked beautiful!  

He was back the next day to get it down.  After a full day, he called me upstairs to look at this...
Apparently the super tight weave (there wasn't even 1/16 for grouting) wouldn't allow the tile to bend as was needed for drainage.  We pretty much lost 2 days as he tried to make it work- what a waste of time & money- so aggravating!




So, in order to keep the project moving... that night we ran out and picked out a new tile for the floor of the shower:

This one has larger grout lines, so can be sloped towards the shower drain as needed. 

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