Anyone have any tips for installing 24x24" polished porcelain.
Going over Hardie backer.
My main concern is lipage.
Going over Hardie backer.
My main concern is lipage.
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Let the lipage dictate the thickness of the grout line.
woodguy
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Charge for it. It takes longer.
woodguy
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Plane? I never use hardi, it is newspaper and soaks up water. Never heard of SLC.
Salt Lake City?
Salt Lake City?
woodguy
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woodguy
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Yep. I never liked that hardibacker because of that propensity. I always use wonderboard.
Bormaley
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incredible things
Not sure these two statements aren't full of exaggerations. Not buying it.
I have never seen Hardi swell from moisture, not sure it can. Hardibacker has absolutely nothing in it that will expand from moisture.
"Newspaper"? Okay now that was meant to be a joke. Correct? Because that also is not the case.
A local lumberyard has a piece of Hardiebacker in a pail of water.
I don't recall how long it has been there but, I know it's at least a few years.
It has not swollen.
As far as the tile I installed half of the floor ( 24"x24" tiles ) I used a 3/8"x3/8" square notch trowel and also back buttered the tile.
It looked beautiful , nice and level, no lippage.
When I returned the next day the customer informed me the tile was supposed to be installed at a diagonal
.
Talk about a belly ache.
The builder did not tell the store this and is paying me for rip up, clean up and re-installing the tile.
Good news was I had excellent coverage left on the back of the tile.
Now I don't know how I'm going to cut these huge tiles at a diagonal ( approx. 33') I have a MK101 and a 29" Sigma snap cutter.
The tile cuts awesome with the Sigma cutter.
I was wondering if I could remove the handle with the cutting wheel and place a straight edge over the tile and score the tile.
I also have a circular saw thet hooks up to a hose that I have never used.
Any ideas on how to cut these?
I don't recall how long it has been there but, I know it's at least a few years.
It has not swollen.
As far as the tile I installed half of the floor ( 24"x24" tiles ) I used a 3/8"x3/8" square notch trowel and also back buttered the tile.
It looked beautiful , nice and level, no lippage.
When I returned the next day the customer informed me the tile was supposed to be installed at a diagonal
.Talk about a belly ache.
The builder did not tell the store this and is paying me for rip up, clean up and re-installing the tile.
Good news was I had excellent coverage left on the back of the tile.
Now I don't know how I'm going to cut these huge tiles at a diagonal ( approx. 33') I have a MK101 and a 29" Sigma snap cutter.
The tile cuts awesome with the Sigma cutter.
I was wondering if I could remove the handle with the cutting wheel and place a straight edge over the tile and score the tile.
I also have a circular saw thet hooks up to a hose that I have never used.
Any ideas on how to cut these?
I'd be looking at renting a large saw capable of making clean cuts.
You could buy a throw away bridge saw from that place that sells cheap chinese made tools. Probably be cheaper than renting. Snapping tiles on a 45 is tough, dang corners break unevenly sometimes, especially on rough surfaced tiles. I use a few drops of oil on the wheel or scoring pin.
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Surly you wouldn't be speaking of Harbor Freight would you?
Me? No.... never.
woodguy
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You didn't know that hardibacker was made of cellulose? Are you new to the industry?
