Spot fixing...

[DHTiling]

I really appreciate your reply dave...but that could be read another way and it was reported to us...So glad you cleared that up though..

 

[Rob Z]

The market in Florida is really depressed, and I've had guys tell me that installation rates are lower than a buck a foot:yikes:, with the setting material included in that rate.:yikes::yikes:

Cheap thinset is sold in Florida supposedly at the $5 a 50 lb. bag mark. There can't be much portland in that stuff. A bag of play sand costs $4.

 

[DHTiling]

The market in Florida is really depressed, and I've had guys tell me that installation rates are lower than a buck a foot:yikes:, with the setting material included in that rate.:yikes::yikes:

Cheap thinset is sold in Florida supposedly at the $5 a 50 lb. bag mark. There can't be much portland in that stuff. A bag of play sand costs $4.

So they spot fix to save on adhesive costs.....:lol:..nice earner hey!!

 

[hillhead]

times tough out there rob !

 

[Rob Z]

That, and it is pretty fast and can deal with walls that are lousy. :mad2:

 

[tkm18]

I know of a company that have had a hotel, shower areas and toilets, and a nightclub floor all dot and dabbed.

The dance floor lasted about a month before high heels started breaking thru the tiles. 100 meters of floor are now a right off.

Problem being that the owner doesn't want to spend the cash to get the job done properly.

 

[Rob Z]

times tough out there rob !

That's true. I've had guys tell me that the only way anyone makes any money to do the entire house in a couple of days. A lot of houses are SOG there and the enitre floor will be tiled-no carpet- and three or four guys will go in and do the entire thing in two days or so.:mad2:

 

[Perry]

I know of a company that have had a hotel, shower areas and toilets, and a nightclub floor all dot and dabbed.

The dance floor lasted about a month before high heels started breaking thru the tiles. 100 meters of floor are now a right off.

Problem being that the owner doesn't want to spend the cash to get the job done properly.

i think thats the same with most hotels builders etc

 

[Rob Z]

Here's the same company, advertising for $1.25 a foot for large format.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1NMJyc_2V0&feature=related]YouTube - How To Install Travertine 24x24 Latte[/ame]

A good view of the method....

 

[DHTiling]

The method is great Rob...but only when do right..i.e. full contact bed..

 

[Ajax123]

seen this method for terrazzo before in shopping centres and the like.