Leverage87
11-30-2007, 06:54 AM
Well, currently I'm working for my dad and my brother, setting tile, and most of the time its ok (I've done this off and on for about 7 years now) but there are still a few things that piss me off.
To name a few:
-Cutting porcelin, mostly because its so god damn hard, you have to cut it really slow, or the wetsaw will seize up, either breaking the tile or damaging the saw.
-Cutting slate, because it turns into mud, its a sedimentry rock, so it comes apart in layers very easily, everything it touches gets dirty, and it seems now days everyone wants it!
-Mudding a shower, (for those of you who don't know, if you have a tiled shower, underneath the tile on the floor is a 4~6 inch layer of concrete, called mud) its a pain in the ass, takes a long time, and because its usually a fairly big project, you almost always have to mix it outside, and usually by hand.
So theres my gripes about what I do, how about you guys?
To name a few:
-Cutting porcelin, mostly because its so god damn hard, you have to cut it really slow, or the wetsaw will seize up, either breaking the tile or damaging the saw.
-Cutting slate, because it turns into mud, its a sedimentry rock, so it comes apart in layers very easily, everything it touches gets dirty, and it seems now days everyone wants it!
-Mudding a shower, (for those of you who don't know, if you have a tiled shower, underneath the tile on the floor is a 4~6 inch layer of concrete, called mud) its a pain in the ass, takes a long time, and because its usually a fairly big project, you almost always have to mix it outside, and usually by hand.
So theres my gripes about what I do, how about you guys?