" Now, what I like about these tiles that we're using in this bathroom is the format. They're 12 inch x 12 inch, and they're pure white. They're made in Iowa. Real nice part of material."

" Yeah."

" It's only 14 inch thick."

" Yeah, it's a glazed tile with a ceramic glazing on the front. Pretty remarkable."

" Let's talk a little bit about how we're installing it Larry coz' know that we put down this substrate or underlayment that's [unk], right?"

" Right. We could that be the dry there and---- what we have to do at that point is snap a reference line, which is the blue line here down in the middle of the room. We have a few busy areas that we wanna deal with and we wanna make sure that the line remains parallel, or the grout line remains parallel with your vanity in the front of your shower, and----"

" Uh huh."

" And you said down the middle of the room, but it looks to me like you've got it offset."

" This could be offset if the tub because----"

" This is 6 feet wide."

" It's approximately 6 feet x 11, 1112"

" Uh huh."

" We wanna cut as few tiles as possible so that, you know, it appears better to the eye as you walk in."

" Sure."

" Nice straight reference line down the middle."

" Yeah. And the other thing is that you take up a couple of feet with the vanity and then the toilet."

" Right."

" So, when you do walk into the room, you're really looking at 4 feet, and you want a nice perfectly square grid so that's why we've come down 2 feet here."

" Sure. What I'm about the do is layout this tricky cut over here around the shower and where the wallboard meets the shower."

" Now, why have you started in this corner? Why have you started butting up against the tub, which is only like 4 feet? Why not come off of this length of wall here with all the tap."

" Well, if I did that Bob, I'd have to add a strip in front of the shower here, which you wanna avoid at all cost because it's a busy area with water, like I mentioned."

" Sure."

" And big tiles are the way to be."

" You want full tiles there."

" Correct."

" Alright. Now, show us how you're gonna scribe a tile to fit into that corner? There's 3 transition points here; a little curve and here and then where the drywall with their plaster comes in."

" There's various methods, but the one that we like the most is to lay a tile down that eventually is gonna be the one that you scribe and cut to fit into this area. And the way I do that is I use another tile and lay it right on top of it."

" So you don't need a measuring stick."

" You don't need a measuring stick or scribes of anything. We use grease pencil so that it shows up in the water and the water from the tile saw. They are lined right there."

" [unk] that point and the section of the wall."

" That's right. And I'm allowing for grout lines too."

" Uh huh."

" And this point will be going up to there. And this will show this curve is basically there."

" And what's interesting is that you line this up with the 1st tile at that point, not with this back tile."

" Right, because this edge that will be here Bob is actually gonna be here. I'm gonna slide this tile after it's cut."

" Yup."

" Just slide it right in like this and this edge will be in parallel, in line with this line of tile here."

" Okay. Apparently, Leo is in the other room with the tile saw."

" I'll take it in."

" Now this point is the tricky one, but 1st question is how does the saw work?"

" Well Bob, this is a water saw."

" Uh huh."

" Basically, there's water in the bottom here and there's a sub pump. It pumps the water up onto the top here and it cools the blade. This is a diamond blade."

" And you gotta keep it cool, right?"

" That's correct."

" Alright. How are you gonna cut this one?"

" Well basically, I'm gonna do just straight cuts on here, and Larry is gonna do the ground cut. We're gonna cut the long cut first----"

" Uh huh."

" and I'm gonna bring this other cut right down into here."

" Alright. I'll put on my safety goggles and watch."

" There you go, Bob."

" Well, what about the---- How are you gonna get the rest of it off?"

" You're gonna nip that right off."

" Oh, okay. You'll nip those off."

" Yup."

" Thanks. Wow Larry, you got another 8 of this down, huh? That's pretty quick."

" Well that's the advantage you have with a 12-inch square tile Bob. You cover more area----"

" And you go quick."

" over time."

" Can you show us how to nip that one away?"

" Okay. Let's see if we can do this. Alright."

" Cuts off the waist."

" Uh huh."

" And that's the first corner. And we go down to here now to the end of the littlest cut."

" And now you kinda have to worry away the curve."

" Let's see how that fits before you go any further."

" There's no mud in this fit Bob so it's dry."

" Looks pretty good from here. Now, let me ask you something about these spacers that go in all the joints?"

" Uh huh."

" Do you keep them in place after they set?"

" We like to take some out afterwards because such a thin tile; 14 inch, we'd like to fill it up with as much grout as possible."