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Laying Glazed Ceramic Floor Tiles
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" Now what I like about these files that we see in this map service the -- twelve inch by twelve inch and they're pure white in Iowa. Real nice part area -- That glazed tile with a ceramic glazing. Pretty remarkable let's talk a little bit about how we're installing it Larry it's. We know that we put down with -- straighter. Right for granted that the other -- there aren't what we've through that point is. Snap a reference line which is the Blue Line here -- the world we have a few busy areas that we -- make sure that. The -- herald wrote remain parallel with your vanity in the shower. That and the middle of the room and community -- offset the -- Because this is six feet wide. Approximately fifty eleven. We want to cut as few tiles as possible. -- it appears better to the you walking you're nice straight record it and the other thing is that you take up a couple of feet with the vanity and the -- right when you walk into the room you're really look at it board feet. One -- perfectly square grid that's will come down to be here. What about the do well in this tricky I don't meteor shower. The wall board meets the hour now why have you started in this corner why you started butting up against the it would be like when I come up -- the wall here well top well did that -- unhappy at best left. In in front of the shower it which one of political that the busy area with water electric and security. Big tiles are the way to be one pulled out there. All right now show us how you're going to -- into that corner there's there's three transition points you Lou curve and here we're in the drywall with a plaster."
" There's various methods but the one that we like them both -- Lay -- tile down that eventually going to be the one that -- right cut to fit into this area. -- I do that is I use another tile and lay it right on top. You don't need imagine you don't need -- measuring stick or. Scribed it. We use grease pencils and she goes up in the water. In the water in the house. There. That it that point and the section of the wall that's right. Allowing for grow lines do then. And this point will be. There. And as we'll show this curve. What's interesting is that you line this up. With the first tile that point not with this bad right because there's -- here -- it actually going to be here in the slide this tile after it's cut. -- This is it will be parallel it in line with this life style here OK partly on the other room."
" The trial they get it. That's what is -- tricky one but first question is how to solve our classes that you want to sort of basically there's water park and it's -- Pumps the water -- Pulls the latest. Planet and you let you get you gotta keep it cool right that's correct all right how are you going to cut this one. Well basically I'm gonna do just straight cuts on here and marries into the room cut and cut the long cut first and I'm going to bring this on the cut right down to here all right I'll put on my safety goggles one. You don't well what about these -- the rest of the it's gonna get that right off but already -- that goes up and up."
" While there. You get another eight of these down that's pretty quick. What's the advantage you have -- twelve inch square tiles on the cover more rare angles which time he shows how to -- away sentences in this it."
" It took up the way. And that's the -- corner. Here now to the into the please."
" Now you kind of have to worry way it curved."
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" So that is that we -- While mud and fitness clubs. That's pretty good from here. Now let me ask you something about these spacers that go and all the joints -- have been please after this we like to take them out afterwards because such a thing -- quarter it would like to fill it up with -- as much grout as possible."