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Installing Porcelain Mosaic Tiles in the Bathroom

Bob meets with Cortney who is installing porcelain mosaic tiles with acrylic mastic over an existing bathroom mortar bed and finishes the tiles with black grout.
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Installing Porcelain Mosaic Tiles in the Bathroom

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" Cannot top that's -- yes I got my voice Antonio Carlos here laying down its. This that's running on pattern border tile OK -- accused it is it's used as a thought about that the pattern that. The architect homeowners chosen here -- there's. Bob black tiles for the entire field of the bathroom right right and that's. Hicks and guns rights and this -- pre. Yet this is something get almost anywhere mosaic now right. And then the borders what's what's custom so right now the working on this green tile right and the grief now creates kind of running bond threat and that that. If that was an inspiration from here from from this scored plaster which was original house bill. Yeah this is. -- meant to look like old time ceramic tiles -- very often -- written that are put into running bond like this and it made in these dimensions but this is less expensive and be back then that's right course now this what we're doing here is it's time consuming so it is somewhat expensive what happens here with a white black. Probably got -- set out to white white tiles. And then we've got a black one point blacked out and then another white and the rest of the field -- black you know this could have been ordered from certain companies. Computer generated ready delay but we're having them. Cut it out into it all by hand because he just didn't have enough lead time. That was one -- that that the size of this room was inconsistent and square didn't want to have any offset aren't that -- surprise we will watch this it's looks pretty. And of course the running bond -- that means that the joints never break on each other. Correct -- always staggered like that. Now let's talk about the -- to mechanics down here this subfloor. What is already here right yes there was that there is a tile on top of this. It is very poor condition and was taken -- right on this is a white Portland cement days. It is original house. Now you can put ceramic tile right over this old cement based well actually what we do first isn't going to seal -- gets through an acrylic primer. OK that's a translucent. It's about twenty minutes thirty minute drive in and the provision in the area. And that's important for the bond between the mastic in the existing subfloor yes all right. That's already been put on authority dry."

" All right so it's an acrylic mastic credits not it's not thinset mortar no it is approved mastic. And don't you needed. What well yes he'll be putting -- on it with with a -- Now this part over years is. You know intricate and tough to do the way this thing has been designed you've got this waving black line through here and it's a straight line down in that direction. The only way to get that. -- relief work done is to also you know invest in the eastern half tiles and these. Pieces fit they fill actually we'll just fill going Newton. Thanks and each one has to be put ahead. I have individualists. And."

" All right we've -- 24 hours to elapse between the time installing all of tile floor with a -- and the next step which is of course. Tile -- it. And priority even thinking about running also should vacuum the entire area to make sure you -- have any particles of foreign matter in between the little tiles."

" What's the ratio that you mixes the -- well there's two wonderful bustling crowd and one part of water okay. And you -- small accident I'm right you don't want to make too much yeah with -- want to make too much because illegal dry and you won't who will be stronger price the ground. Right and if it does start to dry it it's a mistake to add more water to -- but is that really weakens it so that's the main reason why you always want. Just make small batches of the route and cover small areas you can -- And the consistency is innocent the key thing even -- who wanted to visit I don't know that once you've mixed into the correct consistency. You should wait about ten minutes before you start line. Yeah that's right now we're gonna with a ten minutes."

" Does the key thing that you you're doing small areas at a time correct. And your putting down one big dollop. But you're not trying to do -- two or three foot square areas just maybe a water to swear when there."

" In case and now what you've done an area about. Oh roughly three by three. It's a good time to wait a couple of minutes. And then start the -- application."

" This is important is. When you're doing the spending to remove the excess. Grow you want to make sure that this fund is down. But he is not carry any water right. Correct so you get the water -- growth which again. Exactly is he add more water into the ground -- you're doing you weakening it. I would think it's a little bit harder and with the way. -- back is that aren't exactly wanted to keep changing the bucket of water every few minutes."

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