Recent content by snapdragon

Thanks for the straight scoop. I suspected as much. If I go with the T&G, do I glue and nail, or can I just nail? I'd rather not glue if I don't have to... sounds messy.

I am almost done putting in a slate floor in my kitchen. I figured out by the end a couple of things I wish I'd figurd out earlier. If they are of use to anyone, wonderful. 1) When screwing cement board down, start from the center so it doesn't lift up with the drilling. 2) Seal slate before...

We are thinking of tearing out our ancient carpet and replacing it with bamboo flooring. It would mean about 700 sqare feet of floor. I have a source for both the Click type and Tongue & Groove type floorboards, and the prices aren't that different. The click does seem a lot easier/quicker to...

Let me say it loud and clear: the ultrasonic things DON"T WORK. I think a good old fashioned "snap" trap for rats would be your best bet if you don't want to poison. Rats are very wary, and are suspicious of anything new in their environment. They also tend to keep their trails along walls. My...

Very interesting. This makes me feel better about the "substandard" tiling job I'm doing in my kitchen! Thanks.

mudster: thanks for perspective. Would you say that US regs are overly stringent or that UK has more tile failures? Either way, shouldn't he be tiling over something other than straight plywood?

What do you mean by a warmer surface? Are you thinking of wood?

I think it's tannic acid (also kown as tannin). Extracted from oak and used to tan hides, long ago. Hence the name. :wink:

I respectfully disagree. I believe you want to be tiling on something like cement board or Ditra, not directly over plywood. If your flooring is already thick enough (needs to be stable to prevent cracking later: two layers of 5/8" plywood at least) then use cement board. You have to put thinset...

Thnaks, crafty. I think I will also bolt the cupboards to the wall so they don't fall off the platform!(they are currently floating).

I like high counter surfaces, and I am tiling my kitchen floor which will add 3/4 inch to height, thus lowering my counters. Because I am using slate, which is relatively uneven, and I want my cupboards level and stable, I thought I would build a plywood platform underneath them instead of...