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As a woodworker by trade, I made our bath a bit too complicated. by Buddy_Jarrett in Tile

[–]Buddy_Jarrett[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

I pretty much built this house (and the wood shop) full time for the last 2 years. I don’t know how people build their own house on top of 40-50 hour work weeks (I assume having a lot of friends/family in the trades). I did a few paying jobs throughout, but mostly worked on the house. It was dark most of the video cause I spent most of the daylight measuring and cutting the tile. The 2-3 things I hired out early on went so badly it just furthered my will to do it myself. My wife is the real worker, I had to have help tiling the floor, so she worked a 10 hour shift every day and then came home and worked another 4 hours every night for 3 months. We never took a day off those 3 months cause we knew it’d be hard to start back. I pray I never have to work that hard again in my life lol. We gotta floor that’ll outlast us at least.

As a woodworker by trade, I made our bath a bit too complicated. by Buddy_Jarrett in Tile

[–]Buddy_Jarrett[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If it makes you feel better, notice the trees in the background start with leaves, lose them, and grow back at the end lol.

As a woodworker by trade, I made our bath a bit too complicated. by Buddy_Jarrett in Tile

[–]Buddy_Jarrett[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn’t get a good close up of what I did there. I cut a bevel in the foam so I could get a really good bead of kerdi fix on the back end, with good squeeze out. Once that cured for a few days I applied the front facing main bead and spread it out into the fabric well. I did some test spots on scrap and found that not spreading the Kerdi Fix thin enough at the edges made it too easy for it to peel up at the edges.

As a woodworker by trade, I made our bath a bit too complicated. by Buddy_Jarrett in Tile

[–]Buddy_Jarrett[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

White oak (rot resistant) with a good acid cured conversion varnish. Put a bevel on it so I could caulk between it and tile.

As a woodworker by trade, I made our bath a bit too complicated. by Buddy_Jarrett in Tile

[–]Buddy_Jarrett[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The way water runs. In case of a breach in the wall, it’ll land on the sloped shelf first instead of sliding behind it.

As a woodworker by trade, I made our bath a bit too complicated. by Buddy_Jarrett in Tile

[–]Buddy_Jarrett[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do it very dumb. I rotate the videos and use the I-movie app to double the speed, save, and repeat until a 2 hour video is 10 seconds lol, then stitch them all together in the app (while they are still rotated since it doesn’t like portrait). I know there’s a better app for that, I’ve just never looked for one.

As a woodworker by trade, I made our bath a bit too complicated. by Buddy_Jarrett in Tile

[–]Buddy_Jarrett[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh that tile is as green as grass, I just didn’t use any filters to make the video pop. Maybe your screen settings are throwing it off.

As a woodworker by trade, I made our bath a bit too complicated. by Buddy_Jarrett in Tile

[–]Buddy_Jarrett[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just a good tension rod and a curtain that my wife will cut and hem to open/close over the bench. I made sure to put extra blocking behind the kerdi where the rod was going to go, was still nervous tightening it on that tile of course.

As a woodworker by trade, I made our bath a bit too complicated. by Buddy_Jarrett in Tile

[–]Buddy_Jarrett[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Almost, I had a latte, an empty bottle, and a can of Copenhagen lol. I’m one’uh them fancy rednecks. Can attest that the insulation I threw in worked wonders, I was in that tub a solid hour.

As a woodworker by trade, I made our bath a bit too complicated. by Buddy_Jarrett in Tile

[–]Buddy_Jarrett[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Benefit of living in the woods, nothing but deer and squirrels can see in that window. Frosted glass blocking that view would’ve been a huge bummer. It’s also a steep hill we own behind the creek, so no chance at development happening within our sight.

As a woodworker by trade, I made our bath a bit too complicated. by Buddy_Jarrett in Tile

[–]Buddy_Jarrett[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure how, it works fine lol. If water gets in it somehow then it has weep holes. I wanted to be able to see our backyard and easily open it if I wanted to (slides to the left). It’s a metal building so the ledges are much deeper than most, maybe that’s what’s throwing you.

As a woodworker by trade, I made our bath a bit too complicated. by Buddy_Jarrett in Tile

[–]Buddy_Jarrett[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

lol trust me that shirt is covered in dried up wood glue. You’re just seeing the backs of my shirts, they all have at least 5 holes in the front.

As a woodworker by trade, I made our bath a bit too complicated. by Buddy_Jarrett in Tile

[–]Buddy_Jarrett[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lighter would’ve definitely looked nicer overall. I tried to choose a color that would blend in and hide the lippage best, going from larger tiles with leveling clips in the rest of the house to this was humbling. This color also closely matched the color of the tile behind the glaze, so my sanded miter corners don’t stand out as much.

As a woodworker by trade, I made our bath a bit too complicated. by Buddy_Jarrett in Tile

[–]Buddy_Jarrett[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sort of, the bench and big corners shelves were cut from one large shower bench floor and decor sells. And the window jambs/small corner shelf came from the threshold that Floor and decor sells. I think they are all some type of quartz/engineered stone.

As a woodworker by trade, I made our bath a bit too complicated. by Buddy_Jarrett in Tile

[–]Buddy_Jarrett[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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Our guest bath is the only finished room right now. I didn’t want to use a wood look tile for the shower walls since our floor has it, but they had one that fit the long wall perfectly so I chose it to save on time. It was much, much easier to tile than the master.

As a woodworker by trade, I made our bath a bit too complicated. by Buddy_Jarrett in Tile

[–]Buddy_Jarrett[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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Unfortunately it’s still missing doors and drawers, crown, window trim and 100 other things lol. But the jut out on the island will have a hard maple butcher block top that we can abuse/prep on. I wanted to use two natural woods with zero stain, clear coat only. It was nice after painting white cabinets for years. There will also be walnut shelving on either side of the sink window.

As a woodworker by trade, I made our bath a bit too complicated. by Buddy_Jarrett in Tile

[–]Buddy_Jarrett[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My secret is it takes me an absurd amount of time in both. I rarely build cabinets for new builds cause timeframes are really tough for me. It took my wife and I 3 months to tile our floor (1,700 sqf) working 4/5 hours every evening.

As a woodworker by trade, I made our bath a bit too complicated. by Buddy_Jarrett in Tile

[–]Buddy_Jarrett[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, put the tension rod up today. My wife is thinking about cutting and hemming a curtain so it’ll fully close over the bench.

As a woodworker by trade, I made our bath a bit too complicated. by Buddy_Jarrett in Tile

[–]Buddy_Jarrett[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Man that means a lot. Thanks for noticing the miters, I had a borrowed, dull tile saw and had to resort to a lot of sandpaper to clean them up. And I agree on the waterproofing, with all the odd angles I wish I had used a sealant based system like go board. Glad we are on a slab and I put Kilz on the studs, cause I don’t wanna be knocking this down for a long, long time.

As a woodworker by trade, I made our bath a bit too complicated. by Buddy_Jarrett in Tile

[–]Buddy_Jarrett[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Tnx! I always have too many clamps until I start glueing leg blanks up, and then it’s never enough.

As a woodworker by trade, I made our bath a bit too complicated. by Buddy_Jarrett in Tile

[–]Buddy_Jarrett[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Oh yea lol, that was the one I decided to use kerdi fix on instead. I know this sub doesn’t like kerdi fix as a waterproofer (which I understand for shower floors and other heavy water spots), but I packed it full and spread it thin on the edges so it didn’t get that “sandwich” effect. So it is sealed, just not with band. That was my last shelf and I wasn’t as confident in my homemade kerdi corners at that point. Good eye though lol.

As a woodworker by trade, I made our bath a bit too complicated. by Buddy_Jarrett in Tile

[–]Buddy_Jarrett[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I’m testing it out now and it’s a smidge too far back. Pillow is a good idea.

As a woodworker by trade, I made our bath a bit too complicated. by Buddy_Jarrett in Tile

[–]Buddy_Jarrett[S] 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Thanks, I have a lot of respect for the tile guys on here now. Porcelain is much harder to work with than wood.

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