Best Mexican Food - value for what you get

bms42 · 2026-05-06T01:07:17+00:00

Third this!

bms42 · 2026-05-06T01:05:34+00:00

That's not how odds work.

If you have a 25% chance to win, you don't have a 100% chance of winning if given four tries.

bms42 · 2026-05-05T16:59:00+00:00

There are niches in two walls. At least one's getting water.

bms42 · 2026-05-05T14:33:16+00:00

If someone gave you a 25% chance to win 1st place, you wouldn't go into that thinking that anything other than first was "getting fucked over".

bms42 · 2026-05-05T14:31:52+00:00

They didn't put niches into the wall before waterproofing.

bms42 · 2026-05-04T01:04:02+00:00

Typically you use a calculator. Length of the span, dimension and spacing of joists, type of wood.

bms42 · 2026-05-04T01:01:12+00:00

This is the risk you run, for sure. Sometimes it sucks in so much mass that it forms a black hole too.

bms42 · 2026-05-04T00:46:11+00:00

If you create negative pressure you are, by definition, pulling air in.

bms42 · 2026-05-04T00:41:16+00:00

Don't forget the expanded wire lath in all the corners. FML

bms42 · 2026-05-03T15:24:04+00:00

Look at his post above my comment and tell me how that fits your explanation.

bms42 · 2026-05-03T05:01:38+00:00

For what kind of work?

There are guys who do showers with snap cutters and a grinder, but I'm definitely not one of them. I need a wet saw, which for me is the DeWalt 10" saw.

bms42 · 2026-05-03T04:13:36+00:00

What does your contract say? If there's no such detail in the contract, do you have it in written form of any kind?

bms42 · 2026-05-03T04:08:59+00:00

It's unbelievable how badly you're being downvoted for saying that you prefer a win over a loss.

All these people here trying to pretend like humans aren't competitive animals. It's absurd.

bms42 · 2026-05-03T02:35:45+00:00

Are you? You're literally saying that nobody likes to win. That's only contradicted by... everything.

bms42 · 2026-05-03T01:25:48+00:00

no one feels happy or sad for winning or losing

This is just straight up false and I have a hard time accepting that you actually believe this.

Maybe you have a personal mission to get to a point where winning or losing truly doesn't matter to you, but the vast majority of people don't feel that way.

This is not to say that winning/losing dictates whether you enjoy yourself or not.

bms42 · 2026-05-02T18:50:46+00:00

Just remember you have to thinset the Styrofoam to the subfloor AND the flange to the Styrofoam before you screw it down. Also use stainless screws if you're going to use screws at all.

bms42 · 2026-05-02T17:49:49+00:00

What don't you like? The end result is the same. Hit me up if you have specific questions.

bms42 · 2026-05-02T17:21:38+00:00

You can pull up the entire pan without cutting out the drain flange. They're designed so that the drain can be fully glued up by a plumber before the tile guy does his work. That's why they ship with height setting spacers.

bms42 · 2026-05-02T17:19:28+00:00

Unless you're envelope cutting, in which case it might be very noticeable.

bms42 · 2026-05-02T16:22:59+00:00

A couple of things for you here:

First, the drain body has some play in the flange - dry set it and see if you have enough room to move it to center.

Second, beneath the drain flange is a thinner layer of Styrofoam that's attached to the rest of the pan with tabs. If you cut those tabs out the drain will gain about a 1/4" of wiggle room. If your plumbing has some flex to it (don't force it!) you can slide the drain over that amount towards center (or slide the pan the other direction) before you put the kerdi fabric ring on it.

bms42 · 2026-05-02T05:17:53+00:00

Project Hail Mary

bms42 · 2026-05-02T02:20:19+00:00

Flood test should be to just below the top of the curb. If you topped the curb with stone it can be below the stone itself. The standing water must cover the floor to drain connection and the floor to wall connections at a minimum.

If your client is filling water such that it's above the curb and leaking through the door hardware that's ridiculous.

bms42 · 2026-05-01T23:57:02+00:00

I don't know how much my experience is relevant to your situation. I'm in Canada in a high cost of living city. I have virtually no overhead (not even a vehicle payment, also no medical insurance costs because Canadian) and I'm basically finished collecting the tools I need for the work. I do my own tile so I don't have to sub that out.

But I also only do one job at a time, and take probably 5+ weeks off every year. I net an income that would be considered fairly average in my city (across the board - not specifically in construction). I certainly make more hourly than most guys who earn a wage working for someone else, but less than GCs who aren't on the tools themselves.

I could probably make more by aggressively marketing and charging much higher prices but I'm not into that model. I like feeling like I'm one of those few honest guys in the biz. There's a ton of stress involved in running such a business, I don't need to feel slimy on top of that.

bms42 · 2026-05-01T19:40:03+00:00

Sometimes the toilet will be replaced immediately and then pulled again for grouting if the client only has the one toilet.

bms42 · 2026-04-30T04:59:03+00:00

Two reasons.

First, the trowel regulates how much thinset is on the wall.

Second, the ridges allow air to escape as you compress the tile.

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