Hello everybody,
My name is Jens and I am from Germany. Last year I bought a house built in 1972 and now I am trying to make this bugger look nice. Almost all of the rooms are cheap vinyl flooring which I will tear out eventually and replace it with nice and shiny tiles.
The bathrooms I will have done by professionals but everything else I will try to get done by myself.
My ultimate goal is to have a sweet man cave with polished diagonal checkerboard pattern large format tiles. But until then I will first practice my tiling in the basement.
This was the first room and first tiling I have ever done in my life:
60 x 30 cm cheap tiles that were curved like bananas which resulted in extreme lipping due to the brick pattern. Also the base tiles I cut way too tall.
Here's my hand after applying grout by working it into the joints with my bare fingers. Pain is a good way to learn.
On to the next cellar room:
Same cheap material but better pattern I believe. Also shorter base tiles.
Right now I'm doing the cellar hallway with again very cheap 30 cm x 30 cm. Very uneven slab which I couldn't be bothered to level. I have to pry up and adjust almost every tile because of this.
I hope to get better at this stuff and will keep you posted on my progress. Who knows, maybe this will at least be some sort of entertainment for everybody
My name is Jens and I am from Germany. Last year I bought a house built in 1972 and now I am trying to make this bugger look nice. Almost all of the rooms are cheap vinyl flooring which I will tear out eventually and replace it with nice and shiny tiles.
The bathrooms I will have done by professionals but everything else I will try to get done by myself.
My ultimate goal is to have a sweet man cave with polished diagonal checkerboard pattern large format tiles. But until then I will first practice my tiling in the basement.
This was the first room and first tiling I have ever done in my life:
60 x 30 cm cheap tiles that were curved like bananas which resulted in extreme lipping due to the brick pattern. Also the base tiles I cut way too tall.
Here's my hand after applying grout by working it into the joints with my bare fingers. Pain is a good way to learn.
On to the next cellar room:
Same cheap material but better pattern I believe. Also shorter base tiles.
Right now I'm doing the cellar hallway with again very cheap 30 cm x 30 cm. Very uneven slab which I couldn't be bothered to level. I have to pry up and adjust almost every tile because of this.
I hope to get better at this stuff and will keep you posted on my progress. Who knows, maybe this will at least be some sort of entertainment for everybody