Recent content by graveydavey

I am still looking for quotes. I have 5 vendors come to my house. Only 2 gave me a quote and one of those does not do what I want... :(

I am looking for someone to install glass or ceramic tiles in Phoenix. Does anyone have a recommendation? I am remodeling a disastrous build. Thanks.

1) the 50/50 split is by design. 2) I just learned that he may have never done a glass tile install. :) he hired a sub that allegedly did but PB didn't follow up or supervise anything. 3) I saw pictures of subs work (in theory). I don't have a lot of trust at the moment. I have to fight on...

aesthetically, the lack of back-buttering is awful as you can see trowel marks beneath some tiles. the tiles haven't moved. lightstreams is also saying its shrinkage due to cheap thinset basically. they sent me samples of their tests. these are 2 of the products they used from a picture i...

looking straight down on tiles. the little cracks in the red circles appear to be hairline cracks in the tile. they definitely are new since install. this is from the spill over shelf. under water, the cracking is much more prevalent. the tile has a smooth side and rougher side. the smooth...

the tile installer definitely did not follow the instructions from lightstreams. they did not back-butter the thinset to the tile. so, there are many places were you can see the void. the ROC is saying this is cosmetic. those cracks i circled were not on the tile during installation and have...

I am going through an ROC complaint against my pool builder for various issues. It was successful except for an issue I am having with glass tiles in the spa. Basically, the ROC says that I need more proof that the failure that I am experiencing is due to the install of the tile and not the...