{"id":2105,"date":"2023-04-11T23:37:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T03:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/?p=2105"},"modified":"2023-04-22T00:00:17","modified_gmt":"2023-04-22T04:00:17","slug":"tile-flooring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/tile-flooring\/","title":{"rendered":"Tile Flooring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Over the last month I’ve been getting the tile floor laid in the machine room, entry and closet. It’s still be quite cold most days, so I setup the tile saw indoors with some plastic to catch the water and debris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I went with a ceramic large-format (12 in. 24 in.) tile, which required a special mortar and special attention to coverage while being laid.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ryan helped me lay the tile in the machine room, which went down pretty easily, the gaps against the wall on the long sides were a bit too wide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The spacer system I used also aligns the tiles to each other vertically, ensuring the gaps are even in three dimensions.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I filled the gaps with foam and trimmed it flush.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I went with a charcoal grout, which basically looks black. Not only does this look good with the dark tile, but it blends nicely with the black caulking I’m using everywhere.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Then I installed a small black aluminum trim piece between the floor and the base tile to cover the gap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ultimately this trim looks great and was a preferable alternative to ripping up the tile and starting over.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I setup some shelves with storage bins and hooked up a receiver to the speakers in the lobby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The 5.1 receiver is paired with a separate amp for the in-wall subwoofer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Will helped me with the entry and closet. We cut every tile and dry-laid with spacers in the entry and closet, then moved the entire layout to the live room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This time consuming approach would normally be overkill, but with so many angled cuts, it was well worth the time.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This time when we laid it, everything fit perfectly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I’ll be replacing the threshold at the exterior door for one that is wide enough to overlap the tile.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For the entry, since people will be kicking their shoes off, I went up the wall an extra 12 in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The wall tiles were attached using flexible glue instead of mortar and traditional spacers instead of a leveling system.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Though it was meant to ad durability, I think it also makes the entry look much fancier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This 36 in. x 48 in. recycled rubber mat came from a local farm store. I cut it to fit around exact shape of the floor near the exterior door, making for a very durable yet affordable custom door mat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Finally, I setup some shelves with cleaning supplies in the closet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The space to the right of the shelves is for a vacuum cleaner, while atop the shelves is an extensive stock of air filters.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Over the last month I’ve been getting the tile floor laid in the machine room, entry and closet. It’s still be quite cold most days, so I setup the tile saw indoors with some plastic to catch the water and debris. Ryan helped me lay the tile in the machine room, which went down pretty […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2177,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[9,10],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2105"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2105"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2197,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2105\/revisions\/2197"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}