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eliz
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Username: Eliz
Post Number: 930
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 4, 2005 - 2:25 pm: | 
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Can someone recommend a good person to lay tile?
Thanks. |
Jgberkeley
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Username: Jgberkeley
Post Number: 4162
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 4, 2005 - 4:33 pm: |
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How much, as in Sq. Feet? What kind of room, as in Bath, Kitchen or what? |
eliz
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Username: Eliz
Post Number: 932
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 4, 2005 - 7:21 pm: |
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It's for our kitchen - less than 200 sq ft to lay (probably) natural stone (slate) tile over hardwood floor. Would have to do all the proper preparation (plywood/mesh/concrete) over existing hardwood floor up to cabinets. |
berry festival
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Username: Berry_festival
Post Number: 102
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 4, 2005 - 9:11 pm: |
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please, please do not put natural stone or slate on your kitchen floor. ceramic tile floors are very hard on your body --especially your legs when standing on them for a long period of time. if you cook, you will regret these tiles.
also, keep in mind that EVERYTHING that takes the slightest tumble onto a slate floor shatters. |
jem
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Username: Jem
Post Number: 1142
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 4, 2005 - 9:50 pm: |
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I second that plea! If I could tear out the slate on my kitchen floor, I'd do it in a heartbeat! Oh, how I miss the wood floor in my previous kitchen! |
Michael K. Mc Kell
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Username: Greenerose
Post Number: 509
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 5, 2005 - 7:03 am: |
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I third it.... I installed tile in my kitchen and regret ever doing so. I'm now tearing it up (3) years later to go with wood.
Tile looks nice but has many draw backs.
If you do go with tile / slate be sure that you install felt paper or weather shield on the floor first. This will prohibit the existing T&G floor from expanding and "popping" tile.
Good luck. |
Wilkanoid
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Username: Cseleosida
Post Number: 294
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 5, 2005 - 9:13 am: |
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When we remodelled our kitchen, we decided to go with hardwood floors. We haven't regretted it since. We have oak in our kitchen, and it has taken abuse and still looks good. If you do install wood, make sure it's thick enough to go through a couple of serious sandings over the course of 10 years (we hope) or more. The only downside is that you will have to be really careful when moving your appliances (in our case, the refrigerator) or you will have some impressive channels going through the wood.
On the surface (no pun intended), tile seems to be the logical choice for the kitchen because you can wash it. Berry festival is right, though -- almost everything that falls on slate or tile breaks into too many pieces to be funny. |
eliz
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Username: Eliz
Post Number: 934
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 5, 2005 - 9:39 am: |
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Ok ok I'm going to re-look at wood. The slate just looks soooo beautiful.... |
mjc
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Username: Mjc
Post Number: 120
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 5, 2005 - 9:42 am: |
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Not to pile on here, but not only does everything that drops shatter, also eventually something that drops chips the tile, too, and there's no fix that I know of.
I always wanted tile in the kitchen, but never again. |
greenetree
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Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 3608
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 5, 2005 - 9:43 am: |
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Eliz, I didn't want to jump in, since you didn't ask for an opinion, but since you seem open.....
I echo everyone else. Not to insult anyone, but the new kitchens I've seen with stone floors tend to contain people who do lots of catering and take-out. 
We put down hardwood & I have to say the one thing I would've done differently is to go with the matte finish instead of gloss. The gloss shows all the tiny little scratches from my bad habit of kicking a footstool around the kitchen (the perils of being short).
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kmk
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Username: Kmk
Post Number: 368
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 5, 2005 - 9:44 am: |
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I've got cork on my kitchen floors! It looks like wood; I have it occasionally waxed like wood and I love it. It is much easier on the feet and dishes, and goes beautifully in the house.
As soon as it was installed my girls - then 2 and 5 - layed down on it. To this day I still find them sitting, playing or just goofing around on the kitchen floor! It is very tactile. |
shh
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Username: Shh
Post Number: 1993
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 5, 2005 - 10:28 am: |
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We ended up with wood too, I just put tile in the pantry area by the back door (after seeing how the hardwood by our front entry got destroyed). I also have an inexpensive rug by the sink, which I'll probably replace often enough. It's very comfortable to stand on. |
Jay060
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Username: Jay060
Post Number: 95
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 5, 2005 - 10:35 am: |
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Can someone give a ballpark estimate of how much it would cost to remove ceramic tile and lay a wood floor in a kitchen? About 250 sq. ft. Thanks. |
mantram
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Username: Mantram
Post Number: 103
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 5, 2005 - 10:52 am: |
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Somewhat related question -- We have a tiled dining room and I hate it. We prefer hardwood anyday. Since the rest of the first floor is hardwood, do you suppose the tile was laid over wood, or after ripping it up? Is it possible to refinish the wood underneath if the tile were to be removed? |
eliz
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Username: Eliz
Post Number: 935
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 5, 2005 - 11:41 am: |
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Update - went to Expo and picked out a beautiful "exotic" hardwood floor this morning.
(now I have to return all those tile samples...) |
jem
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Username: Jem
Post Number: 1143
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 5, 2005 - 11:55 am: |
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Yay!! You won't regret it. |
greenetree
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Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 3610
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 5, 2005 - 1:18 pm: |
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Mantram-
We did exactly that. Our beautiful, diagonal oak hardwood floors were covered by a groovy black & white vinyl tile. We removed them & had them refinished & they are gorgeous.
It depends, however, on the condition of the floor underneath. When we took up two sub floors and layers of vinyly tile in the kitchen, there were so many nail and staple holes that we had to replace it.
You won't know until you take up the tiles, but you can lift one in a corner & see what that looks like. |
Zoesky1
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Username: Zoesky1
Post Number: 604
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 5, 2005 - 1:26 pm: |
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I have another related question. I am having granite countertops installed in my kitchen on Friday, and want to replace my existing tile backsplash with new tile. I had talked to my bathroom contractor, who just finished redoing an upstairs bathroom (including tiling) about doing the kitchen tile when ready, but now I've kind of changed my mind....he made a HORRIBLE mess with the tile cutter outdoors, including leaving shards of broken jagged tile all over the place (hey, just perfect on a deck with a 3- and 5-year-old around!) and pouring white grout water all over the place. I don't think I want his tile guys back. Can anyone recommend a good tile person who is NEAT and will clean up? thanks |
sk8mom
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Username: Sk8mom
Post Number: 54
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, January 6, 2005 - 11:50 am: |
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We used Joe Megna Tile (they advertise in News Record) for a small, non-tile-laying job. I was happy with them as to the job they did. But I would like to hear from someone who used them to lay tile. |
Michael K. Mc Kell
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Username: Greenerose
Post Number: 511
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, January 6, 2005 - 1:28 pm: |
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Take a circular saw and attach a masonry blade to it and set the depth to about 1/2" and cut the grout lines. This will cut down and possibly through the sub floor. I say possibly because I don't know how many other floors are existing nor the thickness of the plywood. Cut into pieces and toss em' out. Now, this will create some mess! If you decide to give it a shot close in the area as best as possible.
Good luck! |
Bill Heerwagen Jr.
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Username: Bill232
Post Number: 2
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Friday, January 7, 2005 - 8:28 pm: |
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Contact Wilson Works. (908)822-9547. Dependable, great work and he returns your calls promptly. |
noracoombs
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Username: Noracoombs
Post Number: 54
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, January 8, 2005 - 11:07 am: |
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John Kontakis, 201-997-2921. He has a website at http://www.tileandhome.com |
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