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The work that Bob is showing is in my house. I must say this " he is professional and perfectionist to the core".. I have got my both (Master and Kids) bath rooms redone by Bob. They look so good, all my home visitors are very impressed with the work. Great Work, Bob
All your videos are much appreciated knowing that you had a lot of work to be done but you took the time out to record and voice over all what you were doing. The finished product was superb👌🏾Keep up the good work as we continue with u on your journey to learn more🙏🏾❤️
Appreciate the videos Bob. Next month I am going to redo both our showers. Am OCD, and will measure 10x's and cut once. Nervous about correct spacing as you point out for bottom row, niche, and ceiling cuts in the video. Will send you some shots when completed. Keeping my fingers & toes crossed 🤞
Thank you Bob. I enjoy watching you actually doing the work as much as learning from your experience when you are discussing the right way to do things. Regarding the space where the tile didn't come all the way up to the niche, you didn't say how to you corrected for this. Was there just a thicker grout line between the tile and the metal trim?
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ledger board is the way to go...i always go right to left and tile all 3 walls because you can step back and doublecheck every few rows make sure looks good....
After watching so many videos of bathroom renovation, we made up our mind to go with Bob. He takes pride in his work. He is a complete package with excellent tile work. Thanks Bob for educating us the process and things involved in renovation . I truly appreciate and like the way bathroom turned out
Hello Bob, how long can you leave the redgard on the wall before having to lay tile...is there a time frame of how long it can be left uncovered...Would I be able to administer Redgard then take my time tiling??? or do I have to lay it within 72 hours?? thanks Bob love your channel
I do what my customer asked me to, even if I disagree, tile were set on walls in relation to how they wanted, the laser was there for horizontal tile only
Definitely, either back butter your tile and trowel your thinset onto the wall as I've done here or vice versa, either way good adhesion means both surfaces gets thin set
I just picked up another tip/trick from watching this video. It looks like you are removing some thinset along the edges of each tile after they are in place. I have never seen anyone do this. I sometimes struggle with too much thinset ending up between the tiles but I am guessing that simple trick will help. I have learned a lot watching your videos over the years. They gave me the confidence to do my shower a couple of years ago. Since then, I have done two kitchen floors. Thanks for sharing.
This is excellent and I learned a lot. I will watch it again because I need to understand the different vocabulary like niche"??? etc. I will subscribe to your other videos because we just bought a home that needs some new tile. What is the best method to take out old dated white tile on floors and walls?
I don't know what to tell you on the demolition part, it's kind of Hit and Miss with regard to the tools that you might have... lots of elbow grease. But if you're taking out the shower walls be careful that you don't cut into pipes or electrical that could be hidden and that you don't know about
Should you always do the biggest back wall first? Also do you cut the tile as you go? No wall is perfect but pre cutting would make the job go faster if possible.
I personally do the biggest wall first and then the two side walls but everybody has their own way, and yes if I can do cuts ahead of time then I will but normally I don't because as you mentioned no wall is perfect
On my bathroom remodel, almost every 2x4 was mangled. I think the general contractor was aware that the tile contractor was floating everything, so he decided to use the worst lumber in the bathrooms. I found notches so big that the 2x4s collapsed when I did the demo. One had broke in half and splintered.
What type/brand of thinset do you use for large porcelain tile? I am going to be using 12x24. There are so many choices. Do you use same type for all tile types and does it even matter? And how do you overcome the bottom row "bluge' from the pan liner behind the backer board? Use 1/4 trowel for the bottom row?
The thinset I get a Home Depot is what I use for any tile, large format it will say a l f t on it large format tile.. It is versabond, both grey and white. I overcome the pan liner bulbs at left and right by having my fastener down as low as possible, typically about 3 in from the pan surface, and I use multiple Fasteners in that area, but yes when I'm setting the tile it gets a little less thin set there but the trowel does not change
On back wall of my tub lip it tappers in 1/4” can i use thinset to fill in that difference while tilling. What would u might recommend. I really didn’t want to remove tub but I should had & leveled it up.
Why not spend the $ for metal ledger boards. There’s 6 total that will conform to 98% of jobs. Also I must point this out. We here in the USA seem slow or tech. A buddy came into town from Japan. 27 years old and made me feel dumb. It’s amazing how different we all really are
Agreed.... people in other countries seem to do a much better job and easier than we do but then again they've been doing it thousands of years and we're a few hundred
Ya can't go wrong with Redgard as waterproofer. I even used it to cover the cracks under my tile before installing. That golfball test i hadn't seen btw. Thanks for another tip Mr. Bob "Dont put your backerboard into your shower pan" Doyle 👍🏼
I prefer to just use silicone because I used a product by Saint Gobain Weber I would never use again, and don’t want to have to mix up another batch! 😄 Thank you so much for your reply.
I used a ledger board on all three of my bathrooms I renovated last year. I found it worked best for me, especially in the huge shower that I did. The mud pan was the first one I ever did and had some minor high spots to work around but looked great when finished. Those corners worked great too.
@@DonnaShanks depends on how your tiles are laid out. If you first tile will be a full tile measure up from your lowest point and level your ledger board from there.
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I came across Bob’s videos while I was learning how to make a pan. Turns out, I learned a ton more too. I love how he explains nearly everything. I really need that. The first video I watched, I thought, this guy talks a lot. A few minutes into it and I couldn’t have appreciated his explanations more. I love that he’s a perfectionist. I watched videos where some people were just sloppy. Bob takes a lot of pride in what he does and that makes a big difference in how things work out in the end. Thanks Bob, for your wordiness and attention to detail!!
I used a ledger board on my shower walls after seeing you use it on one of your earlier videos. But the bulges in the corners of the walls from my pan liner made it impossible for me to get my bottom row of tiles level with the rest of the wall and with each other. So maybe it would have been better for me (and other amateurs) to first set the floor tiles, then draw a level line on the walls where you intend to start your second row of wall tiles, cut the bottom row of wall tiles up to that mark, and then just start on that bottom row and go all the way up. Thank you for all you do. You are the KING of tile!
I`m using 12" x 24" porcelain tile on my shower walls. I will measure their true measurements. How do I figure out where to put my ledger board? I know my pan is not perfect like yours.....how do I account for the discrepancy? Thanks as always! I`m flood testing my pan at the moment till tomorrow. Next up, floor tile then walls! Peace!!
Give yourself about an inch of wiggle room when you put your ledger board up, if you have a 11 and three quarter then you could go ten and three quarter with your ledger board or even 11, there's no way you would be 3/4 off your pan to board... Or you could find the highest spot between your pan and a line that you would shoot or Mark, then give yourself about half inch wiggle room
It is only one row so usually not needed but if there is a definitive a bow in the tiles you cut notch in thinset with dremel for the clips to fit into
Hey Bob, if you see this, could you direct me toward some more substantial tile spacers that you’ve had success with? I’m going to be doing some large format tiles (24x24 😬) in the coming months and Im pretty sure the standard spacers are going to go all squishy on me! I haven’t worked with anything that large before on the walls. Thanks!
The way I do at the board sits on the lip, not overlap on tub edge and then that little three-quarter Gap just stays empty or you could fill it in with silicone I suppose some people do
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The work that Bob is showing is in my house. I must say this " he is professional and perfectionist to the core".. I have got my both (Master and Kids) bath rooms redone by Bob. They look so good, all my home visitors are very impressed with the work. Great Work, Bob
That's a great shower he made for you, I'm jealous!
I always enjoy listening to your advice and critiques of bad showers on my drive over to and from work. You are highly skilled and it shows.
You’re absolutely right! Preplanning is a must if you want it to come out like you intend it to. The result shows👍
All your videos are much appreciated knowing that you had a lot of work to be done but you took the time out to record and voice over all what you were doing. The finished product was superb👌🏾Keep up the good work as we continue with u on your journey to learn more🙏🏾❤️
Thank you sir, I appreciate the kind words 👌✌
Thank you for passing down your knowledge and showing me the right way to re do my shower.
Beautiful work. This is the first time I've seen you do the golf ball thing! Keep up the good work
Appreciate the videos Bob. Next month I am going to redo both our showers. Am OCD, and will measure 10x's and cut once. Nervous about correct spacing as you point out for bottom row, niche, and ceiling cuts in the video. Will send you some shots when completed. Keeping my fingers & toes crossed 🤞
Yes definitely send me pictures when you are finished and I will put them on my community tab ✌💪
It would be cool if pics could be included in comments.
Thank you Bob. I enjoy watching you actually doing the work as much as learning from your experience when you are discussing the right way to do things. Regarding the space where the tile didn't come all the way up to the niche, you didn't say how to you corrected for this. Was there just a thicker grout line between the tile and the metal trim?
The way I corrected it is using a rounded Schluter trim which is thicker than the flat one... sometimes you have to improvise
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Nice work
👍👌
Excellent video!!I wish you show how you finished the niche edge though.
Great video iv learned a lot im trying to install my own custom tile shower at them moment and your videos have really helped
Thank you, I appreciate that
I really appreciate your videos, it really helped in building my shower.
Thank you sir
Awesome , how did you overcome the 1/2” you were short at the niche ? I can’t for the life of me figure it out !
I went forward with a rounded Schluter transition instead of a flat one and that took up the difference
Like the video, thanks. Wish you would have shown the tiling around the niche...
ledger board is the way to go...i always go right to left and tile all 3 walls because you can step back and doublecheck every few rows make sure looks good....
After watching so many videos of bathroom renovation, we made up our mind to go with Bob. He takes pride in his work. He is a complete package with excellent tile work. Thanks Bob for educating us the process and things involved in renovation . I truly appreciate and like the way bathroom turned out
Wow. These are some very good tips. Thank you.
You're welcome
Can you tell me why you can't run tiles all the way to the ceiling without the ledger board?
Hello Bob, how long can you leave the redgard on the wall before having to lay tile...is there a time frame of how long it can be left uncovered...Would I be able to administer Redgard then take my time tiling??? or do I have to lay it within 72 hours?? thanks Bob love your channel
Why is the first tile on the first row on the ledger is not centered to the vertical laser line? Great video. Thank you.
I do what my customer asked me to, even if I disagree, tile were set on walls in relation to how they wanted, the laser was there for horizontal tile only
Is it necessary to trowel the wall if you back butter the tile? Especially if you completely push the tile in place.
Definitely, either back butter your tile and trowel your thinset onto the wall as I've done here or vice versa, either way good adhesion means both surfaces gets thin set
I just picked up another tip/trick from watching this video. It looks like you are removing some thinset along the edges of each tile after they are in place. I have never seen anyone do this. I sometimes struggle with too much thinset ending up between the tiles but I am guessing that simple trick will help. I have learned a lot watching your videos over the years. They gave me the confidence to do my shower a couple of years ago. Since then, I have done two kitchen floors. Thanks for sharing.
This is excellent and I learned a lot. I will watch it again because I need to understand the different vocabulary like niche"??? etc. I will subscribe to your other videos because we just bought a home that needs some new tile. What is the best method to take out old dated white tile on floors and walls?
I don't know what to tell you on the demolition part, it's kind of Hit and Miss with regard to the tools that you might have... lots of elbow grease. But if you're taking out the shower walls be careful that you don't cut into pipes or electrical that could be hidden and that you don't know about
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Should you always do the biggest back wall first? Also do you cut the tile as you go? No wall is perfect but pre cutting would make the job go faster if possible.
I personally do the biggest wall first and then the two side walls but everybody has their own way, and yes if I can do cuts ahead of time then I will but normally I don't because as you mentioned no wall is perfect
Do you not have to move the tile from side to side to collapse the ridges of the mortar/ thinset?
Yes slightly, that and pushing it in will do the trick
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On my bathroom remodel, almost every 2x4 was mangled. I think the general contractor was aware that the tile contractor was floating everything, so he decided to use the worst lumber in the bathrooms. I found notches so big that the 2x4s collapsed when I did the demo. One had broke in half and splintered.
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What type/brand of thinset do you use for large porcelain tile? I am going to be using 12x24. There are so many choices. Do you use same type for all tile types and does it even matter? And how do you overcome the bottom row "bluge' from the pan liner behind the backer board? Use 1/4 trowel for the bottom row?
The thinset I get a Home Depot is what I use for any tile, large format it will say a l f t on it large format tile..
It is versabond, both grey and white.
I overcome the pan liner bulbs at left and right by having my fastener down as low as possible, typically about 3 in from the pan surface, and I use multiple Fasteners in that area, but yes when I'm setting the tile it gets a little less thin set there but the trowel does not change
On back wall of my tub lip it tappers in 1/4” can i use thinset to fill in that difference while tilling. What would u might recommend. I really didn’t want to remove tub but I should had & leveled it up.
Already have backer board up & water proofed
Why not spend the $ for metal ledger boards. There’s 6 total that will conform to 98% of jobs.
Also I must point this out. We here in the USA seem slow or tech.
A buddy came into town from Japan.
27 years old and made me feel dumb.
It’s amazing how different we all really are
Agreed.... people in other countries seem to do a much better job and easier than we do but then again they've been doing it thousands of years and we're a few hundred
Hey bob
Great explanation of your process and procedures!
Thank you 👌
I'm about to redo my shower. Glad I saw this video, didn't know about ledger boards before.
It sure does make life easier
Thanks for what you do for tile community
Ya can't go wrong with Redgard as waterproofer. I even used it to cover the cracks under my tile before installing. That golfball test i hadn't seen btw. Thanks for another tip Mr. Bob "Dont put your backerboard into your shower pan" Doyle 👍🏼
Great explanation...but when you pull off ledger boards do you silicone in the holes from the screws ?
Yes definitely ✔
Do you use more of the RedGard over the silicone in the holes? And do you not use anything except silicone in the holes? Thank you. Enjoy your videos.
@jdefloris you could use some more Red Guard over the silicone but it's a bit redundant.. and yes, just fill the holes with straight silicone
I prefer to just use silicone because I used a product by Saint Gobain Weber I would never use again, and don’t want to have to mix up another batch! 😄 Thank you so much for your reply.
Watching this makes me want to redo my bathroom.
And YOU can 💪
My tub broke, soooo. Now I am.
I used a ledger board on all three of my bathrooms I renovated last year. I found it worked best for me, especially in the huge shower that I did. The mud pan was the first one I ever did and had some minor high spots to work around but looked great when finished. Those corners worked great too.
This will sound elementary or obvious but what measurement are you using to know where to place the ledger board? Thanks
@@DonnaShanks depends on how your tiles are laid out. If you first tile will be a full tile measure up from your lowest point and level your ledger board from there.
@@GQ-wz5it Thank you! I appreciate your assistance!
That was a very helpful tip about reducing the amount of thin-set where the clip will go
Always enjoy your videos Bob
I have watched your videos for years. They have been incredibly helpful as we remodeled our bathroom. Your videos have been greatly appreciated!!!
OK, I`m watching an older video of yours that explains my question...Thanks!!
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I came across Bob’s videos while I was learning how to make a pan. Turns out, I learned a ton more too. I love how he explains nearly everything. I really need that. The first video I watched, I thought, this guy talks a lot. A few minutes into it and I couldn’t have appreciated his explanations more. I love that he’s a perfectionist. I watched videos where some people were just sloppy. Bob takes a lot of pride in what he does and that makes a big difference in how things work out in the end. Thanks Bob, for your wordiness and attention to detail!!
Bob has given the most bestest advice on tile work ever!
Your videos inspired me to rebuild my shower! Keep up the great work!
Helpful video thank you! 👍
Keep on sharing
Great video.
always love the videos
noice, bob
I used a ledger board on my shower walls after seeing you use it on one of your earlier videos. But the bulges in the corners of the walls from my pan liner made it impossible for me to get my bottom row of tiles level with the rest of the wall and with each other.
So maybe it would have been better for me (and other amateurs) to first set the floor tiles, then draw a level line on the walls where you intend to start your second row of wall tiles, cut the bottom row of wall tiles up to that mark, and then just start on that bottom row and go all the way up.
Thank you for all you do. You are the KING of tile!
Why didn't you just cut the tiles for the bottom row to fit after you did the upper part of the wall?
I`m using 12" x 24" porcelain tile on my shower walls. I will measure their true measurements. How do I figure out where to put my ledger board? I know my pan is not perfect like yours.....how do I account for the discrepancy? Thanks as always! I`m flood testing my pan at the moment till tomorrow. Next up, floor tile then walls! Peace!!
Give yourself about an inch of wiggle room when you put your ledger board up, if you have a 11 and three quarter then you could go ten and three quarter with your ledger board or even 11, there's no way you would be 3/4 off your pan to board...
Or you could find the highest spot between your pan and a line that you would shoot or Mark, then give yourself about half inch wiggle room
How do you place levelers under the ledger row of tiles after removing the ledger?
It is only one row so usually not needed but if there is a definitive a bow in the tiles you cut notch in thinset with dremel for the clips to fit into
what do you use to fill the hole from the screws on the ledger board ?
Silicone
Thanks! Very helpful. I loved all the shared knowledge. I will watch this a few more times as my bathroom-steam room project progresses.
Great video thanks for content
Your detailed work is amazing!
Hey Bob, if you see this, could you direct me toward some more substantial tile spacers that you’ve had success with? I’m going to be doing some large format tiles (24x24 😬) in the coming months and Im pretty sure the standard spacers are going to go all squishy on me! I haven’t worked with anything that large before on the walls. Thanks!
Tile level Master are the clips that I use and the wedges that are sold with them although many manufacturers have the same size
when you remove the ledger, do you use leveling underneath? cus the thinset is hardend
Not sure I understand
I always wondered about this. How do you calculate where the board should go, do you factor in a grout spacing as well?
The way I do at the board sits on the lip, not overlap on tub edge and then that little three-quarter Gap just stays empty or you could fill it in with silicone I suppose some people do