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I wanted to get rid of the wall to wall carpet in the bathroom. Dave says ok he will do it for me. I get to pick out the tile. Yay!
18 yr old carpet is in amazingly good shape-- but styles have changed.




Needs new subfloor to level up to cleats at base of steps


Dave notes: in picture above, the box over the wheel well will have to be modified for access, by removing the cleats from the box, and installing them on the floor, and then sliding the box behind the cleats. Tile will cover the cleats forever, box will be removable for service.

I've chosen an 18" sq travertine marble tile, honed and filled.









Step riser pieces show the miter angle cuts, done on the wet saw with a cutting block gauge to get the 23 1/2 degree angles on 4 cuts. Lid will cover the seams.




All tile in place, adhesive needs to set now

great fit and finish, now all I have to do is grout it. That's the least I can do after all Dave's hard work. Congratulations Dave. Nice job.

you can see more pictures of the project here
Bath floor tile project - sailwing's Photos (http://sailwing.smugmug.com/Coach/bath-floor/22974761_9pDGFW#!i=1846927101&k=xtbkTqr)

Looks great

Thanks Ernie.  It looks better in person, and with the final grout, edge flexible caulk and sealed.  After just 3 days of labor, for 12 sq. feet of tile, I have learned I am glad I have another career to pay for my toys.

Good job David. When can you start on my U300? My shoulder still hurts.

Bring it down, and we can start as soon as my knees recover.  Or after all the new walnut paneling and trim is on areas that are carpet now and will not be when we do the floors.

Biggest pain for me was the tiny working area, and laying on the angle or point.  Doing your walk thru bath would not be as big a deal.  We had to cut 15 out of 16 pieces, and I had to redo one of those when it broke.  A ceramic tile would not have broken as easily.

Nice work Dave, you can come and work with me, pay is the pits as usual.
John h

               Job well done David. That was the first project I did after we bought our FT was to get rid of that stinky carpet around the "hopper". Dave Flanagan gave me some pointers and found me some tile that matched the existing stuff.

            I will never understand the concept of carpet in any bath.

For those who want to prevent "stinky" carpet: Go to a Dollar Store and buy a plastic bat, cut off both ends and one has a nice, long funnel for those who refuse to sit when performing a function.

lol Nitehawk

I grew up with campers and boats, and my dear old Dad had signs made for the walls behind the toilets.  It read something like, "gentlemen will please be seated".  If he caught anyone not obeying his rule, they could go on deck or out in the woods.  Has worked in our home, boats and RV's, thanks Dad.

Sign in office where I once worked and I was one of the few men.  " If you sprinkle when you tinkle please raise the seat " :)
Gary B

Glen and I went to one of my wholesalers to purchase some trim for his stairs. They had a couple pieces of ceramic tile with flexible grout on the counter. I couldn't take the pieces apart and the joint was very flexible. Maybe a solution to cracked grout. The name of the company is Professional  Flooring Supply. They have a website but the graphics were drawn by some 12 year old- hard for over 60 eyes to figure out

Great job! Just showed the DW the pictures as she has already bought the materials for our U225 which is identical to yours in the bathroom area. Glad you did it first. :)

Sue is using small tiles on a mesh... but has a sunburst design in the middle. I'm not exactly sure how it's going to look but when she gets off work for the summer (in 2 weeks) she's going to get started on it.

Thanks for the photos!!!
Craig

Dave, I have same bath and already have tile except for the step and toilet platform which are carpeted.  That miserable little step is my nemesis. I would be very fearful with this thing tiled.  Did you consider enlarging the step and incorporating the vent into the larger step?  This is what I've been contemplating.  Having the carpet away from the toilet surround would be especially nice.  Looks great by the way.

I too looked at making it larger, and also like maybe raise the whole bath with a step up at the door threshold.  Then just figured someone had already done that at FOT, and then gone back with what we see today.

I could have done the furnace vent, shooting the air up as a floor vent.  I looked at moving the furnace vent to behind the rear of the toilet into the linen cabinet below the door.  I did not like the idea of stepping out and down from the bathroom into the hall.  And all that would have made service more difficult some day.  The removable tile on the step box top, with the screws that hold the box won out in the end.  The box can be unscrewed and lifts up and out of the bathroom just in case we ever need access to the shower plumbing or the wires that run under the dumb box.  The vent below the shower pan still works to allow air into or out of the basement bays.

Great job, Dave.  Looks professional grade.  If the double sided tape fails in the future...use velcro...it's your friend for removable panels as you do not ever have to replace it as it's likely the tape is a single use adhesive.  But, chances are you'll never have to get inside that ever again...hopefully.
Peter

Hope we never need under the top tile.  I had the velcro ready and in hand and thought the tape was going to work well with gravity on this job.  I did use double sticky foam tape and it has some give to touch more surface than thin carpet tape.  Not like we need yearly access.  I also posted into the coach file the a set of photos showing how to get back into the area.  Might even add a small note to the wall saying "step is removable, see book".