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noodles1010
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yea, like plank said, you have to tear it all out, check the sub flooring, make sure its all ok and not rotting out, then line the floor, run the tubes, have access for the connection for the tubes, then lay all new tile. in my house the tile was a bitch because it takes a long time to get to temp. so make sure you do a little research on the thickness of the tile and heat transmittance. once its all said and done it not bad at all, just a pain in the ass. good for bathrooms and kitchens. be prepared for your bills to climb a little too.
a new hammer drill would be pretty tits....a hole hawg would be good too
Yes sir
noodles1010
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ehhhh, for this i would hire someone bro. if it fouls up youre gonna get the bill. if someone else does it, its their problem
I wouldn't be able to get to the sub floor, it's on the second level. The house was built in 98 so nothing should be rotting. In fact anytime we have something installed it's a pain in the ass bc of a shit ton of steel beams apparently
wiring never seems like a DIY project to me
unless its the crappy ethernet cable I fished everywhere for roku's
unless its the crappy ethernet cable I fished everywhere for roku's
What would you estimate that being roughly? ~2K?
Want to go camping?
Have you ever laid tile? I decided I was good enough at it to tile one of our showers. That lasted two days before I called in someone that knew wtf they were doing.
dude..my tile was 2k...
only tile we even tried ourselves was the backsplash in the kitchen and only because the tile guy let us use all his tools...
and that was a cocksucker getting the outlet boxes at the right height/depth
and that was a cocksucker getting the outlet boxes at the right height/depth
The previous owner left a TON of extra tile so I should have enough to tear it out and lay new ones down. What kind of tile do you have?
lol at yuppies knot knowing how to float tile or run wiring
I'll come do it for 2150 an hour
Should only take me 2 weeks
I'll come do it for 2150 an hour
Should only take me 2 weeks
lolololololololol
italian marble master bath and kids bath
onyx for half bath and foyer
the 2k for the tile was for the master bath...but thats all the tile not just the floor..which includes a ceramic and semi precious stone tile on the walls
noodles1010
Well-known member
400 sq ft? im guessing 1500 just for the heated flooring, then add for tile, grout, ect. if you need to bring in an electrician to run the electric access, add for that as well.
mistaballoonhands
Banned
Fuck man, my mom laid heated floors in her whole house.
oh yeah! well my neighbor has a heated driveway!!!!
noodles1010
Well-known member
there are different types of heated flooring and the cost varies. the up side is, you dont use the heat as much because your using the floors to give off radiant heat too now. the down side is your electric bill is going up. one of my sub companies does solar energy. we do a lot of hook ups for solar water heating, flooring ect. money can be saved it all depends on how you attack it. if you do it all at once the price changes, bit by bit, it increases. they hit you with bullshit re mobilization charges, set up charges ect. its all a game. non the less she paid a nice dollar to do that. in the long run its awesome for resale in a home. major selling point and if 30,000.00 is spent doing it, expect 40-50% return on investment as long as it isnt shit materials.
so whats the cost of solar water heaters to say...preheat boiler water?
digimon7068
New member
i could use a handy...
why bother if you'd just forget!
whats the purpose? sex on the counter tops?
Um duh....
Kinda hard to bang anywhere else when you aren't allowed to leave the kitchen
We were planning on doing that in the next couple of years when we replace our driveway. Fuck off snow!
I have 2" granite in my kitchen, don't think that would work but fuck that certainly would be all kinds of tits
I have soapstone...superior heat conductivity
How durable is that? I'm looking into replacing a bathroom vanity too and saw a soap stone one I liked but don't really know shit about it.
Headholio
New member
I think the hardest part of that job may be pulling up the old tile.
I did it once, and it was a pain (concrete sub flor). You can't just yank it up. The sub floor has to be smooth or the new tile won't lay flat. With a concrete sub floor that took a lot of chiseling, and even then it wasn't perfect. With a wood subfloor (I've never done it), you might end up damaging the wood, pulling up chunks of wood, and it will probably be a bitch to get the thinset/mastic completely off.
But that's just work. Doable.
Laying down new tile, no biggie, but if you haven't done it before, it might not look perfect, and the money you will spend to buy trowels, knee pads, nippers, a tile saw etc, might not be much of a savings compared to hiring it out.
The other thing is the wiring. I think those floors take a lot of juice, so you might not be able to tap into an existing circuit and might need to put in a new one and run wire to your main box.
You could hire an electrician just to do that part if you aren't confident with that.
I did it once, and it was a pain (concrete sub flor). You can't just yank it up. The sub floor has to be smooth or the new tile won't lay flat. With a concrete sub floor that took a lot of chiseling, and even then it wasn't perfect. With a wood subfloor (I've never done it), you might end up damaging the wood, pulling up chunks of wood, and it will probably be a bitch to get the thinset/mastic completely off.
But that's just work. Doable.
Laying down new tile, no biggie, but if you haven't done it before, it might not look perfect, and the money you will spend to buy trowels, knee pads, nippers, a tile saw etc, might not be much of a savings compared to hiring it out.
The other thing is the wiring. I think those floors take a lot of juice, so you might not be able to tap into an existing circuit and might need to put in a new one and run wire to your main box.
You could hire an electrician just to do that part if you aren't confident with that.
digimon7068
New member
that stumpy, chubby-cheeked, pasta-ball, guido bastard hasn't been around in a long time...i miss him
Probably 2150 bro
kx250rider
New member
Honestly, if the floor is in good condition (no other reason to replace it), I'd think about putting a heated mat in there in stead of a tear-out and total rebuild of the floor, which is what is likely going to have to happen if you want conventional hot water-sourced heated flooring. If you do decide to do the job, I'd recommend just planning on where on the floor you want it heated, as it's probably a waste to heat the whole 400sf; assuming that your house has heating that heats the bathroom over all.
Charles
Charles
Floor mats seems a little chincy, I'm leaning more towards electric over water seeing as water is 3x more expensive to install and more expensive to run. We're also considering installing some type of solar panels.
heated towel bars ftw
its like warmed hospital blankets, but towels...in your bathroom ftmfw
actually YEAH, we still have cable because its paid for the month and no one in the house has watched it in two weeks...
fuck a bunch of cable..we bought a second roku and the HD channels on the antenna are spectacular
fuck a bunch of cable..we bought a second roku and the HD channels on the antenna are spectacular
yeah...no one gives a shit its there..theres so much more to watch via internets to your tv
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fuck your apostrophe
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