When I moved into my house the kitchen had a slate floor that was coming up all over the place. The joists are over-spanned and the person who installed the floor just put the tile right on plywood. It was doomed from the beginning. I have pulled up the tile with the intent of putting [...]

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Us, Tile Newbies, wish to know what is the best way to keep our new tile floor clean. Mop N Glo, Floor steamer, or just plain water? Any recommendations from y’all will be greatly appreciated! They are flat Porcelain tile imitates the look and feel of stone/slate. (Item #:199547 Lowes) Other Related Mosaic Sites

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Hello, we are currently building our house and we are at the bricking the walls stage so we have some time to choose flooring, fittings etc, but of course I want to get it right….you can change decor, repaint, but changing the flooring is a biatch and most people don’t change them once their done. [...]

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I was told I needed to "seal" the grout on my floors as they were just installed. I have two different types of tile: one, is ceramic but not the"glazed" kind ( I guess) as it does not shine. The second one is standard bathroom tile, the kind that shines. I got two types of [...]

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Just like the title says, what do you think about this sink: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140346926235&ssPageName=ADME:B:WNAFP:US:1123 Going over this tile: http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1vZ1xhf/R-100664344/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053 Flooring will be Kund multicoloured slate. At first I didnt know what to think about the sink, but then I kept looking at it, and it is starting to grow on me. I like the square shape, [...]

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i am a bit of a country woman at heart and the rest of my home is slightly neutral colours and i want my kitchen to be warm and inviting. the current colours are powdery blue walls, warm slate gray countertops and white cabinets. the cabinets are falling apart and have cheap grey handles which [...]

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We just bought an old house with lots of windows, wood floors etc… I don’t know if my bathroom is too vintage to go modern. The tub is not a claw foot, but it is vintage. How should I decorate it?. The rest of my house is different shades of grey, and pink, and chrome [...]

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I have carpet that a multi colored dark/med brown with beige/tan mixed. Very warm looking. What color should I paint my walls? I am thinking of painting my kitchen a blue gray. the living room, kitchen, and dining room are all one great room. Also I have a hallway/foyer off of the living room what [...]

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I have been laying tile for 15 years so I know that porcelain, while it has micro holes, doesn’t really need any kind of sealer. However, I did a floor in 2007. It is 12" porcelain on the beige side. It goes through an entry, office, kitchen, dining room, another entry to the garage and [...]

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This is not slate tile but actual chunks of slate. The installers were pushing their metal boxes and tools around and now there are all kinds of criss/cross scratches over the slate. I tried to put a floor shine over them but the scratches are still very vivid. What can I do to get rid [...]

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i am wanting to put slate around our fireplace instead of the cheap tile thats on there. ive never tiled anything before. is tiling on a wall or fireplace harder than the floor. should i get a professional to do it. and do i have to take the whole fireplace mantle out to do it? [...]

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ive never tiled anything before. i was thinking of replacing our old tiles around the fireplace and puttnig in slate ones. i am wondering if its a bigger project than it seems. will i have to remove the mantle to do it. is it harder to tile something on the wall or fireplace than the [...]

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