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Self-Leveling Underlayment: The Ultimate Guide

July 7, 2020 by DIYTileGuy 62 Comments

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Self-leveling underlayment. It sounds soooooo easy, doesn't it? You simply pour the leveling cement over the floor and the product then just levels itself all on its own. Sort of like...magic, right? This post contains affiliate links. The site owner may earn a commission should you click … [Read more...] about Self-Leveling Underlayment: The Ultimate Guide

Filed Under: Installation, Tutorial Tagged With: ardex, ardex feather finish, custom building products, floors, liquid backer board, mapei, planipatch, schonox, self leveling, tec specialty, tools, uzin

Delta Cruzer 7-inch Tile Saw vs Dewalt D24000 | Tool Review

May 3, 2020 by DIYTileGuy 14 Comments

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Recently, I purchased the Delta Cruzer 7-inch tile saw (96-107). Having been a Dewalt D24000 owner for the last several years, I find it natural to compare the new Delta with the Dewalt. "But, is that really fair? A 7-inch saw vs a 10-inch? Why not compare apples-to-apples?" On the surface, … [Read more...] about Delta Cruzer 7-inch Tile Saw vs Dewalt D24000 | Tool Review

Filed Under: Tool review, Video Tagged With: d24000, delta cruzer, delta cruzer 10-inch, delta cruzer 7-inch, delta tile saw, dewalt, dewalt d24000, dewalt d36000, felker, felker tile master, Lackmond, Lackmond Beast, Lackmond Beast7, Lackmond tile saw, mk 101, mk101, target tilematic, tile saw, tool review, tools, vs

How to Build a Recessed Shampoo Shelf

December 20, 2016 by DIYTileGuy 3 Comments

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The Ultimate Guide to Building a Preformed Recessed Shower Niche Part 2 Building, Installing, and Tiling a Recessed Shampoo Shelf In this post we discuss: How to cut an inset niche into the wall What tools to use to build the recessed shampoo shelf Blocking (framing) for a recessed niche How to … [Read more...] about How to Build a Recessed Shampoo Shelf

Filed Under: DIY, Installation, Niches, Products, Tutorial Tagged With: bullnose, featured, laticrete, niche, noble, tools

7 Hot New Tile Products and Tools for 2016

February 23, 2016 by DIYTileGuy Leave a Comment

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New Tile Products Heated Tile Floor Membranes Joining the likes of Ditra Heat and Prodeso Heat is the newcomer Prova Flex-Heat. The newer trend in heated tile floors is to run the heated wire in the tile underlayment rather than on top or below. The advantage is the installation is a little easier … [Read more...] about 7 Hot New Tile Products and Tools for 2016

Filed Under: Around the tile universe, Products, Tile Trends Tagged With: bathroom, corner shower shelf, custom building products, ditra heat, Fusion, grout, laticrete, stain proof grout, tile floor heat, tile saw, tools, uncoupling, uncoupling membrane

More tips for installing wood look tile flooring

August 25, 2015 by DIYTileGuy 153 Comments

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Installing wood look tile Wood plank tile floors have gained a good amount of popularity in the last couple of years. For good reason: they don't have ugly wear patterns after a couple of years, they don't need to be refinished, and they don't dent and ding like real wood floors do. But when it … [Read more...] about More tips for installing wood look tile flooring

Filed Under: Installation, Tips & Tricks Tagged With: featured, large format, tile, tools, wood plank tile

MK-EZ Profiler- Tool Review

October 27, 2014 by DIYTileGuy 2 Comments

I was anxious when I first was trying out my new MK-EZ Profiler machine. Nobody had one yet (mine is number 38) and it's a lot of money to throw away if it doesn't work very well. After the first day of bullnosing my 3/8 inch through body porcelain tile I was ready to throw the machine in the … [Read more...] about MK-EZ Profiler- Tool Review

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