Home Improvementlopnik

"J. Walter Weatherman" (J-WalterWeatherman)
08/19/2013 at 10:31 • Filed to: Home Improvementlopnik

Pro tip: Do not install tile in your house yourself. Pay someone else to do that shit. It is time consuming and an immense pain in the ass, and when you are done, you will see EVERY. SINGLE. LITTLE. IMPERFECTION. And there will be imperfections. Not big ones. Not ones that anyone else in the world will likely notice. But you will, because you put them there. And your eye will be drawn to them, every single time you look at it. They just sit there, mocking you... AAAARRGGGGHHHH!

Anyways, how were your guys' weekends? Mine was... well... lets not talk about it.

Picture not related, just awesome. I want to go to there.

DISCUSSION (11)

Party-vi > J. Walter Weatherman
08/19/2013 at 10:34

LOL INSTALLED PORCELAIN AND TRAVERTINE TILES WITHOUT ISSUE

But really, it just takes a lot of time and even more patience. Especially when you go through 5 or 6 travertine tiles trying to get one cut OH YOU WANTED TO TAKE OFF 2" LET ME PUT THAT RIGHT ON A NATURAL FRACTURE IN THE TILE HAHAHA FUCKER.

Seriously.

ZeroOrDie - Powered By MZR > J. Walter Weatherman
08/19/2013 at 10:39

Yes. Just waiting for you. If you do it wrong its like....ugh there is that crack or i could have sealed that better. Dont look at me!

On this front I removed the useless spoiler from my car. Dealing with rusty holes in my trunk now mocking me. Tried to clean the area around the holes gently. Still scratched the paint...baby steps.

corvairsomeday2 > J. Walter Weatherman
08/19/2013 at 10:39

I installed porcelain tile this weekend, actually. If it's a choice between fixing imperfections or living with them, I fix the big ones and leave the small ones. It gives the floor 'character,' or at least that's what I tell myself.

A couple weeks ago, I installed natural slate. Sorted through 300 tiles to get the 30 that we liked. :)

Remember: vinyl is always a fallback...

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > J. Walter Weatherman
08/19/2013 at 10:41

I got a 4" gash cut into my leg from a piece of broken tile when I was little. Thanks Obama.

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > J. Walter Weatherman
08/19/2013 at 10:49

It is. I never ever repairing or put my tiles with my own hands because I just can't do that like a pro.

Anyway, last weekend I cleaned bloodstains from my girl's Biante. She just used that thing as an Ambulance. And oh, Celebrating Indonesia's Independence Day!

J. Walter Weatherman > Party-vi
08/19/2013 at 11:13

I was doing the backsplash in my kitchen with tiny little glass tiles. It turned out just fine, I really am the only person that can see any of the flaws in it, but I am somewhat of a perfectionist when it comes to home improvement stuff, so it is driving me bonkers.

Oh, and I am not sure if I just got the wrong thing to cut the tiles with or what, but the glass tile cutter that I got was basically like "here let me just arbitrarily shatter that tile for you and hopefully one of the pieces will just so happen to be in the shape you want."

J. Walter Weatherman > J. Walter Weatherman
08/19/2013 at 11:19

Edit: What the hell Kinja, this was supposed to be a reply to Corvairsomeday....

J. Walter Weatherman > corvairsomeday2
08/19/2013 at 11:22

Yeah, there are no big imperfections, just tiny little ones that nobody but me will ever notice. The good part of being a perfectionist is that it turned out pretty darn good and most people that see it will think it looks great. The bad part of being a perfectionist is that I still notice any little imperfection, no matter how small. They aren't even imperfections that I care about. If someone else had done the tile, they wouldn't bother me at all. But since I put them there, they annoy the hell out of me.

Also: Why were you greyed out? Aren't you an author on here?

Party-vi > J. Walter Weatherman
08/19/2013 at 11:24

Yep you got the right tile cutter.

corvairsomeday2 > J. Walter Weatherman
08/19/2013 at 11:43

I don't know what to tell you, haha. I guess I'm lucky that my perfectionist tendencies have a threshold beyond which I just don't care anymore.

I can't log in normally at work, so this is a burner account. Otherwise, yes, I'm an author. Thanks for recommending my post.

JasonStern911 > corvairsomeday2
08/20/2013 at 11:54

Remember: vinyl is always a fallback

Damn right! Plasti-dip the whole kitchen! :D