[quote=FlyerInHi] . . . I’m tiling my condo this week. The first day I got back pain. But I’m fine now. between breaks I’m getting my phone all dirty catching up on Piggington.
I can afford to hire someone. But why? I do a good job. And if I hired someone, the job might be worse and I’d be doing less physical activity. I’m killing several birds with 1 stone and saving money . . . [/quote]
I’ve been a tile grunt worker on several occasions, brian. My duties were putting the cross spacers in, wiping away grout and sealing. I’ve assisted on tiling jobs with mats of 2″ squares all the way up to 12″ squares of ceramic or marble tile. I’ve lifted an 18″ square tile in Home Depot but never bought any (was considering it at one time for my large LR). I can’t imagine being bent over and lifting those big squares all day and setting them into the adhesive. It would kill my back.
I guess its nothing that Advil/Aleve can’t cure. Good for you for saving money on installation! The labor costs at least 3X the cost of (ceramic) tile.
