Recent content by Kamal

Hello folks, This project is moving forward, but I have a few tile questions. In terms of the work completed, I did notch the joists, and create a post and beam system underneath using 4x4 and 4x6, with some lateral bracing. The pier blocks were sunk into reinforced concrete. The soil was...

Wayne, I was joking about no subfloor...but great answer nevertheless! Your thoughts on the amount the joists have to be notched? I’m figuring 1/4” on the first one and 1 7/8 at the last one. Seem reasonable to you? Would you sister them all or just the last one? And I can do 3 posts w/o...

Jim, Thank you for any help with the Johnbridge forum. My username there is Malgyver. Although I am totally green to tiling, and jumped right out of the gate with large format tile, I think I've done ok. Did 20 18x36 in a shower, that was my first and best tile job. No failures. It was a...

Thank you for your responses! Wayne, I signed up with Johnbridge about 2 months ago to get this sorted out, but my account was never properly activated, and despite a number of tries, I havn't been able to make it work. Getting signed up here was so easy, and I already have great advice to go...

Hello all, Thank you in advance for any help and suggestions. In short, I am building a shower room in my home, and would like to explore the option of a ply subfloor preslope to avoid doing one or both mud beds. A few details first: * Raised foundation home on hill in SF BAy Area with ample...