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Posted by MiamiCuse on May 23, 2008, 1:42 am

> nmbexcuse> wrote
>> don't like carpets, does not work in hot/humid Florida anyways.
>
> Well somebody must have thought otherwise cause carpet has been everywhere
> in FL since the early 70's.
> Everyhouse we lived in had carpet cept the last one.
>

Well, they are ALL wrong. I am right :)



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Posted by Kris Krieger on May 23, 2008, 10:43 am

>
>> nmbexcuse> wrote
>>> don't like carpets, does not work in hot/humid Florida anyways.
>>
>> Well somebody must have thought otherwise cause carpet has been
>> everywhere in FL since the early 70's.
>> Everyhouse we lived in had carpet cept the last one.
>>
>
> Well, they are ALL wrong. I am right :)
>

We got a type of tile in this house that feels, dunno how to describe it,
almost "fuzzy" when you walk on it, because it's ceramic but not super-
smooth. It sounds odd because I don't knwo how to describe it well, but
it's actually pleasant. I never much liked the shiny/slick tile - even
tho' it's easy to clean, you still have to keep up with the grout.

WHich brings up a question I've long had: why does tile *need8 grout lines
in the first place? Why not a very thin bit of cualk and jam them up close
to one another? Is grout supposed to be "decorative", or is ther ea
physical reason for the grout spacing?




Posted by MiamiCuse on May 23, 2008, 11:38 pm

>
>>
>>> nmbexcuse> wrote
>>>> don't like carpets, does not work in hot/humid Florida anyways.
>>>
>>> Well somebody must have thought otherwise cause carpet has been
>>> everywhere in FL since the early 70's.
>>> Everyhouse we lived in had carpet cept the last one.
>>>
>>
>> Well, they are ALL wrong. I am right :)
>>
>
> We got a type of tile in this house that feels, dunno how to describe it,
> almost "fuzzy" when you walk on it, because it's ceramic but not super-
> smooth. It sounds odd because I don't knwo how to describe it well, but
> it's actually pleasant. I never much liked the shiny/slick tile - even
> tho' it's easy to clean, you still have to keep up with the grout.
>
> WHich brings up a question I've long had: why does tile *need8 grout
> lines
> in the first place? Why not a very thin bit of cualk and jam them up
> close
> to one another? Is grout supposed to be "decorative", or is ther ea
> physical reason for the grout spacing?
>
>

There is a reason. Most tiles are first shaped, then baked. For this
reason there will be variations along the edge, and a wider grout line will
solve the uneven-ness problem. Marble and rectified tiles are cut
afterwards, and therefore can be installed as close as the thickness of a
credit card.



Posted by Kris Krieger on May 24, 2008, 11:26 am

>
>>
>>>
>>>> nmbexcuse> wrote
>>>>> don't like carpets, does not work in hot/humid Florida anyways.
>>>>
>>>> Well somebody must have thought otherwise cause carpet has been
>>>> everywhere in FL since the early 70's.
>>>> Everyhouse we lived in had carpet cept the last one.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Well, they are ALL wrong. I am right :)
>>>
>>
>> We got a type of tile in this house that feels, dunno how to describe
>> it, almost "fuzzy" when you walk on it, because it's ceramic but not
>> super- smooth. It sounds odd because I don't knwo how to describe it
>> well, but it's actually pleasant. I never much liked the shiny/slick
>> tile - even tho' it's easy to clean, you still have to keep up with
>> the grout.
>>
>> WHich brings up a question I've long had: why does tile *need8 grout
>> lines
>> in the first place? Why not a very thin bit of cualk and jam them up
>> close
>> to one another? Is grout supposed to be "decorative", or is ther ea
>> physical reason for the grout spacing?
>>
>>
>
> There is a reason. Most tiles are first shaped, then baked. For this
> reason there will be variations along the edge, and a wider grout line
> will solve the uneven-ness problem. Marble and rectified tiles are
> cut afterwards, and therefore can be installed as close as the
> thickness of a credit card.
>

AH, I see. Out floor tile is quite straight, so it seems that the width
of the lines is to save the builder the price of, what, maybe five
tiles...

((I do like those granite and other stone tiles, esp.
travartine...travartine is beautiful.))



Posted by Troppo on May 24, 2008, 6:57 am

>
>>
>>> nmbexcuse> wrote
>>>> don't like carpets, does not work in hot/humid Florida anyways.
>>>
>>> Well somebody must have thought otherwise cause carpet has been
>>> everywhere in FL since the early 70's.
>>> Everyhouse we lived in had carpet cept the last one.
>>>
>>
>> Well, they are ALL wrong. I am right :)
>>
>
> We got a type of tile in this house that feels, dunno how to describe
> it, almost "fuzzy" when you walk on it, because it's ceramic but not
> super- smooth. It sounds odd because I don't knwo how to describe it
> well, but it's actually pleasant. I never much liked the shiny/slick
> tile - even tho' it's easy to clean, you still have to keep up with
> the grout.
>
> WHich brings up a question I've long had: why does tile *need8 grout
> lines in the first place? Why not a very thin bit of cualk and jam
> them up close to one another? Is grout supposed to be "decorative",
> or is ther ea physical reason for the grout spacing?
>

We had a house in Mid-Wales UK, built in 1875 by a railway company.
Cavity brick walls (9" and 4 1/2", 2" cavity, slate damp courses).
Expanding footings went down maybe 6ft or more - never managed to dig far
enough down to find the foundations. The houses needed a degree of
earthquake-proofing with heavy steam engines and coal trains passing by.
The back kitchen/living room floor was "quarry" tiles ( 6" by 1/2"
ceramic) laid over about a foot of compacted boiler ash. No grout, no
gap. Still servicable 110 years later. Only problem was if a single tile
cracked, then you needed to replace it quickly before the adjacent tiles
started to creep.
The place also had very hard 8" by 3/4" concrete skirtings all round the
internal walls.


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