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Title: Setting Tile (Fine Homebuilding) by Michael Byrne ISBN: 1-56158-080-5 Publisher: Taunton Press Pub. Date: July, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (21 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: If you're gonna tile, you need this book.
Comment: Probably the best do it yourself book I've ever used.
I was able to do a complex bathroom job (walls, counters, surrounds, patterns, multiple tile sizes) over an inferior floor surface (low grade particle board) by using the advice in this book, and several years later -- not a single problem with the installation.
If you're providing the labor, you can afford the essential tools, and this is the #1 essential tool.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great for the weekend warrior
Comment: In my neighborhood, as in many areas during this boom economy, it is nearly impossible to find contractors willing to do small residential jobs such as tiling a bathtub stall. For us reluctant weekend warriors, this book has been a godsend.
Most tile books provide a number of layout ideas and then either gloss over the details of installation or (more often) give suggestions on how to hire a reputable and skilled contractor. Byrne instead gives detailed but undaunting descriptions of how to design, plan, build, and finish most projects. The organization is useful, the photos are perfect, and helpful hints and warnings abound.
Only a couple things could improve this book. Although the book contained all the info I needed for my job, a quick outline summary for entire projects, with one-line descriptors of each task, would avoid having to continually leaf through the complete text. Also, an estimate of time required for each task would allow for better planning.
Rating: 5
Summary: A valuable resource for the first timer
Comment: I bought this book because I have never set tile before and I wanted to unlock some of the mysteries that I had concerning tile installations. The book is full of wonderful full color photographs and great advice. If you are a do it yourself type of person, this book will take you start to finish. I like the thorough discussion of the proper way to do a layout so you never end up with tile slivers on the margin of your installation. There is a thorough discussion of how to make your installs waterproof, long lasting, and pleasing to the eye.
After reading this book I came to realize that what you have under the tile is almost as important as the finished product. There's a lot more that goes into that sandwich than you think.
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Title: Ceramic Tile Setting by John P. Bridge, Robert A. Bedient ISBN: 0830625720 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Pub. Date: 01 March, 1992 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Step-By-Step Tiling Project by Paula Marshall, Better Homes and Gradens, Better Homes and Gardens ISBN: 0696208180 Publisher: Meredith Books Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Grand Finishes for Tile : Home Installation Projects 101 by Matt Nikitas ISBN: 0312277008 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin Pub. Date: 12 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Hardwood Floors: Laying, Sanding and Finishing by Don Bollinger ISBN: 0942391624 Publisher: Taunton Press Pub. Date: December, 1990 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Drywall: Professional Techniques for Great Results by Myron Ferguson ISBN: 1561585297 Publisher: Taunton Press Pub. Date: April, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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