I'm watching all of your videos, expecialy this channel, and i must say every time i learn some thing new, most of that stuff is realy good advice. Watching your videos is joy for me. Keep the good work, and i will keep watching and learning new stuff. Greeating from Serbia.
5:16 When your hands are in this position, you have a very good understanding of what cramping, fatigue, desperation in finishing when you're so close to the end and what many droplets of sweat look like on hazy tile!
There're a lot of videos here on TH-cam about home DIY projects of all sorts of stuff but you have the best teaching method. Seems like you're not promoting your self or your product but genuinely want people to learn so that they can do a good job themselves. Thanks.
I hate grouting! It's probably one of my least favourite home improvement projects, but it has to be done. I think that overall, it would have been just as easy to use the type of epoxy grout I used for the countertop instead of this cement based grout, so for future projects I'll use that instead. More expensive, but the results are 100x better. This is part of my complete kitchen build and I'm making regular posts on the progress as it happens the website forum: www.ibuildit.ca/ibuildit-forum/viewtopic.php?id=351 Ways YOU can help support the work I do in making these videos: Plans for sale: www.ibuildit.ca/plans.html Making these videos is expensive and time consuming, and you can help by becoming a supporter of this channel on Patreon. For as little as $1 per month, you'll get early access to regular videos and also exclusive videos made just for my Patreon supporters! www.patreon.com/user?u=865843&ty=h
Thats why my dad and I put vinyl floors in his kitchen and bathroom. My wife and I renovated our bathroom and we are replacing the tiles that got busted when we took out the 350 pound cast iron bathtub. We had the spare tiles so all we need to do is grout and caulk the new bathtub.
Congratulations on being done with it! That porcelain is unreasonably hard. I just did my bathroom with similar oversized tiles, and I ruined two blades. But you have to admit that it's satisfying when its over. That looked great.
Lots of hard tedious work John, but that is a beautiful big floor! All without knee pads! My knees couldn't have handled it. Thanks for sharing it with us!
Clean up after grouting is much simpler than the way you did yours. Make the first pass with a sponge to smooth out the grout between the tiles as you did. Grout another area and then with the second pass of the sponge just make a SINGLE pass diagonal to the lines with each side of the sponge and then rinse... You're done. Once dried, preferably the next day, any remaining slight haze can be buffed out with an old T Shirt or even burlap. The circular motion continues to spread a very thin layer of grout over the tiles that you need to continually rinse. I just finished a 400 sq ft basement and it took about 5 hours to grout it from start to finish.
Love the tile choice, John, and the layout pattern. I tiled my 2 bathrooms (my first time tiling) a few years ago. I was happy with the result but didn't much enjoy the process.
I really like that floor, John. I like the color, the texture, the pattern - the whole thing. Nice choices, and nicely executed. Really looks good all the way around.
Turned out great! This channel is an inspiration and much reassurance to a young(ish) aspiring homeowner such as myself. :) Thanks a lot for all the videos!
Respect, I don't know about you in America, but many of us in Croatia use silicone grout in the corners of and the intersections, so it's nicer to see and only the place is cleaner after the work is finished and most important.that is avioding water erosion on that critical places.
they sell a grout saw with carbide grit that is absolutely ideal for this. Just did a bathroom floor + walk in shower yesterday. took 20 minutes to knock down the excess mortar between the joints. And i was less than careful in a few areas (particularly the floor mosaic in the shower. lol)
Looks really nice. I have never heard of using boiled linseed oil as a grout sealer. Is there an advantage to using this over the other sealers that you know of? When the guys sealed my tiled shower, they used this spray that had a pretty loud smell. Then, they rubbed it into the grout with an old tshirt.
A small point but I think you should have used mastic at the joint with the upstands. It is good practice when tiling to use a flexible joint at any change of direction or at a joint with a dissimilar material.
I've never seen a professional caulk the joint between the floor tile and the base, and I've seen literally hundreds of thousands of square feet of floor tile laid with tile base.
Fantastic looking floor, I like the diagonal pattern. I know what you mean about grouting, the cleanup is a bitch of a job. I used black grout in my bathroom and it seemed like it was never going to clean up!
Outstanding work, John! I'm starting to think this is what I want to do to our kitchen floor. Pull up the old vinyl (fake tile look) and replace it with something like this.
There's hardly any gap between my tiles and i need to regrout it cause of water seepage from behind the tile. Any suggestions on how to scrape off the old grout? Do i really need to scrape off or just apply new grout on the old one.
I am about to grout kitchen countertop tile which is floor simulated wood grain tile used on countertop. Since it is a kitchen countertop my grout lines are very thin (1/16') I will be using un-sanded grout. I am using a premixed (un-sanded) grout and was wondering if I should thin grout down to better get down into hairline tile joints?
1st under the kitchen you had to put silicone and not stucco 2nd when we place tiles we use the comb very carefully so as not to contaminate the tiles with glue because it is difficult to get out and the tiles get dirty and you were polished, 3rd when we clean we do not use my hair , you just take a spatula and clean the joints where there is only glue, and on the tiles we clean them with water if it is hot even better and with a big sponge, 4th when we do the washing with a sponge we leave the stock 15/20 minutes to pull so that the joint does not fall at all, you will tell me now that everyone has a different way of working according to the structure you do not lose anything
how do you prep for the reseal? mop, steam clean, ... ? on an earlier comment you mentioned that in future you'd probably just stay with the epoxy grout, would that mean less resealing? kitchen looks great.
John, I just binge watched this entire channel. Thanks for creating all these videos! Question though, did you ever end up putting in the radiant heating? I didn't see a video where you addressed the heating system again after you removed that oil burner.
How much thinset between the tiles is OK? I used your advise, and used the spacers to get out as much thinset as possible, but I am curious as to how much is too much?
you want at least 75% of the thickness of the tile to give the grout a good volume to avoid cracking. More is better. less is OK as long as its not too much less. Best thing to do is to use a grout saw (the hand tool not power tool version) to run down between every line and get it all clear and consistent. cracks in grout come from inconsistency in thickness.
It's way cheaper and seems to work just as well. I used it in my last house and it worked well. The linseed oil give the grout a more "classic" look (for want of a better word), like it's already been around for a few years. A lot of the new waterbased ones appear to be just waterbased polyurethane that costs double.
avoid unsanded if you can. Its no where near as resilient as sanded grout. its very chalky and extremely sensitive to water content and mixing. shrinkage is a problem. Only scenario you should use unsanded grout on is grout joints smaller than 1/8 (like 1/16 or 1/32, use sanded grout on actual 1/8th joints, they are wide enough to work it in), and on glass tiles that could be scratched by the sand.
Saw dust? That reminds me of a guy years ago saying he had the best method to scratch out dried thinset from grout joints, a dremel. I told him that if the job is done right, there shouldn't be any dried grout in joints.. same with a grout haze, there simply shouldn't be any what so ever and if you need saw dust to remove it, you are sloppy
Wouldn't oil attract dirt and grime. I imagine it would add water resistancy but oil attracts dirt and it'll get pretty gucked up. Why not just use a real grout sealant
I'm watching all of your videos, expecialy this channel, and i must say every time i learn some thing new, most of that stuff is realy good advice.
Watching your videos is joy for me. Keep the good work, and i will keep watching and learning new stuff. Greeating from Serbia.
5:16 When your hands are in this position, you have a very good understanding of what cramping, fatigue, desperation in finishing when you're so close to the end and what many droplets of sweat look like on hazy tile!
My knees were aching just watching the video.😀 Good job John.
There're a lot of videos here on TH-cam about home DIY projects of all sorts of stuff but you have the best teaching method. Seems like you're not promoting your self or your product but genuinely want people to learn so that they can do a good job themselves. Thanks.
I hate grouting! It's probably one of my least favourite home improvement projects, but it has to be done.
I think that overall, it would have been just as easy to use the type of epoxy grout I used for the countertop instead of this cement based grout, so for future projects I'll use that instead. More expensive, but the results are 100x better.
This is part of my complete kitchen build and I'm making regular posts on the progress as it happens the website forum:
www.ibuildit.ca/ibuildit-forum/viewtopic.php?id=351
Ways YOU can help support the work I do in making these videos:
Plans for sale: www.ibuildit.ca/plans.html
Making these videos is expensive and time consuming, and you can help by becoming a supporter of this channel on Patreon. For as little as $1 per month, you'll get early access to regular videos and also exclusive videos made just for my Patreon supporters!
www.patreon.com/user?u=865843&ty=h
If you use the epoxy grout do you still need to treat it with linseed oil?
I'm guessing not. It'd probably say on the can.
Thats why my dad and I put vinyl floors in his kitchen and bathroom. My wife and I renovated our bathroom and we are replacing the tiles that got busted when we took out the 350 pound cast iron bathtub. We had the spare tiles so all we need to do is grout and caulk the new bathtub.
The floor looks great John. Laying the tile at an angle adds a nice touch.
Thanks :)
Congratulations on being done with it! That porcelain is unreasonably hard. I just did my bathroom with similar oversized tiles, and I ruined two blades. But you have to admit that it's satisfying when its over. That looked great.
Thanks! It's hard to justify the amount of work and expense while doing it, but it's hard to beat the results.
Lots of hard tedious work John, but that is a beautiful big floor! All without knee pads! My knees couldn't have handled it. Thanks for sharing it with us!
Looks amazing, watching your videos gives me confidence to do my own home improvements
Clean up after grouting is much simpler than the way you did yours. Make the first pass with a sponge to smooth out the grout between the tiles as you did. Grout another area and then with the second pass of the sponge just make a SINGLE pass diagonal to the lines with each side of the sponge and then rinse... You're done. Once dried, preferably the next day, any remaining slight haze can be buffed out with an old T Shirt or even burlap. The circular motion continues to spread a very thin layer of grout over the tiles that you need to continually rinse. I just finished a 400 sq ft basement and it took about 5 hours to grout it from start to finish.
Love the tile choice, John, and the layout pattern. I tiled my 2 bathrooms (my first time tiling) a few years ago. I was happy with the result but didn't much enjoy the process.
I really like that floor, John. I like the color, the texture, the pattern - the whole thing. Nice choices, and nicely executed. Really looks good all the way around.
Thanks Mark :)
Thank you so much!!! Really appreciate the close up video. That is something that is so important and so many people miss. Great job on the floor!!!
Love how you applied sealer directly instead of spraying!
Turned out great! This channel is an inspiration and much reassurance to a young(ish) aspiring homeowner such as myself. :) Thanks a lot for all the videos!
Never heard of the BLO trick before, I'll have to give that a go in the future. Floor looks great!
Great video..... I did notice that as the scenes progressed there was less and less beer in the cabinet..... :-)
You're a really great teacher, John. Thanks for your videos!!
Respect, I don't know about you in America, but many of us in Croatia use silicone grout in the corners of and the intersections, so it's nicer to see and only the place is cleaner after the work is finished and most important.that is avioding water erosion on that critical places.
Great video John! This has quickly become one of my favourite channels!
they sell a grout saw with carbide grit that is absolutely ideal for this. Just did a bathroom floor + walk in shower yesterday. took 20 minutes to knock down the excess mortar between the joints. And i was less than careful in a few areas (particularly the floor mosaic in the shower. lol)
That's a super job. I didn't know about the boiled linseed oil treatment, that's interesting.
Thanks :)
The oil works great. Cheap, fast and easy to do, as well.
Looks really nice. I have never heard of using boiled linseed oil as a grout sealer. Is there an advantage to using this over the other sealers that you know of? When the guys sealed my tiled shower, they used this spray that had a pretty loud smell. Then, they rubbed it into the grout with an old tshirt.
Biggest advantage is the cost, it's cheap. Easy to do and renew.
I see. Good point.
I love the way you use a kitchen knife to fix the grout! If I did that my wife would go ballistic!! The advantages of being single!:)
A small point but I think you should have used mastic at the joint with the upstands. It is good practice when tiling to use a flexible joint at any change of direction or at a joint with a dissimilar material.
I've never seen a professional caulk the joint between the floor tile and the base, and I've seen literally hundreds of thousands of square feet of floor tile laid with tile base.
John, this looks amazing! You must have knees made of rubber because I know that mine wouldn't take that kind of abuse! Love your vids!
I had no idea you had a home improvement channel as well! :D thanks man, I'm about to do some grout as well
Nice... I hate dealing with grouting and tiles, so much work 🤓
Fantastic looking floor, I like the diagonal pattern. I know what you mean about grouting, the cleanup is a bitch of a job. I used black grout in my bathroom and it seemed like it was never going to clean up!
Outstanding work, John! I'm starting to think this is what I want to do to our kitchen floor. Pull up the old vinyl (fake tile look) and replace it with something like this.
Thanks Jason :) It's a big job, but worth it in the end.
The floor looks great John! tfs :-) Haircut looks good too.
There's hardly any gap between my tiles and i need to regrout it cause of water seepage from behind the tile. Any suggestions on how to scrape off the old grout? Do i really need to scrape off or just apply new grout on the old one.
Dang that looks great! Your knees must be killing you.
Yes he should wear knee pads tiles are rough on the knees
I wonder why you chose to install the cabinets before tiling the floor? Is it a normal practice? Thanks for all the videos, btw, I really enjoy them.
wow that's hilarious. I'm using the same exact drill and mixing bit as this dude XD
is that 2 gallons of maple syrup in the cabinet next to your stove and is that the normal canadian amount to have in stock?
I am about to grout kitchen countertop tile which is floor simulated wood grain tile used on countertop. Since it is a kitchen countertop my grout lines are very thin (1/16') I will be using un-sanded grout. I am using a premixed (un-sanded) grout and was wondering if I should thin grout down to better get down into hairline tile joints?
everybody hates grouting but I see you went through good amount of Miller's to make it pleasant😁
1st under the kitchen you had to put silicone and not stucco 2nd when we place tiles we use the comb very carefully so as not to contaminate the tiles with glue because it is difficult to get out and the tiles get dirty and you were polished, 3rd when we clean we do not use my hair , you just take a spatula and clean the joints where there is only glue, and on the tiles we clean them with water if it is hot even better and with a big sponge, 4th when we do the washing with a sponge we leave the stock 15/20 minutes to pull so that the joint does not fall at all, you will tell me now that everyone has a different way of working according to the structure you do not lose anything
Dude that looks so damned good. Nice work!
Thanks!
Damn, that looks great!!
Thanks :)
Hi John. How many days does it take to be solid?
Thank you! Well done!
how do you prep for the reseal? mop, steam clean, ... ? on an earlier comment you mentioned that in future you'd probably just stay with the epoxy grout, would that mean less resealing? kitchen looks great.
Nothing special, just pour more in. Epoxy grout never needs to be sealed, it completely non-porous.
I Build It Home thanks.
Nice job John,
I have to ask, don't you wear knee pads? I was tiling today and i can't manage more than 5 mins without them.
Love the videos!
Bob...
John, I just binge watched this entire channel. Thanks for creating all these videos! Question though, did you ever end up putting in the radiant heating? I didn't see a video where you addressed the heating system again after you removed that oil burner.
Floor looking good 👍▶
Thanks :)
nice haircut!
its so enjoyable to watch a man with straight hands. no homo :)
Looks great John, but my knees and back are hurting now and I can't stand up straight!!
Looks great John!
Those six packs of MGD were disappearing quickly throughout this video!! Lol!
it's turning out nice.
John, it looks like you're buffing those tiles with a cat. The cat probably hates grouting, too. :)
Looks GREAT!
Thanks!
How much thinset between the tiles is OK? I used your advise, and used the spacers to get out as much thinset as possible, but I am curious as to how much is too much?
you want at least 75% of the thickness of the tile to give the grout a good volume to avoid cracking. More is better. less is OK as long as its not too much less. Best thing to do is to use a grout saw (the hand tool not power tool version) to run down between every line and get it all clear and consistent. cracks in grout come from inconsistency in thickness.
Looks great. I wonder if you considered using an epoxy grout?
Great Video. How would you recommend I tile over a terrazzo floor that has been polished?
You can abrade the surface with a cup wheel grinder then use a bonding agent before laying the tile.
What's the mix ratio for the Linseed oil? 70% Linseed, 30%Paint Thinner? Thanks for the great tip!
Maybe 20% reduction. I didn't measure, just poured some in until it looked thin enough.
Lets see if the oven clock is set in the next video or whether he's a 12 o'clock flasher :)
Classy tiles. Cool haircut.
Aww me MDG... Sleeman FTW!
it is gorgeous, love it!
So where can you buy that type of seal???
What do you like about thinned linseed oil as a grout sealer vs commercial grout sealer preparations?
It's way cheaper and seems to work just as well. I used it in my last house and it worked well. The linseed oil give the grout a more "classic" look (for want of a better word), like it's already been around for a few years.
A lot of the new waterbased ones appear to be just waterbased polyurethane that costs double.
I think the grouting is the easiest part of the job better than demo and cutting and placing the tile down
Thanks for the post
where did you get that tile?
Looks great! Are you really going to reseal the grout every year?
Probably, it doesn't take long.
MGD, yummy, must be from Ontario.
Great job ! Video helped alot !!
What about non sandable grout? anything special and different?
avoid unsanded if you can. Its no where near as resilient as sanded grout. its very chalky and extremely sensitive to water content and mixing. shrinkage is a problem. Only scenario you should use unsanded grout on is grout joints smaller than 1/8 (like 1/16 or 1/32, use sanded grout on actual 1/8th joints, they are wide enough to work it in), and on glass tiles that could be scratched by the sand.
You had me at MGD
Funny, I noticed that the booz or whatever was in the cabinet, slowly started missing bottles. Gotta stay hydrated I suppose! ;)
Brian Freeman dddjhn.
The way you work is similar to the way we work
Jonn, what can't you do? What about a cooking recipes channel? LOL
You should had use sawdust to remove concrete residue from tiles, much easier and cleaner way to do it
Saw dust? That reminds me of a guy years ago saying he had the best method to scratch out dried thinset from grout joints, a dremel. I told him that if the job is done right, there shouldn't be any dried grout in joints.. same with a grout haze, there simply shouldn't be any what so ever and if you need saw dust to remove it, you are sloppy
I see you did not use a grouting tool to smooth off the grout
great floor
The muck is a bit to dry for my liking I would of made it wetter so you have an easier time cleaning and spreading
Fix the clock, John!
phoking awesome shit dawg!
I noticed beer missing between shots. lol
Wouldn't oil attract dirt and grime. I imagine it would add water resistancy but oil attracts dirt and it'll get pretty gucked up. Why not just use a real grout sealant
Good
Looks like a professional laid the tile and grouted it, Oh wait a minute ...
Just kidding John but it does look great.
LOOKS LIKE YOUR RUNNING LOW ON BEER!
jackdahack101 withdrawals kicking in
Miller!! :)
Try using a micro fiber rag the next time you gout and you will never buy another sponge for the rest of your life.
never with a sponge
God your knees must ache