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Old 11-30-2012, 11:59 PM
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Nice piece where's that going
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Old 12-01-2012, 12:03 AM
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Nice piece where's that going
On top of this

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Old 12-01-2012, 01:35 AM
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Wow once again this is a sweet thread to follow along your doing a great job. That pattern in that granite looks crazy.
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Old 12-01-2012, 01:24 PM
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That's gonna be one sweet looking bar!

Thanks for the info on the tiled ceiling in the shower as well. Must have been a painfully slow process putting it up one tile at a time. It's a ton of work to mix up the mortar to just do one tile. Are those quartzite tiles you used in the shower?
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Old 12-01-2012, 01:31 PM
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That's gonna be one sweet looking bar!

Thanks for the info on the tiled ceiling in the shower as well. Must have been a painfully slow process putting it up one tile at a time. It's a ton of work to mix up the mortar to just do one tile. Are those quartzite tiles you used in the shower?
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The tiles are travertine, unfilled so they were super porous and extremely delicate. They would often crack while being cut which was the most frustrating part since I went with 18x18 tiles and as you can probably tell there are very few tiles that didn't require cutting. Mixing up small batches of mortar wasn't a big deal and it was only the ceiling I did one tile at a time.
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Old 12-01-2012, 01:37 PM
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Wow once again this is a sweet thread to follow along your doing a great job. That pattern in that granite looks crazy.
Thanks bud, I'm watching your build closely as well which is looking awesome. I actually went into the granite warehouse to pick out a slab of the same more basic Bianco Antico which is what we used in the bathroom but it turns out I'm easily distracted.
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Old 12-07-2012, 11:05 PM
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Does it look like a bar yet?





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Old 12-07-2012, 11:06 PM
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Oh and the tank is coming along nicely.



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Old 12-08-2012, 01:18 AM
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nice they did it in one piece


dude the tank looks fantastic
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Old 12-08-2012, 01:19 AM
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That looks fantastic

What are your ceiling plans ?
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