10-06-2012, 04:55 PM
Turns out the contractor was overly optimistic about his people's availability and the bathroom work has been pushed back a week (*whew*).
Am not finding much about this on the web... the guy who did my own bathroom 6 years ago spaced the subway tiles about 3/8" of an inch, and my old landlord who is a rehabber of the "artiste" bent and the kind of guy who knows something about everything by virtue of spending lots of unstructured time shooting the breeze (read- avoided 9-5 employment for most of his life) mentioned that they should have been self-butted when he saw it.
The subway tiles I bought (FYI this hasn't always been the case but Menard's and Home Depot are selling the exact same ones now) do not have little nubs as I've seen on some tiles before, but they are very slightly wider at the base, meaning when you but them together there's a thin joint between the glazed faces. Is the intent for the 'classic' look that spacers not be used?
Am not finding much about this on the web... the guy who did my own bathroom 6 years ago spaced the subway tiles about 3/8" of an inch, and my old landlord who is a rehabber of the "artiste" bent and the kind of guy who knows something about everything by virtue of spending lots of unstructured time shooting the breeze (read- avoided 9-5 employment for most of his life) mentioned that they should have been self-butted when he saw it.
The subway tiles I bought (FYI this hasn't always been the case but Menard's and Home Depot are selling the exact same ones now) do not have little nubs as I've seen on some tiles before, but they are very slightly wider at the base, meaning when you but them together there's a thin joint between the glazed faces. Is the intent for the 'classic' look that spacers not be used?