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Aloha,
I need recommendations for painters, tilers, and local cabinet makers.
Our home in Vacationland is coming along nicely. Joe Clark is an unbelievable framer and I hope to post pictures of his work soon.
Once Joe finishes, I'm either going to have to take some time off and paint the house myself(I like the idea..wife doesn't) or hire a painter. We are also considering tiling some of our floors and both bathroom showers. It's also time to order our kitchen cabinets, but I am open to the prospect of spending my $ locally if quality is good and price is reasonable. I appreciate your recommendations.
Mahalo, Tony
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Too bad Bob & I are not planning a trip soon. You could hire him to do it and he could make it a working vacation while I sun at the beach all day! If you think of doing the tile yourself chat with him about it. He has done some beautiful custom work with marble, ceramic etc. Liza & I facebooked about trying to get together next week so you guys can chat about it then. He should be able to give you some pointers.
Wow, maybe your place will be a rental before our next trip ...........
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Scott Wiles did my tile work, he did an outstanding job for a very reasonable amount. 960.9720 is his number. Feel free to use my name for reference.
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If you are semi handy, tiling work is relatively straightforward (hey, if I can do it...it cannot be that complicated) If you have access to a wet saw the tile cutting is straight forward (only way you can go!). It will definitely let you know just how old you really are for the time you are tiling... but not hard labor type work...
For your shower, the prep work is oh, so important... one of the things we have learned while here is that the inspectors are not as diligent to proper prep for tiling a shower... there is a disconnect between the different inspectors that can allow things like normal floor drains in a shower, no pan or improperly prepared pans, even incorrect flow slopes.... so if you are tiling your own shower or hiring it, I would definitely make sure it is done properly....
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Painters - Randall Tibbett 333-1333 - a licensed painting contractor but one man show. This is the only painter I will recommend. He may charge a little more but he does a great job caulking and prepping. Quick and messy caulking will not last long. Then actually back rolls, and does a nice job on the trim. I would have to show you a pic of the difference on how trim looks with it cut in on the face and the field color cut in perfectly. Most people don't notice that kind of thing but I do. What they notice is it looks better but cant exactly tell you why. Oh yah, and he isnt sloppy so less paint used and less overall clean-up.
(Tony is you are around the site, Randall might be working on our project today in Vacationland).
Note: I talked to Randall today and he said he is in some ballpark as other skilled painters.
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quote:
Originally posted by Carey...even incorrect flow slopes.... so if you are tiling your own shower or hiring it, I would definitely make sure it is done properly....
Make sure your plumber sets the floor drains correctly. The tile guy gets blamed for this but it is the plumbers rough in issue as there is no extension for shower drains if they are set too low, although there is about a 2" threaded piece that you can adjust about 1 1/2".
And one other note from a earlier thread. DO NOT use left over hardy panel for backer board. It deflects, and wonder board (or whatever name cement board is being sold under) will not deflect and crack grout or tile.
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Aloha Friends,
John, thanks..if I use him I will certainly pass on your referral, do you have pics of his work he did for you?
Punagirl, look forward to breaking bread and catching up with you guys next week. Hmm ...working vacation sounds like a plan..
Carey, I would love to try and do it myself, I'm looking into a Home Depot course.
Kapohocat, thanks for your wealth of information...I actually looked on DaKine workers before I posted my thread.
We are off Island and will be visiting in August/Sept...I hope, so will not be able to meet Randall. Mahalo
Best to all, Tony
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I went to the Home Depot course, got to place a couple of practice tiles there. For cutting the tile, went to internet videos, my favorite was an ehow.com where the guy patiently did straight, diagonal and curve cuts.... after each video I went out and attacked some practice tiles (Tile Warehouse sells their bust up tiles for practice type prices)
I am using a basic HD wet saw (Pam LamOnt was the one who encouraged me, because I do have a phobia about working with high speed rotating disks... she had re-assured me that it is almost impossible to kill yourself with the wet saw)
My biggest suggestion to someone contemplating this: plan on spending a lot of time in the prep work & planning out the tiles. Allow much more time than you think it should take to actually do the tiling. If this needs to get done quickly or on a certain time fame, definitely go to the pros....
Started tiling with one small bath floor that had minimal cuts (2X2 tiles). Then tackled a bedroom floor with 16X16's by the end I had done my first mosaic... and now have finished 2 more bedrooms and a complete bath (walls, floors with a 6' roll-in handicap shower, all with mosaics (cutting mosaics is a way to be doing the project without having to kneel on the floor... again, the age thing...)
All of our house tiling is with porcelain, I have cut out mosaics for friends around the island in slate and ceramic, along with porcelain. I posted a month or so back with links to some of the tiling I have done...
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You might want to consider talking with Royall about your cabinet work. He built his and others - nice work.
David
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For tiling, Carlton Stout, http://www.tile-styles.com/
He does beautiful work, and lives in Puna. We had him repair some counter edging and install travertine in our entry way. We were very pleased with everything.
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