Claudio Ortiz Design Group, Inc. Santa Maria Stone.

Claudio

Claudio Ortiz Design Group, Inc. Well, where do I start! Let me see, America clay is probably fine if the colors and application are done just right. I have not seen your final work so it's hard for me to judge. The safer route is the latter of your choices. I would try to go for a smooth finish knowing that you will have a bigger market wanting that particular look on the walls. Regarding the sharp corners, they are not difficult to replace except that it can be time consuming specially if you do not have too much practice at it. However, not knowing the architectural style of your home, again it's hard for me to recommend for you to remove the sharp corners. It you have a modern architectural style home with clean lines, then the sharp corners will probably be in keeping with the architecture. I hope this help!

Wishing you the best!

Claudio

Karen Pittenger Thank you Claudio!

John Whipple - By Any Design ltd. Scaloot you can do it either way. One thing I like about tiling first is that you install the tile the way you want. if the tile is set a little to far out you can switch out 1/2" drywall for 5/8" drywall.

Keeping the drywall dust out of the grout is the hardest part. Make sure to tape off the tile install before sanding.

I like the Ram Board down way before the drywall crews show up. Many times these crews are messy so make sure they do not trash the floors. If you can get most of the drywall done first this is best. We drywall'd the entire bathroom and just left off the L-Beads where the tile meet the drywall. I set the bead flush with the tile and then feathered out the drywall mud.

I like my tile installs to cure out for 1-3 weeks before grouting so we often set the tile and then fine tune the drywall, prime and paint. Grout last.

If you are worried about drywall dust wrecking your grout try using Laticrete's Spectra Lock Pro epoxy grout. The stuff is almost bullet proof. With regular grout (cementious) you can really make it look bad if the drywall dust gets worked into the grout joints. JW

scaloot L bead, now what have I forgotten? Is this like corner bead but L shaped? I am doing this myself with some help from my handyman. Room is 6 X 6 with and 20inch by 36 inch bump out in one corner for the door Every single stud cavity has something in it. shower is 35 x 72 and the floor is also to be tiled with heat underneath it in the 'non-shower' area. Finally got someone to carry in the bags of sand mix for the shower slope so that is on for this week. (I can't carry stuff anymore) Then I planned to do the drywall stuff (hate it, love tile)