Should i tile my laundry room floor today--or--start teaching my daughter how to drive?

[AlCzervik]

if i decide to put tile down i need to go buy a blade for the tile saw and some grout, the tile i have already, if i take my kid out to teach her how to drive i might end up needing a new clutch.

[Orrex]

1. Start teaching your daughter how to tile the laundry room floor

Two birds.

[AlCzervik]

2. she helped me tile her bathroom but you know the laundry room has sheet vinyl that

has to be removed, it might be a good day for her to learn how to use the floor scraper.

[Bennyboy]

6. Actually if it is glued down do not remove it......

Vinyl flooring is a great anti-fracture membrane. Just cut the cove out (if it has cove) and use some type of acrylic mortar additve to the thin set. By leaving it in, if the slab cracks it will not crack the tile.

I know it sounds weird but I am in the tile business and this is common practice.

[AlCzervik]

10. it;s torn in a few spot and some it started coming up easily so i'm ripping it out, it's

actually good quality, it has no paper backing so once it's lifted out i or she or we can scrape off the glue.

[Breeze54]

3. Teach her how to tile.... 2 birds, one stone.

She needs to know there is a method to the madness. ;)

[AlCzervik]

4. i almost feel bad her, almost.

but she's goes along and usually puts some effort into it.

[Orrex]

8. Whoa--it's almost like you read my post and then posted it

Quit stalking me, you stalker!

[Breeze54]

17. LOL... didn't read any posts except the OP's....

:P

But as they say, 'Cruel minds think alike'....

:shrug:

[Pierre.Suave]

5. I was going to say that tiling the floor sounds safer, but...

if you are going to let your daughter do it, will it?

I have no idea what kinds of tools are required to do this job. Something to keep in mind.

:P

[AlCzervik]

7. i have the tools, you need a tile saw which i have already, tile nippers and some assorted

this and thats. I'd let her use the tile saw under close supervision of course. The good thing is that the laundry room is slab on grade which means no underlayment is needed which makes the job a lot easier for me cause the Durock is some heavy stuff that i don't feel like carrying today.

[Pierre.Suave]

11. well

I am sure though that she is mature enough to do this with some supervision so why not.

[AlCzervik]

13. that's what i'm thinking, plus it's kind of cool when you can actually do something

yourself, when the job is done you can say, hey, i did that.

[Pierre.Suave]

15. Exactly

being able to say that, and even realizing you can say that, is a good thing.

[Bennyboy]

16. You must use the right trowel!

Or it's a simple case of trowel and error.

[Pierre.Suave]

20. HAHA

:rofl:

[one mean sheath]

9. i vote

teach her how to tile the floor and learn her the merits of biking vs. driving.

[JVS]

12. Tell her that if she wants a driving lesson, she must first tile the floor.

Abuse this system until she has a license.

[AlCzervik]

14. she doesn't want the lesson, i just think it's time to start learning.

this poor kid, her friends are doing this or that today and she's stuck with me. I'm sure if that phone rings with a better offer she'll be out the door.

[Breeze54]

18. I didn't "let" my son get his license until he was 18 and legal.

;)

Let her be a girl for awhile. A kid. A child.

It goes so fast.....

[AlCzervik]

19. she won't be getting her license for another 3 years at least but she has this fear of the

manual transmission so i think it's time to start conquering that fear.

[KitchenWitch]

21. Definintely the tile!

You don't want to teach your daughter to drive!

:D

[AlCzervik]

22. something better came along for her today so i went and bought a new blade

and tomorrow, she's helping me! Old mom has been kicked to the curb again.