I have finally finished placing 1/4th inch thickness backerboard in the entire dining room, with an exception to a 1 by 1 ft piece that is diagonal. All the roofing tiles are under and have leveled out the room. It certainly took more roofing tiles than I anticipated. So far I have bought 3 packages of roofing tiles and placed 11 backerboards on the floor.
Total rough material costs so far...
25*3+ 9*11= 174
This does not include any tools used on the project. Tools used: level, utility cutter, drill (for screws-stopped squeaking).
I am anticipating buying a trowel for mortar, smaller soft trowel for grout, sponge(s), and a hand saw for cutting out wood pieces where vertical molding will need to be removed for tile. Possibly another 40 dollars.
A large tub of premixed mortar (a bad deal vs. mixing your own) will be 30 bucks. I will buy the premixed stuff as I am not experienced enough to review good vs. poorly made mortar. I may need 2 buckets (large) for this project.
We will be using a fairly common tile that Lowes sells, a Porcelain Venetian. Since we may run this tile on the entire floor, we have to choose something that will always be in stock. We remembered this tile type several years ago, so it is a safe bet for this project. And Venetian stone will look great when I spill tomato sauce on the dining room floor. Very authentic.
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