Progress on the train station this last week

The weather was almost perfect this past week, and we got a lot of things done. Still a lot to do, but at least we are done with the high stuff! I guess that is a relative term, but hey, 30 feet is 30 feet! Always something!

At least it is all straight when we are finished!

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What a bunch of woossies! Ya gotta love it!

Up here in the rainy NW, I use lots of the red chalk, but with caution. Ungrateful employees start crying 'cause their steering wheel's turning red. Try to give a little color to their lives and whining's all you get.

The blue chalk will fade away, but the red stays put. As you are saying, we measure, do the layout and then strike the lines. We make sure that the lines give enough room for the tile and then hold to them. The results speak for themselves. Nice and straight. We took about an inch and a half of error out of the roof too, but we did that with the lines again, and not one person in 10,000 could tell me where it was unless they saw the tape measure as we laid it out.

Vickie, no problem. I just received the full pallet today, so we are fresh on their minds if you call them. Have them look at the forum and see the pics we have posted. That should impress them. good luck.

OS, did you have to rechalk any lines because of the passing rain storms? The most common mistake I see with S tile is someone laying the tile tighter as they go up and it curves to the right at the top. Your layout efforts prevent that from occuring.

I will drop them a line = Thanks for the lead. I will look for them at the WSRCA trade show next week too.

Always looking out for me.

Hey Vickie, You should call Lifetime and ask if they want to advertize on this forum. If you call that number, ask to talk to Charmaine Wertman. I guess we have been "advertizing" for them and they should pay as it were.

I just paid $4,000.00 for 50 boxes or a pallet of it. $73.00 per box, so yes it is expensive, but I guess that is a relative term. How much does mortar cost, and does it work, and does it stay in place etc. I get it from Lifetime building supply in the Detroit area, and they import it directly from Europe. 1-248-624-0600 is their number, and they will send you a free sample if you call them. You can see for yourself. Tell them John Crookston from Kalamazoo, told you to call. It may not help, but it won't hurt either.

That flexim stuff, the first and only time Ive seen it was on your posts, OS. I'm goonna look into that stuff. Expensive?

OS I could have used some of that a few years back,I did a 8'tall 10/12 mansard around a b.u.r. had a hard time keeping mortar in place. signed in on page 2

Jerry, that is "Flexim" artificial mortar from Europe. It is made of styrofoam beads and filler and linseed oil and whatever else they put in it. Very sticky, and it will get all over you and anything you touch, but it comes in about 8 different colors and it always stays flexible to a point. It won't crack and it stays put.

It is light too, and when you have to be working way in the air like that that is important. We must have hauled 500 pounds of old mortar down from that roof. It certainly keeps out the bees and the birds from the roofs.

I take it you are from Texas by the lone star flag on your post. You should sign in on the post a few down from this one to let us know where. Thanks, Old School

hi o.s. on pic 32 of the bull nose is that morter or something else ? nice looking job