Hello All,

I'm planning to start tiling my bathroom next week. Floor will be
18x18in travertine and shower walls and bathtub counter and backsplash
will be 12x12in marble tiles.

A few questions.
1 - I read here that many people are using that little $88 wet saw
from Home Depot quite well. Any experience with the tiles I'm
planning to use? Buying one seems to be a better deal than renting
the large ones at HD for $50/day.

2 - Anyone advise using, or not, those adhesive aditives that we mix
with the thinset to improve adherence? The guy at HD told me to not
use the pre-mixed thinset because they are not suitable for stone. I
should buy the powder and mix it myself. Comments please?

3 - I noticed that we apply the thinset on the floor and then on the
back of the tile when laying tiles on the floor. However, di dnot
see references of doing the same when laying them on the walls. For
walls we just apply them on the wall and not on the back of the tiles?

4 - I'm going to install an electric floor heater below the tiles.
Heard two ways to do it. One says to lay the electric mat and then a
self-leveler compound on top and then the thinset/tiles after its
cured. Other way tells to apply the thinset directly over the mat.
Any experience or advice on this? I'd rather do the second, if there
are no problems, since it will raise the floor a bit less than the
first method.

Thanks much in advance!