Recently, I put down a wood floor (Virginia Vintage hand-scraped maple)
in my living room. I am preparing to tile my foyer which is adjacent
to it. I thought it might be a nice accent to the tile to put squares
of leftover wood floor in the place of tiles at appropriate places in
the tile pattern. The wood accents would probably be 4" by 4" or
smaller.

My question is this: Is this a good idea? Specifically, I was
thinking I'd be attaching the wood and the tile each with the same
thinset compound, and grouting around it just as if it were tile. Does
anybody know what effects the grout or thinset might have on the wood?

Thanks,
Scott

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Recently, I put down a wood floor (Virginia Vintage hand-scraped maple)
in my living room. I am preparing to tile my foyer which is adjacent
to it. I thought it might be a nice accent to the tile to put squares
of leftover wood floor in the place of tiles at appropriate places in
the tile pattern. The wood accents would probably be 4" by 4" or
smaller.

My question is this: Is this a good idea? Specifically, I was
thinking I'd be attaching the wood and the tile each with the same
thinset compound, and grouting around it just as if it were tile. Does
anybody know what effects the grout or thinset might have on the wood?

Thanks,
Scott

the wood will suck the water out of the thinset, discoloring the wood and
making the thinset extremely weak. the grout you use will do the same.

prefinish the wood, and use mastic.

regards,
charlie
http://glassartists.org/chaniarts

I have a similar similar arrangement in my entryway. It looks very
nice, but the wood will pull away from the grout due to seasonal
changes. This leads to grout failure over time. I've had to regrout
twice around the wood while the grout around the tiles is still solid.


wrote:
Recently, I put down a wood floor (Virginia Vintage hand-scraped maple)
in my living room. I am preparing to tile my foyer which is adjacent
to it. I thought it might be a nice accent to the tile to put squares
of leftover wood floor in the place of tiles at appropriate places in
the tile pattern. The wood accents would probably be 4" by 4" or
smaller.

My question is this: Is this a good idea? Specifically, I was
thinking I'd be attaching the wood and the tile each with the same
thinset compound, and grouting around it just as if it were tile. Does
anybody know what effects the grout or thinset might have on the wood?

Thanks,
Scott

"ed_h" wrote in message
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I have a similar similar arrangement in my entryway. It looks very
nice, but the wood will pull away from the grout due to seasonal
changes. This leads to grout failure over time. I've had to regrout
twice around the wood while the grout around the tiles is still solid.

Have you tried sanded caulk? Sanded caulk is made in just about every color
that grout come in. It moves with the wood so it might eliminate that grout
failure.

Gary





wrote:
Recently, I put down a wood floor (Virginia Vintage hand-scraped maple)
in my living room. I am preparing to tile my foyer which is adjacent
to it. I thought it might be a nice accent to the tile to put squares
of leftover wood floor in the place of tiles at appropriate places in
the tile pattern. The wood accents would probably be 4" by 4" or
smaller.

My question is this: Is this a good idea? Specifically, I was
thinking I'd be attaching the wood and the tile each with the same
thinset compound, and grouting around it just as if it were tile. Does
anybody know what effects the grout or thinset might have on the wood?

Thanks,
Scott

GeeDubb wrote:
"ed_h" wrote in message
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I have a similar similar arrangement in my entryway. It looks very
nice, but the wood will pull away from the grout due to seasonal
changes. This leads to grout failure over time. I've had to regrout
twice around the wood while the grout around the tiles is still solid.

Have you tried sanded caulk? Sanded caulk is made in just about every color
that grout come in. It moves with the wood so it might eliminate that grout
failure.

Gary

Good suggestion. I might try that next time.





wrote:
Recently, I put down a wood floor (Virginia Vintage hand-scraped maple)
in my living room. I am preparing to tile my foyer which is adjacent
to it. I thought it might be a nice accent to the tile to put squares
of leftover wood floor in the place of tiles at appropriate places in
the tile pattern. The wood accents would probably be 4" by 4" or
smaller.

My question is this: Is this a good idea? Specifically, I was
thinking I'd be attaching the wood and the tile each with the same
thinset compound, and grouting around it just as if it were tile. Does
anybody know what effects the grout or thinset might have on the wood?

Thanks,
Scott

"GeeDubb" wrote in message
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"ed_h" wrote in message
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I have a similar similar arrangement in my entryway. It looks very
nice, but the wood will pull away from the grout due to seasonal
changes. This leads to grout failure over time. I've had to regrout
twice around the wood while the grout around the tiles is still solid.

Have you tried sanded caulk? Sanded caulk is made in just about every
color that grout come in. It moves with the wood so it might eliminate
that grout failure.

Gary


no it doesn't. the sand is to prevent cracks in thick grout lines. grout of
any type doesn't move. if you want it to move, most tile places will have
colored silicone which is the same color as the grout. use that.




wrote:
Recently, I put down a wood floor (Virginia Vintage hand-scraped maple)
in my living room. I am preparing to tile my foyer which is adjacent
to it. I thought it might be a nice accent to the tile to put squares
of leftover wood floor in the place of tiles at appropriate places in
the tile pattern. The wood accents would probably be 4" by 4" or
smaller.

My question is this: Is this a good idea? Specifically, I was
thinking I'd be attaching the wood and the tile each with the same
thinset compound, and grouting around it just as if it were tile. Does
anybody know what effects the grout or thinset might have on the wood?

Thanks,
Scott

"Charles Spitzer" wrote in message
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"GeeDubb" wrote in message
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"ed_h" wrote in message
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I have a similar similar arrangement in my entryway. It looks very
nice, but the wood will pull away from the grout due to seasonal
changes. This leads to grout failure over time. I've had to regrout
twice around the wood while the grout around the tiles is still solid.

Have you tried sanded caulk? Sanded caulk is made in just about every
color that grout come in. It moves with the wood so it might eliminate
that grout failure.

Gary


no it doesn't. the sand is to prevent cracks in thick grout lines. grout
of any type doesn't move. if you want it to move, most tile places will
have colored silicone which is the same color as the grout. use that.


Yes it does...I didn't say to use sanded grout but to use sanded caulk
usually made of acrylic plus silicone with a sand content (and color) to
match the texture of the grout.

Gary

"GeeDubb" wrote in message
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"Charles Spitzer" wrote in message
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"GeeDubb" wrote in message
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"ed_h" wrote in message
oups.com...
I have a similar similar arrangement in my entryway. It looks very
nice, but the wood will pull away from the grout due to seasonal
changes. This leads to grout failure over time. I've had to regrout
twice around the wood while the grout around the tiles is still solid.

Have you tried sanded caulk? Sanded caulk is made in just about every
color that grout come in. It moves with the wood so it might eliminate
that grout failure.

Gary


no it doesn't. the sand is to prevent cracks in thick grout lines. grout
of any type doesn't move. if you want it to move, most tile places will
have colored silicone which is the same color as the grout. use that.


Yes it does...I didn't say to use sanded grout but to use sanded caulk
usually made of acrylic plus silicone with a sand content (and color) to
match the texture of the grout.

Gary

oops, my bad. you're right. sorry.