On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:59:21 -0700, Sheldon > wrote:

>> Thanks for the tip. Although I'd never buy from a smammer. Bamboo is
>> also eco friendly as it grows so fast. My brother just did his
>> bathroom suite floors with it. It's beautiful but was pretty
>> expensive. I think about 7 buck a square foot. I'm told installed
>> properly it's suitable for even bathrooms. Hopefully, because that's
>> what he did and he used about 600 square feet. LOL
>
>$7/sqft would be extremely cheap for ceramic tile installed, typically
>costs twice that, and more if good quality ceramic, would be a lot
>more for porcelain.... but 600sqft is a HUGE terlit... even if all the
>walls are tiled to the ceiling and the ceiling is tiled too 600sq
>would be some HUGE terlit.

Sorry but I made a mistake. I should have said "bedroom" suite. But
that makes the area no less impressive. He doesn't have a common
"starter" home. About half of the bamboo went in the bedroom area.
The rest went in a very short hallway leading to the bathroom and the
bathroom itself. They had a whirlpool tub and never used it so they
replaced it with an oversized no frills, but high end tub. The sink
counter top is custom granite with granite pedestal legs. It's a
double bowl thingie about 10 feet long. He's 6'6" and has always hated
having to bend over to get under the shower head. So the shower
(separate from the tub) has a 10 foot ceiling. It alone is larger
than what you've described as the average bathroom. Two shower heads,
those silly side jets, and seating benches. I guess the benches are
good for sitting down and scrubbing your feet. Everything in the
shower is marble. The walk in closets are carpeted.

>Six hundred sqft is like a decent sized 2 bedroom apartment with an
>EIK. An oversized 2 car garage is under 600 sq ft. mine is 24' x 24',
>that's 576sqft. a fairly large two car garage, will easily house two
>super cab pick up trucks with plenty of room left over.

Mine is that size too. I've always lived in the city and never had a
garage so to me it's huge. His house is not the norm though. It has
only 3 doors but there's a bay between the second and third. And it's
very deep. It could hold 6 cars.

>The average full bath is like 50sqft (5' x 10'), and the standard 5'
>tub takes up more than 10sqft.

He's got one that size off the great room. Damn thing is so clean I'm
afraid to use it.

BTW, he's a skilled tradesman. The $7 per sq ft. didn't include
underlayment, glue, screws, labor or any other cost of instalation.
He did it himself. The material alone was well over 25 grand.

Lou <----poor in comparison