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Warm it up


This is the master bathroom. The shower and rear wall are covered in German limestone. The 2x2 green glass tiles are mounted on the wall that will hold the sinks.

The orange mat is for sub-tile heating, it is hooked to a thermometer that will also be under the tile and to a thermostat on the wall.....We'll be able to program the system to automatically have the bathroom floors warm in the AM. Home Depot did not have a good selection of these mats, luckily Lowes did...

The tile guy will be putting down tile setting compound on top of the electrical mat and then setting limestone into it. Grouting should be completed by next Sunday.

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