Everyone else is doing it, so why can’t we?
My opinions about how splendidly fantastic the room turned out are all mine!Here I am with another one of Chris’ clever DIY tricks!I caught him doing this one the other day when he was laying the floor tiles in the bathroom and I just had to share it.
I never would have thought to do it like this, but it works.Start out by measuring the diameter of the curve that you’ll be needing and cut out a triangular notch that’s the length of the diameter at the base of the triangle (on the edge of the tile) and half that length high.This is for a half-circle type of curve, which will be probably the most common curved cut you’ll need because every bathroom needs a toilet!.
Next, either use a grade school style compass, or just find a round object about the size of your hole and trace out a circle that touches all three points of your triangle.A pot lid will probably work great!
THEN you take your tile saw and cut straight notches from the edge of the tile up to your drawn-on curve.
Do the same on the other side too.Somehow, wind was still getting underneath, so we used a combination of some patches of dirt on top and some rounded bricks (to prevent tearing) to hold it down.
So far it seems to have done the trick!.So why does it need to stay down for several years?
I’ve actually read some suggestions that have said you only need to smother weeds for a few weeks.Well, we’re going to be leaving it down for 2-3 years.