b'TECHNICAL The Grotto is a complicated project involving glass mosaic and handcrafted tile that Heritage Marble & Tile, Inc., just completed. It could have not have been accomplished without the use of mortar beds.leastinmypartofthecountry.Iattended event with installers who remember coming up in the tradeshadneverdonemudworknow when fl oors were all fl oated, eitherimplementing it in their workplace direct-bondorwithacleavageon a regular basis, DeGiusti said.membrane and walls and ceilingsOne of the attendees was Robert were all lath and plaster. FloatingDavis,ownerofDavisSolutions of fl oorsespecially in areas withfrom the Pacifi c Northwest, whos drainsis the only way to achievebeen in the trade for 13 years.the proper slopes. Floating of theWhen I began as a helper, every wallsallowedustohaveperfectshowerwebuiltwasaB-415 tile layouts without all the squirrely(although I did not know it at the cuts to fi the walls we receive intime),hesaid.Ichoppedalotx todays construction practices. ofdeckmudinatubthathas since been passed down to me by LATICRETE Mud Event Jeremy VonRuden.Forawhile,I Circa 2015 had no notion that wall mud even Around 2015, LATICRETE held aexisted.mortar workshop in Corona, Calif.,Attheevent,Davisgotsome for the Tile Geeks Facebook grouphelpful hands-on training from Jack membersfromallaroundtheHamilton,ShaunHaley,anda countrytoeithermentororlearnlot of other lifelong mudders, he howtodomud.Itwasawell-said. I got a taste for mud work, 88 TileLetter | April 2020'