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Pennys - cheapest tiling material you can buy.

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elliotec 3y ago
Having recently done a remodel this sounds weirdly but extremely true. What would be the downsides? What would you grout with? How durable are they with water and constant friction?
- jrmg 3y ago
  Are you fishing for this classic reddit thread? https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1c1g96/comment/c9c6lli/ https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1c1g96/comment/c9c6ll... If you’re actually new to it - it’s a fun read! The full threads: https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/17x0d5/friends_of_mine_flooring_with_pennies/ https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/17x0d5/friends_of_min... https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1c1g96/60_some_thousand_pennies_later_they_are_almost/ https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1c1g96/60_some_thousa...
  - Levitating 3y ago
    That was a great read, thank you
- nick222226 3y ago
  I think it's a joke, unless they are referring to setting them under a poured layer of epoxy like some bars do (or the reddit thread from other commenter). For tiling, it would be difficult to set them because they are so thin. The thinset would end up being at or above the level of your grout. Also cleaning grout from them while float grouting would probably not be very fun. Maybe you could get away with setting them straight onto a layer of grout which would be less durable. Also they are so small and they don't come on a mat so you'd pay a lot of labor for placing them in any sort of organized manner
  - jonhohle 3y ago
    Not flooring, but I used pennies for weight on my son’s pinewood derby car. I couldn’t buy weights for cheaper and putting some shiny ones under enamel looked pretty cool.
WalterBright 3y ago
I've noticed that dollar bills are cheaper than wallpaper. Wouldn't it be fun to do a room in dollar bills! My very own Scrooge McDuck cash vault! But there's probably some killjoy law that makes this illegal.
- lukas099 3y ago
  Are they cheaper when you price in whatever adhesive you are using?
  - WalterBright 3y ago
    Wallpaper paste is cheap as dirt.
    - lukas099 3y ago
      Cool. I'll almost certainly never do this but I like to know that I can.
- rhn_mk1 3y ago
  https://www.wayfair.com/decor-pillows/sb1/roll-wallpaper-c1861000-a85979~302549.html https://www.wayfair.com/decor-pillows/sb1/roll-wallpaper-c18... > Britiany Peel & Stick Floral Roll by Canora Grey > From$1.20/sq. ft. https://www.ehd.org/science_technology_largenumbers.php https://www.ehd.org/science_technology_largenumbers.php > The area covered by 100 one dollar bills measures 11.13 square feet. comes out to about $9/sq. ft., about 9 times as expensive. But 1USD=90RUB today, and the lowest denominated note is 5RUB, coming out to 1USD=18notes. Each note is 137 mm × 61 mm, coming out to about 0.09 sq. ft. (if I'm not mistaken). Then 1USD=1.62 RUB sq. ft., so it costs $0.62/sq. ft. to have a green wall of ~~current~~ obsolete Russian currency. What's surprising is that you can afford it even if you live in Russia. According to Obi and this roll of wallpaper: https://oboi-store.ru/catalog/bumazhnye https://oboi-store.ru/catalog/bumazhnye > JB80201 Обои KT Exclusive Jelly Beans > 10.05х0.53м > 10 500 руб/рул. the price per area isn't that different, coming out to about $2/sq. ft., meaning that if you have a clever way to paste all the single notes easily and know how not to get in any potential trouble with the law, it makes economical sense to get your wallpaper at the bank. EDIT: according to Wikipedia, the note has been replaced by coins, and the next one is almost but not quite 10x as expensive by area.

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Having recently done a remodel this sounds weirdly but extremely true. What would be the downsides? What would you grout with? How durable are they with water and constant friction?

jrmg 3y ago
Are you fishing for this classic reddit thread? https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1c1g96/comment/c9c6lli/ https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1c1g96/comment/c9c6ll... If you’re actually new to it - it’s a fun read! The full threads: https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/17x0d5/friends_of_mine_flooring_with_pennies/ https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/17x0d5/friends_of_min... https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1c1g96/60_some_thousand_pennies_later_they_are_almost/ https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1c1g96/60_some_thousa...
- Levitating 3y ago
  That was a great read, thank you
nick222226 3y ago
I think it's a joke, unless they are referring to setting them under a poured layer of epoxy like some bars do (or the reddit thread from other commenter). For tiling, it would be difficult to set them because they are so thin. The thinset would end up being at or above the level of your grout. Also cleaning grout from them while float grouting would probably not be very fun. Maybe you could get away with setting them straight onto a layer of grout which would be less durable. Also they are so small and they don't come on a mat so you'd pay a lot of labor for placing them in any sort of organized manner
- jonhohle 3y ago
  Not flooring, but I used pennies for weight on my son’s pinewood derby car. I couldn’t buy weights for cheaper and putting some shiny ones under enamel looked pretty cool.

WalterBright 3y ago

I've noticed that dollar bills are cheaper than wallpaper. Wouldn't it be fun to do a room in dollar bills! My very own Scrooge McDuck cash vault! But there's probably some killjoy law that makes this illegal.

lukas099 3y ago
Are they cheaper when you price in whatever adhesive you are using?
- WalterBright 3y ago
  Wallpaper paste is cheap as dirt.
  - lukas099 3y ago
    Cool. I'll almost certainly never do this but I like to know that I can.
rhn_mk1 3y ago
https://www.wayfair.com/decor-pillows/sb1/roll-wallpaper-c1861000-a85979~302549.html https://www.wayfair.com/decor-pillows/sb1/roll-wallpaper-c18... > Britiany Peel & Stick Floral Roll by Canora Grey > From$1.20/sq. ft. https://www.ehd.org/science_technology_largenumbers.php https://www.ehd.org/science_technology_largenumbers.php > The area covered by 100 one dollar bills measures 11.13 square feet. comes out to about $9/sq. ft., about 9 times as expensive. But 1USD=90RUB today, and the lowest denominated note is 5RUB, coming out to 1USD=18notes. Each note is 137 mm × 61 mm, coming out to about 0.09 sq. ft. (if I'm not mistaken). Then 1USD=1.62 RUB sq. ft., so it costs $0.62/sq. ft. to have a green wall of ~~current~~ obsolete Russian currency. What's surprising is that you can afford it even if you live in Russia. According to Obi and this roll of wallpaper: https://oboi-store.ru/catalog/bumazhnye https://oboi-store.ru/catalog/bumazhnye > JB80201 Обои KT Exclusive Jelly Beans > 10.05х0.53м > 10 500 руб/рул. the price per area isn't that different, coming out to about $2/sq. ft., meaning that if you have a clever way to paste all the single notes easily and know how not to get in any potential trouble with the law, it makes economical sense to get your wallpaper at the bank. EDIT: according to Wikipedia, the note has been replaced by coins, and the next one is almost but not quite 10x as expensive by area.