There was a wee little accident a few weeks ago.
(NOT WEE, something much more horrid!) And - the bathroom carpet was rolled up on the spot and taken outside IMMEDIATELY. No further elaboration needed, other than this happened, of course, while David was out of town. The carpet was actually a remnant we put down in 2005 - hoping to get a couple years out of it. Basically - we were tired of making decisions, out of moolah to invest in the house, and TIRED of house construction. So - we lucked out - the carpet lasted six years! Here are David & Ingrid hammering down the durock - the base for new TILE! yea!
Today David got started mixing mortor. ONLY an engineer would use a scale and a measuring cup for this task. I have it recorded digitally now! OK - I'm a geek too.
And here we go. After much debate - we finally came up with a scheme for the listello that wasn't going to make the tile job IMPOSSIBLE with tons of cuts, and looks nice with the fixtures and layout of the room. This is travertene tile we got for $4/square foot (cheap) and the listello was full price, but we only needed six square feet of it - so the job was very reasonable...
Unfortunately as most jobs go - out come MORE AND MORE tools. This job is no different. David thought the molding was high enough for tiles go to under - but NOT QUITE. SO - out came the trim saw, and a piece of boxboard to approximate the mortar depth. AND - Gretchen got to work down on the floor to so David could keep laying tile. Then I cleaned the mortar out of my nice shoes and put on old sneakers. OK - we're rock and rolling now!
And - here is the finished look, no grout yet. David leaves for Ohio tomorrow
(not returning until late Saturday - natch) - so the girls and I'll have to live with this for a week. He isn't doing under the fixtures, nor in the closet today. It'll be a two short half day jobs to finish when he gets back. In the meantime, I'll seal the set tile so that the grout doesn't stick to it as bad - and the cleanup easier... Then - MERRY CHRISTMAS to us - the bathroom will have tile! Whoo-Hoo.....
Doesn't Gretchen look totally cool with ear protection on? Here is a cut listello....
While David tries to work fast and stay put - Gretchen runs the wet saw on the porch. It's loud and leaks a tad - so it's a mess. This is not somethign to do inside THANKS SCOTT - it's working GREAT!
Today David got started mixing mortor. ONLY an engineer would use a scale and a measuring cup for this task. I have it recorded digitally now! OK - I'm a geek too.
And here we go. After much debate - we finally came up with a scheme for the listello that wasn't going to make the tile job IMPOSSIBLE with tons of cuts, and looks nice with the fixtures and layout of the room. This is travertene tile we got for $4/square foot (cheap) and the listello was full price, but we only needed six square feet of it - so the job was very reasonable... 
Unfortunately as most jobs go - out come MORE AND MORE tools. This job is no different. David thought the molding was high enough for tiles go to under - but NOT QUITE. SO - out came the trim saw, and a piece of boxboard to approximate the mortar depth. AND - Gretchen got to work down on the floor to so David could keep laying tile. Then I cleaned the mortar out of my nice shoes and put on old sneakers. OK - we're rock and rolling now!
And - here is the finished look, no grout yet. David leaves for Ohio tomorrow (not returning until late Saturday - natch) - so the girls and I'll have to live with this for a week. He isn't doing under the fixtures, nor in the closet today. It'll be a two short half day jobs to finish when he gets back. In the meantime, I'll seal the set tile so that the grout doesn't stick to it as bad - and the cleanup easier... Then - MERRY CHRISTMAS to us - the bathroom will have tile! Whoo-Hoo..... 
Doesn't Gretchen look totally cool with ear protection on? Here is a cut listello.... 
While David tries to work fast and stay put - Gretchen runs the wet saw on the porch. It's loud and leaks a tad - so it's a mess. This is not somethign to do inside THANKS SCOTT - it's working GREAT!
