Order of operations
OR
Tile is on the floor

Sunday, March 16th, 2008
img_5339

Ready to put in some new insulation So we finished the vanity about a week ago, and had planned to do the floor tile next. Part of our bathroom project involves building some sort of shelves/cabinet where the washer and dryer used to be, since otherwise we have some empty space, and also because we [...]

Phase 2 complete
OR
Vanity installation finished

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
img_5325

This past weekend we finally finished the vanity installation. We worked on it a bit almost every night of the week. the countertop tile is down Monday night we got home around 6:15, and brought pizza with us, so we could get working on the tile pretty quickly. I started mixing up the mortar, and [...]

Break the inner seal
OR
Grouting and caulking.

Sunday, February 10th, 2008
rob_grouting

Rob grouting The remaining steps after putting the tile on the wall are grouting and caulking. Tuesday night I spent about 4 hours grouting. It turned out to be one of the hardest parts of the project in my opinion. As we have learned, grout is specially colored mortar, which you put between the tiles [...]

Don’t take shortcuts
OR
The tile is on the wall

Sunday, February 10th, 2008
cement_board_mudded_and_taped

cement board taped and mudded We haven’t posted anything in a couple weeks not for lack of home improvement projects, but rather because we have been spending most of our free time doing them. In the last couple weeks we really started getting serious about finishing the tile around the bathtub. cement board on wet [...]