Tile Project - Day 6

Last tile into place at 2200 hours today. 

Getting supplies: A total of 4 trips to get 69 boxes of tile, from Floor and Decor. This spanned 2 days and also involved 3 trips to home depot. Over 3,500 lbs of tile hauled in a Honda Fit. 

Painting: First step was painting the room Nano white. This took about 2 gallons of paint due to the significant color change from dark yellow to white. Wall patches due to the messy curtain rod install. So happy that curtain is gone! 

Setting up the tile, measuring, making cuts. Laying out the tile, determining orientation.

Laying the first tile was not as exciting as laying the last. 

During a cut around a door frame, the tile saw bent. This was a sign that the right tool was out there! James took a trip to home depot and found the perfect tool, a hand held wet saw. Worth every penny.  Made the job go much more quickly and precision cuts that would have been near impossible with the table wet saw were possible with this handy gadget. 

Grout will start tomorrow along with replacing outlets. upgrading to include USB charging; amazing how much they are up-charging for those. 






Comments

  1. Scattered BytesJuly 26, 2020 at 1:46 PM

    Ah, now tools! That gets my attention. Is that Ryobi a battery or power cord thing? It's all looking really good guys...

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  2. Ms MyceliumJuly 31, 2020 at 11:16 AM

    It's corded and it even has a water hose attachment to have water flowing over the blade during use. Works great for those precision cuts!

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