My Mycelium Journey

Room 1 is DONE!  

Fully grouted, ready for sealant. Baseboards to be painted and put back in. I really like the color, had concerns about the light grout but it's a very thin grout line and going to seal it too... should be fine! So fresh and so clean. No more dog odor. Just needs a rug to pull the room together!  And curtains...  

 It's been a while, but grouting has finally begun! Will be exciting to have this room back. Not sure what to do with it, might move in for a bit while the rest of the tile works it's way around. RUGS!

After pulling up the tiles because they didn't stick they are going back down. Slow process but looking good! Can't wait to get this room done!

So... the floor didn't stick. Nothing like that feeling of setting foot for the first time on freshly laid tile and hearing that hollow sound. Ouch! The bright side was that they really didn't stick, so pulling them back up again wasn't too terribly difficult. Only the fancy "J" cut piece broke. Thankfully, there are pictures of this tile before it was destroyed.  There were a few things that didn't go as well as they could have. Entire floor had to be pulled up. Some of the highlights of the failure...  All tiles need to be fully back buttered Mortar needs to be super thick especially for large format tiles.  Upgraded to a 1/2" trowel.  More pressure for initial tile setting. No voids! Mortar selection wasn't correct. Even though it said it was for large format tile, the cheaper stuff still didn't work. Who needs $7 mortar when they sell it for $32!? Had to get the polymer blended mortar for  stone tile (using a porcelain tile). The tile guys on ...

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 gad...

Progressing and looking fantastic! 

this is the first day of gluing down tile! 

Before:                                                                                                First Layer Nano White: The Garage: 69 boxes of Tiles, 800sqft 4 trips to pick up all the tile. In addition had 2 runs to Home Depot for all the paint and outlet replacements... Hoping for no surprises!

Getting Tiled!   It's officially started! The tile project begins! This was the first load, 20 boxes. I have 2 more loads to get enough tile to get all the carpet in the house replaced.  Thanks, James!!!