A journal written about life, retirement and our journey throughout the United States in a 5th wheel, along with our two Shih Tzus, Tanner and Syndey. Written not for notoriety but for our sons, family and friends, so they know where we are at any given time. And particularly for ourselves. Finally, we get to slow down and smell the roses and we don't want to forget any of it. You are welcome to join us as we go 'Down the Road a Piece'.
Thursday, June 26, 2014
I see ceramic tile in my sleep
Our master bath remodel project is proceeding well. We installed the whirlpool tub and it is now working so we can get into the tub to soak our sore bones after working putting up and grouting the tile. The people who are installing the granite vanity top, window sill, and bench top came today and did a template of the vanity. I would say we have the bathroom about 80% complete. We started with 22 cases of tile and only have a few left so I know we are getting close. The floor is done which was a major deal since we had to tear up ceramic in the toilet area of the bathroom before we could install new ceramic tile in that room. We also painted the walls in the toilet room rather than tiling those walls. In the rest of the bathroom there was carpet, (I know most people hate carpet in bathrooms but I actually liked it.) We removed the old carpet and pad and installed concrete board on the floor before laying the ceramic tile. Huli wanted me to lay the tile on the floor on the diagonal which really thrilled me. After thinking about it for a while and making a template it really became easy to do even though I was doing the main bath area and a small room where the toilet sits. All of the walls around the whirlpool are tiled and grouted so we were able to take off a cover I built to protect the tub from falling tile or tools. The oak cabinet frame on front of the whirlpool is done and I was able to use three of the doors from the old whirlpool. We did however have to go to the guy who made our cabinets 15 years ago and buy some stain so the frame I made would match the doors. It turned out good and all of the whirlpool working parts like the pump and blower are easily accessible through these doors. We had a glass company come and take away the eight foot by three and a half foot mirror that was over our vanity. We were going to take it out ourselves and I even had some suction cups to lift it out but the charge to have them do it (with my help) was not much more than our trash people would have charged us for a special pick up of the mirror. When the bathroom is done I will post some pictures. I wish now I would have taken some before and after pictures but didn't.
