2 August 2009

Further to my previous entry, today I mapped out and set the tile on the bathroom floor. It went fairly smoothly, though it did take a little longer than I thought it would. A lot of the delay was in cutting some ~3/4" tiles to run along the wall. Baseboard molding was be just shy of reaching the full tile, so if you're going to go part of the way, you may as well keep going and fill the whole space. Had a devil of a time with an old tile cutter / snapper. No accuracy at all with that thing, but it did the job, I suppose. Will now wait for the adhesive to fully dry --- I'll give it 36 hours --- and then start grouting on Monday morning, which is coincidentally, my birthday. Will probably prime and paint the walls on Tuesday. Then on Wednesday, if all goes according to schedule, in go the toilet and sink and a couple more items on the punch list.