Thursday, March 6, 2008

Tile!

This is it! The tile that is now in our mudroom. It's big, it's beautiful, and boy did it take some muscle and time. 18" x 18" ceramic tile in a beautiful pattern and shade that I picked up for a heck of a deal back in October.

This is the plywood mudroom floor that we've lived with since we moved into the house. It's been 8 months and it's time get it covered. Spring will be here soon & we know what a mess we'll have after the kids find some mud puddles....this tile floor is going to be just the ticket!
And this is what the floor looks like right now. It will need some grout, but I'm waiting until the weekend. These are extra big tiles & we want the thinset to be completely cured before the grouting starts.


And here is the sun room floor (BEFORE) Yes, those are bricks and some concrete in the center. According to a couple of neighbors, there was a tiny indoor water feature here at one time. The floor was terribly out of level so...

We poured some self-levelling stuff in there. And that stuff works great. In this picture, it looks like a water feature. It's just wet. We're also giving this the recommended 6-7 days curing time before we lay our slate (ceramic) tile on top. It's looking great!
And our hero of the day, Chase, cutting the tiles on the wetsaw that we borrowed. And the slicker kept him nice and dry.

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