That has consumed our weekends for the past two weekends and we still are not done! We would have been a little further along last weekend, but we got a "truckie call" just as we were about to lay the backer board last Saturday. Josh and Erin had bought a new mattress at Costco and wanted us to pick it up and bring it to their place with the truck. We were happy to do it, as they have always helped us moving and with the house. So-we didn't get the board down until Sunday, and of course it has to dry!
We had the best intentions to start laying the tile one day after work, but that didn't happen...
So-yesterday (Saturday) we put down the whole pieces and took the others to Lowe's to have them cut. Today, after everything was dried, we put the rest of it down. It does look nice and not too shabby for our first job (we think). Now we have to determine when to start the grouting! This is ending up to be a month long project!
So-Things I have learned about tiling:
1) You will break or waste tiles. This is why they tell you to add 10%.
2) Tile cutters suck. Don't buy one. Don't use one.
3) The cuts from the wet saw will not always be perfect. This is, oh, so frustrating.
4) Speaking of wet saws, maybe buy one off of Craig's List instead of going to Lowe's for 25 cents a cut. We are looking into this...
5) Two people will not fit in a 30 square foot bathroom no matter how hard you try.
6) Do not ask your husband to explain something to you while you trying to help with the project. Simply be Ms. Vanna White and hand him things he needs. Ahhh, maybe next time.
We are anticipating a busy week ahead at work. I am scheulded 5-6 people deep an hour again, but the boss has cut my evals down from about 19 to 5! That will be nice for the Labor Day weekend. If I can just make it to Friday at 4!!! For the big weekend, we are heading up to Bishop, CA (in the middle of nowhere) to take in some of the sights of the area. It should be really fun-it is east of Yosemite and west of Death Valley. We will be visiting a lot of mountain scenery and a ghost town. Oh yeah-did I mention we're meeting Nick's parents? We should have a good time, but it will be a lot of driving! As I remind Nick, let's do it while we can!
Have a good week everybody and enjoy the photos!
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