I need to share this impressive list from yesterday. Granted, I cheated somewhat with the laundry
(I just kicked off a batch that Dana had put in the washer) and the dog (the
kid washed him for me) but the rest of it is all me. I’m pretty darned proud of myself.
I almost made it up half of the other wall with tiling last
night. I probably could have but I
forgot that starting a new row is always hard at the beginning trying to make
sure everything is leveled out and stacking correctly. The truth is, for about the first 4 or 5
rows, it’s not exactly level as it stands now but it’s so miniscule a
difference, I’m hoping that it won’t be noticeable once everything else is
done.
The challenge of this new wall is that I had to use the
mortar to somewhat build it out at the base as it doesn’t have the same
indentation that the other walls Have.
Of course, I probably could have just bricked it flat but I truly wanted
it to match the rest with the base molding so I took extra time to put it on
thick. Once again, the results aren’t
perfect but I’m hoping any errors aren’t that noticeable.
Tonight is pizza night (if Dana wants to go) and tomorrow is
pas night so there won’t be any tiling getting done for the next two days but I
should have most of Saturday and all of Sunday to continue. Who knows, maybe I will get it done. I really should either scrape the top half
(since I decided I want to go to the ceiling) or paint some water proofing over
it so I could do that while I’m waiting to have the time to set tile again just
to keep things moving in the right direction.
I didn’t do anything to the top half of the wall with the
shower head and that worries me somewhat.
I plan to be as rough as I can with cleaning and scraping between the
tile before setting the grout just to make sure everything is secured as good
as possible. Sometimes, this mortar that
I’m using doesn’t like to adhere to the tiles.
I’m mixing it correctly but I don’t think I’m spreading it thick
enough. I’m pretty bad at spreading it.
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