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Adventures in renovations... again
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Contractor's tile saw blade trial run was a disaster yesterday on glass tiles.
He ordered a $90 blade, arrives today. Will see.
He'll have the shower tile installed today, hopefully.....was supposed to be yesterday.
Taking pug for early morning walk, before it gets hot.
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I had Sherwin Williams mix a water based urethane trim enamel as touch up paint for duck egg blue glass tiles. It's pretty darned close.....I can't see the difference.
It's a 2 hour dry time vs 72 hour dry time of oil base paint.
Contractor has a blown brake line and dump truck stuck in the mud, full of gravel..... couldn't be here today.
This gave me time to do a proper clean up, of work space, tape off bedroom floor, resolve tile issue and bathe/see to pug.
Tomorrow will be go go go. I plan to tile everything low, bc I can't stand to see Contractor on his knee replacements....makes me weak and queasy, literally, to watch.
He and I have found out mutual respect mojo. I adore his wife ...we get along well. At first, contractor didn't want any help at all.
I stepped back.
Now, he asks me to go on material runs, and has accepted I'll be tiling too.
Man it's HOT!
lighter:
Day 697 cutting 6"x3"
glass
tile.
Two days ago, there was much despair....mostly in my part. Contractor less so.
Yesterday, we came close to finishing. At the end of the day, I cut tile for 2 niches/one with a shelf. (After, I went to nearby movie theater for truffle Parmesan fries with garlic aoli and ketchup....no movie. Just the frues.) Today I paint the flaked off paint tile edges, and select tile for balance of bathroom walls. I can smell the barn.
Chances are I never consider glass tile again....well. Maybe for a backsplash. It's such slow cutting!!!! And the touch up....and exact paint matching and waiting for it to dry😭
::happily running to admire it::.
If I didn't absolutely love it, I would have scraped off the first 2 feet, and done something else. I am not kidding😱
Ready to buy the toilet.
The faucet arrived.....sink's en route.
The exterior door, to outside shower, has 7/22 arrival date listed, but is likely to arrive sooner.
I'm excited about the vanity. 6 big drawers. How nice will it be to never have to dig through another stuffed cabinet, in that bathroom, again?!?! Woo hoo!
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lighter:
Der boden is in, and he is spectacular! There's different To VP plank colors involved, so threshold selection took a bit of time. I ended up at store where flooring came from. SO good! Did the hallway, also, 4 thresholds, in all. Furring up threshold where LVP meets kitchen tile.
If today goes well, all tile will be installed, but for the wall where exterior door going in. It's set for 7/22 delivery, still.
The "helper" tire out old flooring, trim,vand helped with install. I couldn't watch, and went upstairs, which was first time I left the job while contractor here.
Floor protector paper down, this morning. Waiting for contractor to arrive. 8 boxes of 1'x2' tiles in CrV. Bullnose on site.
Been shopping shower doors. I haven't bought a ready made shower door. Ever. Thinking will be short, hard to clean and generally disappointing Any advice?
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sKePTiKal:
Stock a couple of squeegess. Tell guests to use after every shower. I despise glass doors to clean!! One never gets them squeeky clean; water spots & soap remain - always.
Yes, one can RainX them and that helps - but you HAVE to get them spotless first. Hol recommended a 5-7% vinegar and citric acid spray and it DOES help, but the vids I've watched repeat the process 2-3 times and scrubs with 00 steel wool (beware scratching!!)
I'd go with shower curtains as my preference. They can compliment the decor; are washable; and relatively inexpensive to replace or change up.
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