Removing Flooring

2/25/12

Working on Back Bathroom

  

We’ve been working with Glenn once again to get our back bathroom functioning again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We gutted the bathroom last year and had the walls repaired and repainted. 

 

 

When the new stone flooring was installed in the living room we kept the leftovers of tile, mortar, grout, trim, and backer board for this small 25 sq. ft. bathroom.  Laying the flooring for such a small area would be a great teaching experience.  

 

This video shows us laying the backer board:

 

 

 

 

 

New Family Table!

   This evening we picked up a table set that we found on Craigslist.  It was exactly what Mom was looking for and it included 8 chairs and a bench.  She’s pretty excited about what she’s been able to find on Craigslist-we got this set for about 1/3 of the original price and it’s only 4 years old.

   It’s fantastic to have a real dining table to eat at after using our outdoor patio furniture for the past 9 months.  This family table is really an heirloom piece and was hand crafted in England.

Mortar Mess, Shoe for Trim and Leak in the Kitchen Sink

We started mopping the floor a little bit and using some special haze remover solution, but the tiles still look they are covered my mortar and look dull. We’ve been contacting the installers because they were supposed to clean the floors before they left. I’m not sure how or when it will be resolved.

Mom picked up some more trim boards that are called the “shoe” and will cover where the 1x4 meets the floor. They were already primed so I had to put a coat of paint on that,

There was a “leak under the kitchen sink” (that seems to be a bit of a cliché) and the flooring inside of the cabinet had become wet and has collapsed. We’ll have to replace the floor with some new plywood before we can fix the leak.

 

 

Painting & Trimming

Ronda, the painter, has been working on the back bathroom. She’s using venetian plaster on the walls and it looks pretty neat.

 

It’s kind of tricky to get a picture of such a tiny bathroom and the photo doesn’t really show the texture that is in the venetian plaster.

Screwing the 220 for the stove back into place                           No autographs please                        

 

Lydia grabbed one of our paint rollers and ran off with it!      Our miter saw

The first pieces if trim up on the walls                   Our living room is looking like a construction zone again

She grabbed the roller again and ran off….

December 3

 

Kate and Noah were sick today so Kate stayed home and didn’t go to work.

Benjamin grinding the flooring mortar to make room for the air vent cover.

For lunch we met up with our grandpa and visited a local Italian restaurant-it was fantastico!

 

Our photo book of the Florida trip arrived today!

I painted the trim boards and tomorrow we’ll cut it and nail it to the living room. We’ll also move the appliances from the garage to the kitchen.

Floor’s Finished!

 

The work on our new flooring was finished this morning! The house looks so different!

Hallway Bathroom

 

Monday: The backer board was cut for the entire work area. There was a problem w had to resolve with the installers about sealing the grout, so that stalled progress a bit. Supplies were carried inside and we took out the squeaks in the subfloor.

Tuesday: The backer board was fastened to the subfloor with nails and adhesive. They had set the tile in the living room, kitchen and laundry room.

Wednesday: The tile in the hallway bathroom, the front entry and also the hallway was set. The tile they had set on Tuesday was grouted.

Thursday: They grouted the hallway, bathroom and entry and also installed thresholds for the doorways and stairs. Installed additional small tile in bathroom. Packed up their tools and left before noon.

Preparing to paint trim

It was a creative challenge to navigate through the house without stepping on mortar or grout that had to dry. While the installers were working in the hallway the 3 of us couldn’t get to our bedrooms, so we had to come up with some creative solutions so we could climb through the windows!   It looks like we’re practicing our fire drills.

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Noah and I started getting sick yesterday and today we feel a lot worse. I spent the majority of the day in bed.

Tomorrow we’ll be moving in some of the lighter pieces of furniture and laying down the baseboards. We’re hoping that on Saturday we’ll be able to move in the appliances, so we can cook a meal again! We’re going to use the left over tile, mortar and grout to put the same flooring into the back bathroom ourselves. It’s very small, so it shouldn’t be too much work.

 

Back Bathroom

Ronda started working on the hallway bathroom and the back bathroom.

Hallway bathroom

In the back bathroom she stripped off the old, peeling paint and repairing the walls with drywall mud. The walls in the hallway bathroom were really messed up too, so she used some joint compound to fix the holes and dents.

Floor’s Finished!

 

The work on our new flooring was finished this morning! The house looks so different!

Hallway Bathroom

 

Monday: The backer board was cut for the entire work area. There was a problem w had to resolve with the installers about sealing the grout, so that stalled progress a bit. Supplies were carried inside and we took out the squeaks in the subfloor.

Tuesday: The backer board was fastened to the subfloor with nails and adhesive. They had set the tile in the living room, kitchen and laundry room.

Wednesday: The tile in the hallway bathroom, the front entry and also the hallway was set. The tile they had set on Tuesday was grouted.

Thursday: They grouted the hallway, bathroom and entry and also installed thresholds for the doorways and stairs. Installed additional small tile in bathroom. Packed up their tools and left before noon.

Preparing to paint trim

It was a creative challenge to navigate through the house without stepping on mortar or grout that had to dry. While the installers were working in the hallway the 3 of us couldn’t get to our bedrooms, so we had to come up with some creative solutions so we could climb through the windows!   It looks like we’re practicing our fire drills.

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Noah and I started getting sick yesterday and today we feel a lot worse. I spent the majority of the day in bed.

Tomorrow we’ll be moving in some of the lighter pieces of furniture and laying down the baseboards. We’re hoping that on Saturday we’ll be able to move in the appliances, so we can cook a meal again! We’re going to use the left over tile, mortar and grout to put the same flooring into the back bathroom ourselves. It’s very small, so it shouldn’t be too much work.

 

Back Bathroom

Ronda started working on the hallway bathroom and the back bathroom.

Hallway bathroom

In the back bathroom she stripped off the old, peeling paint and repairing the walls with drywall mud. The walls in the hallway bathroom were really messed up too, so she used some joint compound to fix the holes and dents.