Angela Law

Yesterday, while I was wetting the curing grout, I noticed that there were not one, not two, but three baseboard tiles that had hairline cracks in them. I don’t know how I missed that when I was installing them. But, those tiles had to come out. That ended up being the day’s “unplanned activity”. I thought their removal was going to be a royal pain in the ass, but it wasn’t too bad. The only problem is that I don’t have any more grout, so a trip to Home Depot is in order for tomorrow.

Now onto today’s regularly scheduled items: I primed part of the wall (the toilet area). Brian made a new access panel for the plumbing area, which enabled me to get Jacob’s room back in order. Brian also did some electrical work. Well, it was more like electrical planning. We ran one line, but didn’t hook anything up to it. After opening the switchplate cover that is currently in the bathroom, he took one look at it and decided to call in the big guns–his dad. So, Ed stopped by this evening and told Brian what needs to be done. Basically, what is currently there is crap. But, that’s ok because we were going to redo it anyway.

Tomorrow’s going to be a wash. After church and brunch, Brian has band practice. After that, the Steeler game is on (and this one is definitely going to be one to watch). With any luck, we’ll get an hour of work in. I guess that’s better than nothing.

Today was grouting day. To add insult to injury, I started to grout and found a loose tile. And then another. And then another. All in all there were six loose tiles. Luckily we had some liquid nails for tile on hand and I was able to reset the tiles. However, now I’m wondering how many more are going to pop up and just why this happened? I mean, this is the 5th room we’ve tiled in our house and we’ve never had this problem before. All I can figure is that I spread the mortar too far and it started to dry before I laid the tile. I can only hope this is the case because then all of the tiles won’t be affected. All of the tiles that are going to be under the vanity were in perfect shape, of course.

The good news is that we’re running out of potential disasters for the project. The other good news is that the satisfaction I get from a finished tile floor, I may get to experience again and again if any other tiles decide to pop up.