Secured the Vanity, Partially Installed the New Faucet, and Added More Tile
We got some more things done in the bathroom this afternoon. The first, and biggest, thing that we did was secure the vanity in place with shims, screws, and the top with construction adhesive. It was difficult trying to shim the vanity level because neither the back or side walls were plumb. This meant that I had to place shims in different places while trying to hold the vanity up, checking for level, and also checking to see how flush I could get it to both the back and side.
After some wrangling I got it fairly close, but it’s not perfect. To tell you the truth I am not really crazy about it. I guess you can always expect there to be some uneven walls and weird angles no matter how old the house is. Although in this house I think anybody would be in trouble because of the lack of any 90 degree angles. Oh well.
Once that was screwed in place to the back wall, we added a thin bead of construction adhesive around the top of the vanity. I tried to place it on the inside edge of the wood so that when the granite top pushed down, it wouldn’t squish out the excess all over the nicely finished wood. We did have a tiny bit of overrun, but it wasn’t too bad and we just wiped it off with an old towel. Before long that was dry and we went on to the next few rows of tile. Basically we laid down the adhesive, made the crossing pattern with the notched trowel, threw down the first set of spacers, and put in the tiles.
We actually picked out a good mix of colors and textures ahead of time to save us the trouble once we had the wet adhesive on the floor. Since we’re using slate tile there’s more to think about when laying out the pattern because they are anything but consistent. After about sixteen or so we came to the spot where we couldn’t put any additional full tiles in place.
We’re going to wait until next weekend probably to rent a wet saw and do all of the cuts in one day and finish the initial tile installation. Then after a few days we’ll wipe down all of the tile with a sponge and warm water to clean them. Next it will be a few coats of floor-grade tile sealer–although I am not sure which brand yet–and then we’ll do the grout. After another day or two we may add one final coat of sealer.
That’s it for now. It’s just nice to see a major element like the floor going into place. Take care and have a great week!
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