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1 day of tiling

This past weekend Mark and Suzanne came out to visit. We had a great time, Alex loves having her grandparents visiting and Saturday she was in a great mood. Ryan and his dad worked on tiling the shower most of the day (after going to the dump and Alex’s gym class first) 🙂 Priorities!

The shower is coming along great! Mark had some great ideas for tiling the shelves and window, using the mosaic tile on the inside sides just one row of it, then using the beveled edge tiles for the rest of the side. We had planned on using the mosaic on the back of the shelves already and this added a smooth transition and tied the window in as well. It came out great. Just a little left on the shower and then the floor. Almost there!

Back wall, done except for starter row which is going last

Left wall is finished except for the first row

Final wall, almost done (and that tile for shower head is already cut)

Ryan just needs another free weekend to finish up the shower and then the floor. Getting close. And now it’s Thanksgiving week!!!! Yay – pie and family – good times!

Tiling started

We managed to get a start on the tiling! Sunday we had until 1pm (Pats game) so Ryan started tiling after breakfast and at naptime I joined him. We made some decent progress. I would estimate that if we had a full day with Alex at daycare we could finish and we just so happen to have that day coming up next week! So watch out for tiling next week!

We’re going with 12×12 tiles throughout (floor included) and this mix of ceramic/glass tile for a band. The shelves will also have that glass tile mix on the back I think. We’ll do the bottom row last because it has to be cut around the tub.

I love the tile, with only one more coat of paint to do, we’ll soon have fixtures installed too! I think our vacation next week will be a mix of painting outside and working on the bathroom if it rains. Soon we’ll have an upstairs bathroom again! (one year later) 🙂

Busy Saturday

A busy weekend so far, hopefully the momentum continues. Ryan and I tag teamed on chores and baby duty today. I worked on the bathroom in the morning while he took Alex with him to run some errands. I got the touch up sanding done on the walls/ceiling, then everything primed.

During nap time I got a coat of redgard on the shower and floor, the first coat takes a while because it really soaks in.

In the afternoon I was on baby duty while Ryan cleaned the cars top to bottom. Alex and I baked an apple pie and we hit up the park of course 🙂

Once Alex was in bed and dinner was done I got up to the bathroom and got the first coat of paint on the ceiling and walls. Ryan did a second coat of redgard and we’re ready to tile! The plan is to get the final coat of paint on first thing in the morning and maybe start some tiling!

Second coat of redgard on the floor and wall painted

Gotta get as much done as possible, i’m in CA this week so no evenings are available to work on the bathroom!

I did it!

I finally made some time in the evening to make a tiny bit of house progress! Last night after I put Alex down to bed I finished sanding the bathroom and did the necessary touchups. Now there will be some sanding touchups and then priming! We’ll see how work goes today, maybe I can get that done tonight.

Of course then I was falling asleep at my laptop trying to review a document at 10:30pm 😉

Some bathroom progress

Still doing prep-work before we can water proof. I got more spackling done this weekend, a little each day, finishing what is basically the last coat Sunday morning (although touchups may be needed after sanding). Ryan got thinset down on the floor and around the window and shelves in the bathroom where the cement board was uneven and tiling wouldn’t have worked without the leveling he added. Unfortunately the thinset on the floor particularly wasn’t dry on Sunday so we just kept up working on the walls/ceiling until that dries, can’t waterproof until it’s completely dry.

Floor leveled a bit, there was too much of a gap from floor to tub on this side, Ryan raised it up a bit.

The shelves and window all stuck out a bit around the edges so they had to be feathered back to match the walls.

Sunday afternoon Ryan sanded what he could of the walls and ceiling. Some of the spackle wasn’t dry yet so there’s a bit left to sand in the corners. The outside corner particularly needs to be sanded and then touched up one last time I think. So no waterproofing yet. It’s all prep work. We’re hoping to have some time in the evenings this week to get this finished up/waterproofed.

Weekend and vacation day

Well I was supposed to take last friday off to paint/work on the house but Alex got sick Thursday night and had to stay home friday so I worked while she watched Thomas on TV most of the day (not the WHOLE day, although she did that most of the morning) 🙂

Anyhow, so the weekend came and we made some progress on the bathroom, Ryan got the last small pieces of cement board cut and installed around the window in the shower. We caulked all the joints in the shower, we got the first coat of spackle/tape on the ceiling and walls and I did a little painting (touchups at the peak and the half moon windows).

I took today off of work (mostly) since I missed last friday. I got another coat of spackle on the bathroom walls/ceiling and then got some paint on the outside of the porch soffit/posts. I didn’t get very far on the porch, I had to caulk most of the posts on the outside first which slowed me down.

The halfmoon window I got painted was re-made by our neighbor. He stripped down all the wood, put it back together and cut new (re-used from other windows) glass, then glazed and primed it. He’s working on the last half moon window now, the front one I just kept installed and did a quick fixup job in place. This one he did came out MUCH nicer!

Half moon window, painted and ready to go back in the attic!!!

This weekend we hope to get the shower water proofed (red-gard), and the walls/ceiling finished (spackling/sanding). The following weekend hopefully we can tile then. Let’s see how that plan goes.

Perfect

This was one of those perfect weekends, lots of family time, lots of house progress – just perfect all around. Aimee, Jason and little Jason came up on Saturday. The guys worked on the bathroom, Jason getting the rough-in plumbing finished up and Ryan getting the cement board up and both of them installing the tub. The bathroom is really coming together quickly after this weekend.

Jason also got the rough-in for the laundry room done and Sunday our neighbor came over and helped ryan finish sheetrocking the bathroom. I think we have just 4 small pieces of cement board around the window to do, then we can red-guard the tub/shower and it will be tile ready. In the mean-time I’m hoping to have time to tape/spackle the ceiling and walls.

Right before the last wall went up. I had to get the wiring done so they could get some light in here 🙂

On Sunday I got the upstairs all cleaned up and vacuumed and then went out and got a coat of paint on the window and trim on the front. It needs 1 more coat and some sections of crown need to be touched up (filled holes) but it’s all yellow so it looks like the finished product now.

The window is yellow now! And our neighbor restored one of the other 1/2 moon windows (working on the last) so we’ll have all attic windows in before winter and closed up – amazing!

Aimee and I took the kids to the park Saturday for a long while (and again on Sunday for a short while) and they had a blast. Alex built up a lot of confidence on the structures having a kid close to her size show her how to do everything and Aimee convinced me to allow her to go down the big slides by herself – I had a heart attack each time but Alex had a blast!

To really make the weekend perfect, Uncle Pete, Aunt Erin and gang all made it out Saturday for dinner so the kids got to see more family and we got to catch up – it’s too long between visits with busy schedules on all sides!!!

Weekend work

This weekend was a mish-mash of work. Saturday Ryan finished the third wall of the little bathroom (the doorway) and started the wall next to the tub, however all hour wood is now warped so he got frustrated very quickly with that. Unfortunately a trip to home depot Sunday was no good, all their wood was warped (no new stock). So that was left unfinished for now.

Outside I got the small section of siding on the front primed and then painted. I also got the shakes around the little porch all stripped off so we can start to figure out what to do with this porch. One corner of it is rotting out (carpenter ants) so there may be more rebuilding than originally planned. First though we need to fix the support underneath, the 2x3s are just not enough to support the porch weight.

Our contractor today got the red molding up under the soffit. He also worked on the top crown piece, he was having trouble with getting it to match up the outside corner so he has the pieces cut with the right angles but hasn’t put them up yet because he’s trying to figure out that corner first. He has to meet up with the old crown that was installed last year.

Carpenter’s work and Ryan’s work

The carpenter has stayed on to complete some more work for us. Last week he rebuilt the soffit and got the shakes prepared to replace the missing ones. He’s back this week to replace the shakes, put up the crown on the soffit, do the siding around the window and then some moldings throughout.

Saturday Ryan got the other 2 walls of the bathroom built up. The doorway isn’t done (I actually stopped him worried the tub may not fit!). When his dad came up they got the tub moved upstairs so it’s close by when we’re ready to install it. It’s nice to have bathroom walls again! 🙂

Upstairs Bathroom started

Finally the rebuilding has begun. This past weekend (Saturday at least), Ryan made a couple trips to the dump to get rid of all the demo debri from the ceiling demo. We got the upstairs cleaned up more, things moved around, the saw brought up and vacuuming vacuuming vacuuming.

There is still more cleanup to do (one section of ceiling still has a lot of insulation, but i want to get the bookcases underneath there moved first (and they need to be cleaned off), so I focused on the rest saturday. Then Ryan got the first wall of the bathroom built! This was mostly during Alex’s 2 naps although the wall was built while she was awake Saturday evening. The cleanup part all happened during naps.

The section I still need to clean out (ceiling wise)

Sunday we had other projects to complete (work, shopping, berry picking). Hopefully next weekend we can get the other two walls up and the tub installed?