After many 'other' things... the tiling finally got under way today. We had gotten everything we needed, I finally picked out some tile I liked and we actually had the time to get it down. Chris put the backboard down, completely around the toilet drain, and it fit perfectly.
The next decision was rather to lay them in a normal pattern or stagger them. I definately liked them better by staggering them, so that is what we ended up doing. We did the dry run and made sure all the tiles were cut perfectly. I had borrowed Pam's tile wet-saw and all the spacers, even though they needed them this weekend. I ended up using 3/8" spacers with 16 x 16 inch tiles. I wanted you to be able to see the grout line, I didn't want anyone to think that it was either laminate or something other than actual tile.
The official 1st tile! We had marked our center point, but after dry laying everything out, it worked out better starting with the corner and placing everything. It took a total of about 90 minutes to get the complete floor in. It takes about 24 hours to dry then we can grout which will take 3 days before we can seal it. I haven't found a perfect grout color yet, but I guess Ill be looking tommorrow for that one. I dont want white but something light enough for you to see. The 1 few pictures show the color better than these last two with the flash on the camera. It looks more 'brownish' in these but it looks more like a 'sand color with some black specks! Hope you like it as much as I do!
After many 'other' things... the tiling finally got under way today. We had gotten everything we needed, I finally picked out some tile I liked and we actually had the time to get it down. Chris put the backboard down, completely around the toilet drain, and it fit perfectly.
The next decision was rather to lay them in a normal pattern or stagger them. I definately liked them better by staggering them, so that is what we ended up doing. We did the dry run and made sure all the tiles were cut perfectly. I had borrowed Pam's tile wet-saw and all the spacers, even though they needed them this weekend. I ended up using 3/8" spacers with 16 x 16 inch tiles. I wanted you to be able to see the grout line, I didn't want anyone to think that it was either laminate or something other than actual tile.
2 comments:
Looking good. I like that tile. I bet it looks good with the blue.
love it - try the color "mushroom" for your grout - we got it at lowes.... it is a creamy tannish white and it looks great b/c our tiles are almost the same color.... oh and I am heading to Target today and will look for that thing for you! miss you =)
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