Zee tiles, boss! Zee tiles!

[c9]

Done. Finally. Special thanks to benjidacruick and Ashif for the help!



Tiles partway done, with horrid old floor visible:


Tiles all placed, but no grout yet:


Tiles grouted, sealed, and appliances put back in place:


Is that spiffy or what?

Comments

[simplisticton.livejournal.com]

Next time you're in town, you've got a job supervising a tile-laying job! I'll even let you help rip up the hardwood...

[c9.livejournal.com]

Woo! That should keep me busy while Vinny's at his class reunion this Christmas. :)

The big challenge I found was the amount of time in between each step: it took forever when combined with having a job and life!

Lay tile (not too bad in and of itself), then wait 24+ hours. Remove excess mortar from between tiles (painfully slow and ruins your screwdriver). Grout (fun and fast), then wait 30 minutes. Carefully clean tiles of excess grout (a couple hours annoyingly). Wait 48+ hours. Seal the grout (20 minutes, not bad really). Wait 3 hours. Move back into kitchen.

[c9.livejournal.com]

Kitchen was disassembled Monday, October 16th. It was reassembled last night. Ugh. I'm so sick of McD's. :)

(actually, only two visits to McDonald's. But lots of sushi and microwaved food.)