Bathroom Floor

4 - 5 January 2019

Well, we worked towards having the whole house floored by the end of 2018 - and didn't manage it.  But we did get the Entry floor done by the deadline (although it's not yet grouted), and then we asked Neil if he could do the bathroom.  It will be disruptive whenever it gets done, so best to do it at a quiet time of year.

 The hall outside the bathroom will also be done - so all the furniture from both rooms gets heaped into the poor music room.  All except this second fridge - given to us years ago as a beer fridge, but as we've given up beer (Dave's wheat intolerance makes it undrinkable for him) and we eat very little dairy and hardly any meat, there's not much use for a second fridge.  Neil said he can use it as a beer fridge, so we'll load it into the Punto and take it up to his place.

 The bathroom, nearly cleared of furniture

 Neil gets to work - piecing the terrracotta in to meet up with the blue stone slabs laid under the toilet, long ago when we thought that would be the floor surface in here.  This is not a big issue, the house is such a patchwork already.

 Moving on

 End of day one - bathroom done, and plank installed for access to loo, sink and shower.  We're going to have to be steady on our feet for a few weeks!

 Day two - making ready

 Half done

 and finished.  With blue masking tape to protect the wood edge.

 Second plank and curtain installed (the door had to come off), and boards to dissuade the dog from bouncing on the new tiles until they've had a chance to set.

I reckon if we stay off the tiles until the end of January, they should have set hard enough to grout.  The long setting time is due to our insistence on lime mortar rather than tile adhesive.  We want the  moisture balancing properties of lime to help manage humidity in the bathroom.