18 May 2019
I had assumed that the limecrete slab would need weeks to dry, but Dave and Rowan agreed that it seemed firm enough to start laying tiles. This is incredible! It means there is a chance the floor could be entirely finished before my Mum and brother come to visit at the end of May.
I had assumed that the limecrete slab would need weeks to dry, but Dave and Rowan agreed that it seemed firm enough to start laying tiles. This is incredible! It means there is a chance the floor could be entirely finished before my Mum and brother come to visit at the end of May.
Rowan cuts the little curve into the line between the wood and area to be tiled
The slab, cleaned up and ready for tiles
Tiling commences
Meanwhile, Dave fills in behind the skirting board, where there are gaps. There are a lot of gaps, created by the plaster panels being recessed from the wooden uprights. Unavoidable in this type of construction. So Dave has a bucket of lime plaster, and is poking it down behind the skirting. I was going to do this job, as it is tough on the knees, but it was frustratingly slow, and I still had so much sorting out to do upstairs. Very grateful when Dave volunteered to take over.
The tiles were so nearly complete, and then our tiler was called away and had a week's work elsewhere before he could return, so all hope of early completion seemed lost.
Rowan, once again, came to our rescue, and finished the last few tiles, so they could be setting ready for grouting. We suggested doing them ourselves, but Rowan is very possessive of the floor, and couldn't face the possibility we would mess it all up at this stage!
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