So there has been some progress on the bathroom, not a lot but some is better than none. With the shower cubicle done, except putting the doors on, we started on the walls. The tiles are huge, well, bigger than anything else that I have used before, 600x300. The main tiles are flat but the 3rd tile up is textured, acting as a boarder tile.
The main wall, minus radiator.
Sink plumbing.
So, things look to be progressing, however, they have hit a bit of a wall. All the whole tiles have been put on the wall and its now about the half tiles. Although I have an electric tile saw, its getting started that's the problem. Once I get going with it all, I'm sure it will start flying up again. If I can get the main wall done teats a big chunk of the tiling done, although round the window is going to be a pain, as there are a lot of tiles that need cutting.
The big challange is going to be grouting. The walls are not very flat, behind where the radiator sits the tiles are sitting on a thin smear of adhesive but at the top, the tile are sitting on about half an inch of adhesive. If I just grout the tiles, it would end up using massive amounts of adhesive, at great expense for not a lot of gain. So I'm looking in to other options to pad out the bits behind the tiles, so I only have to grout the actual space between the tiles. I'm sure it will all come together in the end.
In other news, these arrived. The new velux window for the upstarira bathroom. Its an opaque window for a bit of privacy, even though the only people who can see in are those flying over in a plane! Oh well, the wife is happier with it that way and I'm not fussed. Not sure when it will be going in, probably not until I've finished the downstairs bathroom, so it could be a while!
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