And then there was grout
Macky called it quits fairly early today but I can’t really complain since he still did some decent work and not necessarily fun work. After he finished the step, he spent the next couple of hours grouting the tile on the walls. It’s pretty amazing just how different things look with the white grout versus the lack of grout which gave the spaces a really dark look. It certainly would have become an entirely different room if we’d used dark grout.
Tomorrow Macky is supposed to be back around 9 am to lay the floor tile and paint the walls…and he’s said that on Monday he should be installing the toilet and shower walls so we could technically use the bathroom already on Monday afternoon/evening if we wanted to. That will definitely be a nice change for hubby who has already complained about the treacherous climb down the tilted stairs to the bathroom downstairs…not to mention it’s not exactly warm down there since the heater still isn’t working – but don’t get me started on that subject.
Yesterday I mentioned that the outer walls were supposed to be finished up today but that isn’t going to be happening. Robert didn’t show up today which I imagine is because he simply wasn’t needed. The weather today was quite miserable and wet which meant that he couldn’t work on the outside walls anyway.
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Wow! Neat house. How old is it? I love the half-timbering, and the half round tub is pretty cool. Are those real tiles on the wall in the bathroom?
Hey Greg,
The house was built in 1834. Definitely a lot of history for us to research still.
Are you talking about the tiles on this picture or have you gone further back in time to the lovely tiles that used to be in the old bathroom with the huge tub. There are white tiles in this post with white grout…if you go back a day or so you can see them without the grout which makes a huge difference!
Hi – lovely house!
Great to read another blog on an old timberframe house. We bought one in November and will move in and start to renovate it in about 2-3 weeks time. I’m sure I’ll find a lot of valuable information in your blog and I’m looking forward to discussing things with you!
Best wishes, Anna