Upstairs Bathroom

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Upstairs Bathroom: Complete!

MatthewSeptember 16, 2019September 16, 20192 Comments

Contrary to popular (mainly Katie’s) belief, I do actually finish a project every now and then. The upstairs bathroom is included on that elite list. But before I could scratch it off of the project list, some finishing touches had to be completed:

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Upstairs Bathroom: Tile!

MatthewAugust 19, 2019August 19, 20191 Comment

Most people don’t take a year to tile their bathrooms. Those people aren’t me. This post is mainly just going to be an image dump, so buckle in!

Nobody can ever accuse me of not using enough spacers.

I'm (not) really proud of my tile remnant braces.

I am actually proud of tiling under and behind the vanity, even though it's pretty much completely unnecessary.

Nipping all of the little penny tiles was a NIGHTMARE.

We couldn't find any suitable tiles to trim the nooks out, so we bought some bullnose tiles and I cut most of them off.

Check out the symmetry I've got going on between the top and bottom borders.

The final wall. I came back and filled in that gap with a tile that I drilled a hole in to accommodate the shower line.

Test fitting the floor tile. Dreading laying it down.

I'm having flashbacks to nipping all of the edge tiles in half.

And no more rows of tile to go. FINALLY.

This is when I realized that I didn't like the spacing on some of the tiles, especially in the corners. You can actually listen to my heart breaking if you turn up your speakers.

You can see the same bullnose tiles I used around the nook here, but this time I used the whole tile.

The grout left this really nifty stain on all of the floor tiles. I was super excited to find out about that.

Vinegar and a toothbrush took care of it. Luckily, there were only about 600 tiles to scrub!

So endeth the great tiling odyssey of 2016-2017.

Things I learned:

Wipe grout off of matte tile as quickly as possible
Use big tiles
Don’t try to use a wet tile saw indoors
If you’re making a lot of straight cuts, invest in a good tile snap cutter

Next up: caulk, paint, finishing touches, and NOT HAVING TO GO DOWNSTAIRS TO USE THE BATHROOM ANYMORE THANK THE LORD!

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Upstairs Bathroom: Demo & Pre-Tile

MatthewAugust 14, 20191 Comment

The week after we moved into the house, I was taking a shower upstairs while Katie was straightening her hair in the bathroom directly under me. All of a sudden, water started to drip out of the ceiling above her. Neat.

It turns out that the previous owners cracked the bathtub in the upstairs bathroom, and instead of patching it or replacing it like a sane, non-shady person, they just smeared some caulk on it so it would hold water during inspections. Once we started to use the bathtub, the caulk broke free of the plastic tub, and so water was free to roam the space between the first and second floors.