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The 'greenneedle' bathroom
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15th August 2010
The project starts and here we are on day 2 of month 1. The project is going to be done in stages over several months as and when finances are available. this first stage wil be just the immediate bath and walls around the bath. Although it may look like several days worth of work it is just that I am doing a few hours here and a couple of hours there rather than focusing solely on this project.
I mixed up the adhesive (half a bag) and then set about the lower row of white tiles. The end ones were left alone because these need cutting and I want the 'shelf ones to be done before the wall sits on top of them.
Immediately there is a potential disaster. Wickes 148 x 148 tiles are actuially 148 x 148 and not 150 as the previous leftovers had been. they had changed the size. With the adhesive already made it was now time for a major bit of quick thinking
before I wasted the adhesive and therefore as our budget won't allow for re sourcing larger whites or blacks I decided to gently draw a grid pattern on the wall to show me where the tiles should go. This grid was based on the larger 150 tile and meant the spacings are not going to be uniform but on our budget I had to take this risk.
10 minutes went by while I spirit levelled and measured. Thes walls are all over the place, bowed here and there. The grid shows this.
After the grid was there I rapidly started the tiling. before the adhesive set (it is rapid set stuff)
16th August 2010
Its actually very early morning now and a continuation from above but no time for progress photos as I went along as the adhesive would've set. However here is where we are at the end of the first mix of adhesive. Half was awsted and from now I will mix enough for about 2 rows at a time and also pre-cut the tiles for the corners.
I think I did quite well with the 'quick thinking'. My mum and wife didn't notice the problem until I pointed it out to them .
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