but it’s a lot more fun when your team won the World Series
the night before.
I wasn’t expecting to be grouting again so quickly, but now
that I have I’m glad to say I’m done and wow, what an improvement from the
cement slab hearth. Just about any kind of tile would look better than that
though, but I’m very pleased with how this ended up looking.
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| Square enough at least. |
One tricky part, spacing the top layer of tile square to the
edges meant a gap between the flat top and the edges. I ended up squeezing some
grout in with a bag to make sure the top tile stayed level as I filled it in,
then cleaned it up. The corners went pretty much the same way. Thankfully,
again, this wasn’t a big job surface-area wise, and doing it again so quickly
after having grouted the wall tiles meant I had a routine that I thought was
working well.
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| That's not bad. |
There are actually quite a few finishes in the basement that
still need caulking, and this fireplace adds to that list. But needing a line
of caulk where the two types of tile meet isn’t stopping me from considering
this project done. It feels like it took longer and shorter than two months;
getting those wall tiles up felt like was taking forever but each stage of
remodeling actually went relatively quickly. It just took from early Sept to
early Nov to find enough free time to get each step done. Not a good sign for all
the trim and tile on the caulking list, but the good news is winter break is
right around the corner.
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| Nearly done. |
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