Comments on: Grouting done, sleep pending. http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/26/grouting-done-sleep-pending/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:15:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: laura http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/26/grouting-done-sleep-pending/#comment-20724 laura Thu, 19 Feb 2009 23:03:12 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/26/grouting-done-sleep-pending/#comment-20724 Best of luck with the silicone caulking, or whichever caulk you use. It's the one job that I hate. I had to caulk some skirting last year and I still have nightmares about how much smoother it could look. I read a great hint on how to get a neat finish from caulk. It was in a DIY book. Place masking tape a few mm from the edge you are sealing. When the caluk/sealant has been applied and smoothed with a wet spoon, take up the tape for a neat edge. Best of luck with the silicone caulking, or whichever caulk you use. It’s the one job that I hate. I had to caulk some skirting last year and I still have nightmares about how much smoother it could look.

I read a great hint on how to get a neat finish from caulk. It was in a DIY book. Place masking tape a few mm from the edge you are sealing. When the caluk/sealant has been applied and smoothed with a wet spoon, take up the tape for a neat edge.

]]> By: puck http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/26/grouting-done-sleep-pending/#comment-19946 puck Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:07:01 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/26/grouting-done-sleep-pending/#comment-19946 P.S. Seriously. I love you. You know I was joking, right?? P.S.

Seriously. I love you. You know I was joking, right??

]]> By: puck http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/26/grouting-done-sleep-pending/#comment-19945 puck Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:05:02 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/26/grouting-done-sleep-pending/#comment-19945 Well, Anna... this is all your fault. I see your bathroom and think, "My bathroom is blah. I haven't done anything but hang a shower curtain since we moved in." I have been so busy restoring the other rooms. So, I get this wild hair to pull up the vinyl floor, so I can paint the subfloor a pretty glossy aqua-blue, paint the walls a heavy cream, and the trim a bright white. Just as an interim fix until we can afford the hex and clawfoot and all that. Hours later, we located a TON of water damage, mold, vast grossness. And I won't have a toilet for awhile. (I will have to brave using my sons' toilet. Gross!) I blame you. I really do. Witness the carnage here: http://cottageofstone.blogspot.com/2009/01/our-bathroom-went-from-blah-to-war-zone.html Well, Anna… this is all your fault. I see your bathroom and think, “My bathroom is blah. I haven’t done anything but hang a shower curtain since we moved in.”

I have been so busy restoring the other rooms.

So, I get this wild hair to pull up the vinyl floor, so I can paint the subfloor a pretty glossy aqua-blue, paint the walls a heavy cream, and the trim a bright white. Just as an interim fix until we can afford the hex and clawfoot and all that.

Hours later, we located a TON of water damage, mold, vast grossness. And I won’t have a toilet for awhile. (I will have to brave using my sons’ toilet. Gross!)

I blame you. I really do. Witness the carnage here:

http://cottageofstone.blogspot.com/2009/01/our-bathroom-went-from-blah-to-war-zone.html

]]> By: Emma http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/26/grouting-done-sleep-pending/#comment-19943 Emma Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:13:50 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/26/grouting-done-sleep-pending/#comment-19943 Oh that comment was meant for the post about the floor! But the bathroom looks great too! Oh that comment was meant for the post about the floor! But the bathroom looks great too!

]]> By: Emma http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/26/grouting-done-sleep-pending/#comment-19942 Emma Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:12:53 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/26/grouting-done-sleep-pending/#comment-19942 This looks amazing Anna!! I love white floors and have been thinking about painting ours as well, to me it's a very danish thing that I wasn't used to while living in Sweden. Now I've leared to love it and it sure can make a room feel increadibly airy and fresh! I'm very impressed with all the work you put into your house, and your amazing results! You keep on inspiering me! This looks amazing Anna!! I love white floors and have been thinking about painting ours as well, to me it’s a very danish thing that I wasn’t used to while living in Sweden. Now I’ve leared to love it and it sure can make a room feel increadibly airy and fresh! I’m very impressed with all the work you put into your house, and your amazing results! You keep on inspiering me!

]]> By: Anna at D16 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/26/grouting-done-sleep-pending/#comment-19852 Anna at D16 Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:27:47 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/26/grouting-done-sleep-pending/#comment-19852 <b>wendy:</b> No, we didn't remove the tub. The backerboard isn't actually supposed to touch the tub at all, though -- it should stop about 1/4" from the edge of the tub. You don't want to run it behind the tub or anything. The tiles overlap the edge of the backerboard slightly, and run about 1/8" from the edge of the tub. That gap gets caulked. Again, you don't want the tiles to actually touch the tub at all. Gaps are necessary for expansion! wendy: No, we didn’t remove the tub. The backerboard isn’t actually supposed to touch the tub at all, though — it should stop about 1/4″ from the edge of the tub. You don’t want to run it behind the tub or anything. The tiles overlap the edge of the backerboard slightly, and run about 1/8″ from the edge of the tub. That gap gets caulked. Again, you don’t want the tiles to actually touch the tub at all. Gaps are necessary for expansion!

]]> By: Marie-Eve http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/26/grouting-done-sleep-pending/#comment-19803 Marie-Eve Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:34:32 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/26/grouting-done-sleep-pending/#comment-19803 I think it makes us feel good to live in a space we like. It's like a candy for the eyes, or a good book for the soul. I like the white floor. I think it makes us feel good to live in a space we like. It’s like a candy for the eyes, or a good book for the soul. I like the white floor.

]]> By: Ann Marie http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/26/grouting-done-sleep-pending/#comment-19773 Ann Marie Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:09:32 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/26/grouting-done-sleep-pending/#comment-19773 AWESOME!!!! AWESOME!!!!

]]> By: Eva http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/26/grouting-done-sleep-pending/#comment-19759 Eva Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:05:03 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/26/grouting-done-sleep-pending/#comment-19759 Looks great! Hopefully the rest of the bathroom will go faster for you now and you can get some rest. Looks great!
Hopefully the rest of the bathroom will go faster for you now and you can get some rest.

]]> By: anne http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/26/grouting-done-sleep-pending/#comment-19747 anne Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:22:32 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/26/grouting-done-sleep-pending/#comment-19747 Looks amazing Anna! I love the classic look of those subway tiles. Looks amazing Anna! I love the classic look of those subway tiles.

]]> By: heather http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/26/grouting-done-sleep-pending/#comment-19736 heather Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:07:44 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/26/grouting-done-sleep-pending/#comment-19736 This looks amazing! Please get some rest. :) This looks amazing!
Please get some rest. :)

]]> By: reva http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/26/grouting-done-sleep-pending/#comment-19715 reva Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:45:46 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/26/grouting-done-sleep-pending/#comment-19715 looks great! i wish my bathtub looked that nice. looks great! i wish my bathtub looked that nice.

]]> By: erin@designcrisis http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/26/grouting-done-sleep-pending/#comment-19714 erin@designcrisis Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:10:53 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/26/grouting-done-sleep-pending/#comment-19714 Dear lord, get some sleep and take care of yourself! You did an absolutely fantastic job and I can't wait to see the floor! Dear lord, get some sleep and take care of yourself!

You did an absolutely fantastic job and I can’t wait to see the floor!

]]> By: wendy http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/26/grouting-done-sleep-pending/#comment-19713 wendy Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:46:57 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/26/grouting-done-sleep-pending/#comment-19713 It looks fantastic. I have the exact same tub with the Art Deco detailing. Can I ask you how you demo'd around the existing tub. Wasn't it hard to install the backer board and tiles with the tub in place? This is exactly what I'd like to do in my bathroom but I thought the tub would need to be removed for access. DId you remove the tub and then put it back? It looks fantastic. I have the exact same tub with the Art Deco detailing. Can I ask you how you demo’d around the existing tub. Wasn’t it hard to install the backer board and tiles with the tub in place? This is exactly what I’d like to do in my bathroom but I thought the tub would need to be removed for access. DId you remove the tub and then put it back?

]]> By: lesley http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/26/grouting-done-sleep-pending/#comment-19711 lesley Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:36:01 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/26/grouting-done-sleep-pending/#comment-19711 may a offer you a "you go, girl"? there is no way in hell I would attempt to retile my own bathroom (but then again, I can barely hang a picture on the wall successfully). I am way impressed! may a offer you a “you go, girl”? there is no way in hell I would attempt to retile my own bathroom (but then again, I can barely hang a picture on the wall successfully). I am way impressed!

]]> By: lindsay http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/26/grouting-done-sleep-pending/#comment-19710 lindsay Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:33:08 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/26/grouting-done-sleep-pending/#comment-19710 I wish I had seen these pics before we did our subway tiles in the kitchen. Your edges are perfectly finished. I feel like a total dork for not doing mine like this...maybe I can talk my husband into re-doing it. I wish I had seen these pics before we did our subway tiles in the kitchen. Your edges are perfectly finished. I feel like a total dork for not doing mine like this…maybe I can talk my husband into re-doing it.

]]> By: Averill http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/26/grouting-done-sleep-pending/#comment-19709 Averill Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:30:13 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/26/grouting-done-sleep-pending/#comment-19709 The tile looks great -- just imagine how much time you'll have when everything actually gets finished! The tile looks great — just imagine how much time you’ll have when everything actually gets finished!

]]> By: jesse http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/26/grouting-done-sleep-pending/#comment-19708 jesse Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:05:06 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/26/grouting-done-sleep-pending/#comment-19708 Looks great! Can't wait to see the floors! Looks great! Can’t wait to see the floors!

]]> By: Cherisse@newburghrestoration http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/26/grouting-done-sleep-pending/#comment-19707 Cherisse@newburghrestoration Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:59:03 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/26/grouting-done-sleep-pending/#comment-19707 Very cool Anna. You are like me with the sleep. I went to bed waaaayyy to late last night only to have to commute to the city. And the crazy thing is I don't always sleep on the train. Great job with the bathroom Very cool Anna. You are like me with the sleep. I went to bed waaaayyy to late last night only to have to commute to the city. And the crazy thing is I don’t always sleep on the train. Great job with the bathroom

]]> By: modernemama http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/26/grouting-done-sleep-pending/#comment-19706 modernemama Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:57:57 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2009/01/26/grouting-done-sleep-pending/#comment-19706 Your tile work is amazing - so neat Your tile work is amazing – so neat

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