I am not sure I should count this as day 14, because I have had to work at the paying job a couple of the days. But I decided to count the days I am on vacation and the clock is ticking no matter what else is going on in our lives. We are past the halfway mark on the calendar and tile is not going up on the wall yet. I recognize that this is a concern. I recognize that it seems like progress is fairly slow but we are actually moving forward every day, I tell myself that repeatedly.
Mr Rainman and I got the rest of the plywood up on the walls. Surprisingly, the room is fairly square except for a corner of the shower by the shower head. I had to watch another video yesterday about the Schluter Kerdi-board. I can use mastic to butter out the corner and get that portion of the shower all level. The way we installed the plumbing we had to cut out some of the plywood to get it to fit correctly. Kerdi-board is getting installed over the plywood then tile so it will be fine. The plywood was an extra step and one that cost about 3-4 days of labor. It is so we can install grab rails anywhere we want and it will make putting up the tongue and groove and the tin ceiling much easier.
Mr Rainman and I had a discussion about the tongue and groove yesterday. Now when you look at the pocket door you can really see the 1/2” slant. I truly believe this is because nothing is breaking up your eye. You can only see it when you are standing in the shower looking outwards. I need to consult with the project supervisor to determine what direction she wants the tongue and groove but I think a 45 degree angle will totally throw off your eye and make it disappear.
That being said as she was inspecting the progress yesterday she spotted a mistake! I had cut one of the niche openings too wide. This happened because we did not install vertical 2×4 bumpers in the opening like we did the other three niches. I don’t know why we did not do the vertical ones. The horizontal ones are in place. Luckily, she spotted it so today it will be corrected with a couple of 2×6 boards installed vertically, problem solved while still little!
Mr Rainman put stripper on the door yesterday so we can get the paint off of it and start getting it rehabbed. We are going to have to plug one end of the latch and then drill new holes for the new handle and lock. It is doable but not super easy. Pretty much the story of the entire job to date.
The granite place called for the third time yesterday so I am going to have to make a trip over there today. The rest of our Schluter order was supposed to be in the store today also, so I am hoping to get both of them in one trip.
The outside temperature is warmer and now it is starting to rain on us. The problem with this is the wood wants to get wet and the back runoff creek bed is now really starting to fill up. It is roaring at night but only about 18” deep at this point. It is moving incredibly fast as the rain and melting snow start coming off the lower mountain foothills. I still have about fifty feet of diversion dike to complete up by the old chicken coop. That is going to have to get on the list this spring. It is too muddy at this point to do anything useful. It would just wash away.
Here’s hoping that the rest of the week goes smoother and I can get the Kerdi-board installed and tile up on the wall this weekend. If I can have tile going up by Friday I will be happy.
Stewart Creek Somethings 