here’s how the exterior looks after the painting has been done and the scaffolding removed. nice, huh? now when i look at the rest of the house and see peeling paint it makes me want to get out there and scrape, sand and paint. …but one thing at a time.
mathew finished making this bathroom window from the large old bedroom window that was replaced. he cut the metal, pieced it together, cut the glass (with much difficulty) and installed it into the frame. we’ll add a translucent film for privacy since it looks out onto the laundry room, but it really helps to add natural daylight to the room. (right) here it is again with the window trim moulding added which will be painted eventually.
during the week mathew put up kerdi membrane, a special water barrier cloth that goes under the tile where he had removed the old window, tub and shower fixtures.
last weekend we got to work installing tile in those gaps over the kerdi.
even though we’ve already had lots of tile experience, installing this tile was painstaking work. since we’re recycling it, it’s no longer in big sheets with mesh backing but in pieces, so we had to apply each small piece and eyeball it to make sure it lined up with the old tile.
(left) here mathew is cleaning out excess thin-set that squeezed out between the tiles. (right) and i am cleaning the backs of more tile to be installed. we need enough to go around the new window to the right and to fill the rest of this wall where mathew is working. it is a very SLOW process.
while we worked last weekend mathew came to the realization that this remodel has taken as long as it has because of mathew’s perfectionism and my desire to recycle and not contribute to landfill…