Snow Day!!! I stayed home from work today to help out on the bathroom.
Terry had to redo part of the wall where the tub piping will be because it was too far from the tub and the shims were too thick. He had to add a 1/4" layer along the edge of the 2x8's to bring them closer to the tub. This was done so that when we attach the hardibacker and the tile they will come over the lip of the tub a little. This was very tedious to get level and such- much like everything else.
We also went to Home Depot for supplies. I bought a bunch of stuff for the tile work. I agonized over what type of thinset to buy and sealer and grout color. I talked to the sales lady and bought what she recommended despite my reservations. We also bought a larger fan cover and looked for more radiator paint. They didn't have our color paint at the Depot, so we went to Lowes. Lowes didn't have any either, so I went to check out what tile grout colors they had. Then I decided I didn't like any of them and I didn't like what I had bought at the Depot, so we stopped and had lunch. We then went to the tile store and bought some light gray grout called Silverado- very pretty. The tile experts there didn't think the sealer I bought at Home Depot was a good idea and recommended something else. So after wasting the whole morning we finally made it back home to do some work.
These are the tiles we'll be using. The Subway tiles for around the tub and the Hex tiles for the floor.
When we got home we tried out the new fan cover and it was a tad too tall to fit.
Terry focused on trying to get the tub drain installed. He didn't have the right coupler to attach the tub drain kit to the drain pipe in the basement, so it was back to Home Depot. After he got the right fitting, things went smoothly.
I focused on the radiator. I spent quite a bit of time scrapping off the loose paint and cleaning the dust out of the middle of it. We used the Anonized Bronze color from Rust-oleum.
Oso is inspecting the progress again.
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