Lots of progress this weekend! We did a bit more prep for tiling in both the guest bathroom...
... and the laundry room ...
Next, we put carpet in the walk-in closet in the master suite:
The big project though was tiling the master bathroom! It took a good part of the day just to lay out and cut the tile. A good tile saw with a water-cooled diamond blade makes the straight cuts easy, though cutting holes for plumbing is still a real challenge even with a tungsten-carbide drill bit.
After prepping the tile, we used a notched trowel to lay out the thin set and then set the tile using
these nifty little spacers called TileJax! They make getting good even grout lines very easy, and are reusable. After letting the tile harden for about a day, we then applied the grout and ended up with pretty nice results.
After getting the tile set, we hung the closet door, a nice six panel solid cherry door. Quite heavy!
Today, I did the final wipe-down of the tile floor. You always end up with a bit of grout dust on the tile no matter how well you wipe down during the install:
It shines up real nice after another wipe down with a damp sponge after the grout has had a day or so to dry:
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