Doors and floors

For the past few days we've been working on a number of items, including simply bringing finish materials and tools on site.

This includes wood trim and solid wood doors. These are all purchased unfinished, so we have been finishing them with Watco Natural Danish Oil. Penetrating oil is a much nicer and easier product to work with than varnish!

Most of the light fixtures are now installed and operational, which makes it possible to work into the wee hours of the night. The most recent project was starting the tiling process of the master bathroom.

With the doors out of the way, we setup in the bedroom to measure and cut the cement board as needed. After stapling down a simple vapor barrier, the cement boards are then screwed through the subfloor with masonry screws.

We are using Durock Cement Board which is a bit lighter than most cement board products, making it easier to work with and install, while still providing a very strong and stiff base for the ceramic tile.