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Got a delivery yesterday of the rest of the bench top lvl sheets, for a while I thought it was gonna be a struggle as the the place I got the last lot for the kitchen bench told they weren't getting anymore for the foreseeable future.. Then they got more (phew) 

Threw them under the house with the rest of my "lumber" collection. 

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One of the jobs to do during lockdown was remove the door jamb and architrave from between the kitchen and laundry as we weren't putting a door back there. In hindsight we should have put a cavity slider in there when we had the chance but meh.. 

I really don't like plastering, specially small jobs. 

 

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Coat of oil on the revealed flooring. 

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Time for plaster. 

 

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Did I say I hate plastering? 

 

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It stayed unsanded like that till the beginning of August such is my complete lack of enthusiasm for all things drywall. That and I assumed plaster could be used anytime. Found out it had a shelf life of about 18 months, Tradeset 90 goes off in about 15min once its 4 years old(eye rollingly annoying) then I found no-one stocked lite blue in 5kg bags. When I say I don't like drywall, I also don't like driving round getting supplies for said drywall. 

 

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Next, started on the bathroom. Picked a 300x900mm tile to go there with the join in the middle of the wall. So as not to complicate things around the back of the sink/tap area I decided to start on a full tile from that point which meant a cut top and bottom. Doesn't matter there tho as you have nothing to register it off and it's also not where you look. 

 

As per usual these walls were wobbly too, easier to manage with big tiles tho. Doing the two opposite ends of the bathroom so it still stays reasonably light. 

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The squiggles are just lime protection to separate tiles in the carton. 

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My first cut, classic. 

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Started the other end, 

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Lasering the center and horizontals, makes life a lot easier when setting out vs a level. 

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Then, after 9 years of throwing stones around I finally managed to leave my finger between two, 

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Has thrown a bit of a spanner in the works but is actually a blessing in disguise as I should actually be able to finish all this by the weekend. Then it's time to finally close in the bottom of the house.. 

Excitement.... 

 

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Finished the tiling a couple of days after the above.. 

 

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Got the joints pretty spot on. Discovered these tiles are quite soft, had to wedge a couple up to keep the line level and they chipped the edge of the tile when I pulled them out. Shit plastic wedges, behind the mirror anyway. If you need to wedge non ceramic tiles use wet timber wedges as they don't chip the tiles and have the added bonus of shrinking when they dry. 

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1st grout pass

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Sponge pass 

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Didn't take any pics of the vanity install but it's literally a 10mm bead of silicone along the back edge and jammed into the tiles then tooled off. Plumbing was a total cunt which involved 3 trips to miter10's shit plumbing selection on a Sunday. Had one of those dux adjustable u-bends but with the additional tile thickness was too short length ways to meet the sink drain. Ended up getting removable bowl trap and 90 bend compression fitting. Then had to go back to get a 40mm extention. This all started as I couldn't be fucked cutting and glueing fittings.. Did that anyway in the end. 

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Will get different colour socket plates to match the tiles. 

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Grouting kitchen tiles, 

 

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Stuck the mirror on, previously it just had three mounts on the back that corresponded with the screws on the wall, was removable. I didn't want to make permanent drill holes in the tiles so I glued the mirror to the tiles with mirror silicone (don't use anything else) 

 

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The tape is used just to stop the mirror going anywhere while the glue dries, could probably just use the tape as it holds 16kg per something. It's fucken sticky anyway. Made 6mm timber packers painted with bathroom acrylic paint, tape and glue both don't stick to plastic packed very well. 

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Then put glue on the original mounting points and strategically placed packers glued both sides. Sorry no pics so here's the glue. 

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Glued on (yes, with silicone again. Makes good glue) the last of the trims

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Tape does a good job of holding most things wood orientated. 

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This is a classic example of my wobbly walls, just on bench height it was about 7mm, here it's about 3 but as I'm 6'5 it's pretty much only me that can see it. 

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It's good having my miter saw calibrated right after 13 years of ownership. 

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And that makes that bit done. Still have to do some shelving around the fridge and the laundry. Need to change it up tho otherwise the cbf factor skyrockets. 

 

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Actually, this makes it done. Went with a black silicone to try and match the grout but it made the line to obvious being that it's twice the size of the tile gap

 

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So I cut it back out and went with a dark grey (anthracite)  what follows is how I silicone tiles and /or most other things that need a silicone join. 

 

First I cut the nozzle so it's large enough to get a bead slightly bigger than the joint in trying to seal. Make sure that I overfill it so when I put water /soap on it everything I want to seal has clean contact with the silicone as once the water goes on it won't stick to anything. 

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Then using a popsical stick (coz they're round, wood and a good excuse to get a popsical) that's been soaked in the soapy water, I run it along the bead far enough that I don't end up with an unmanageable blob of silicone on the stick (normally about 200mm)

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Circulars are a good for wiping excess silicone of onto.. In this case a lint chocolate bar wrapper. 

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Started on closing in the subfloor finally. 

 

Attached the uprights with joist cleats as I had a box left over from the house build,  based the rest of the house on what I worked out here, as I got around the other side I discovered the foundation is out by about 20mm, not bothered tho as it'll be planted around that side. 

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Made some frames up to go between the uprights. They get bolted through them and also down onto the concrete. Prob a bit over engineered. 

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