The next day, I brought up the boards to look at them with some better lighting, and they looked great. Time for me to put this shelf together. I was doing some thinking about the assembly, and I was concerned that the 1-1/4” pocket screws would be too long and poke out through the boards.…
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After I was done sealing the grout, it was time to finish up with the electrical. I would replace all the ivory-colored outlets, switches and covers with the white ones Because of the thickness of the tiles, I needed to purchase longer screws so I could screw all the new switches and outlets back in…
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After learning my lesson of making too large of batches of thin set, I decided to go with small batches of grout. I would start grouting on the sink and stove walls and finish up on the refrigerator/desk side. First, I needed to remove all the switch and outlet covers and re-mask the cabinets and…
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I learned some good lessons from my first round of tiling. So, I was looking forward to this day. I believe I was better prepared than last time. There were a few changes. I would make smaller batches of thin set to prevent the thin set from drying out. I wanted to keep area clean. …
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The following weekend I planned on finishing the tiling of the backsplash. Even though the amount of tiling would be almost twice as much as my first run, I thought I learned a lot and could move through the job faster. Saturday was again spent moving stuff off the counters, taping, installing the edging and…
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I already returned the tile saw, but I got a call on Wednesday from the place how doers get more done that I needed to return the tile saw. What?? I immediately called the store and explained that the saw was returned on Monday before 9 o-clock. The clerk said, “Yeah, I see that the…
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That Sunday, I needed to pick up the rental tile saw I reserved at the place how doers get things done. Before I went there, I did some additional prep work, beside resetting the edging by the stove. I put down a tarp on the countertop. I moved the stove out and laid out all…