One of the things that
bothered me most about the powder room was the crappy drywalling job that was
done. At the corners you could see the tape used and there were lines in the
mud from sanding or something. I started skim coating them today.
Following the mudding, I
went back to tiling. The tile saw got a serious workout; I cut what felt like a
million of the wall tiles into small pieces to fill in the gaps along the wall.
When the tiles are already only about 2x1”, its pretty nerve racking to try and
get then only ½” wide, you have to put your hand alarmingly close to the saw
blade. At the top, along the ceiling, I had to cut a row of tiles on an angle
to fill in the space. Surprise, surprise, the ceiling is on a rather noticeable
angle in this room.
The floor tile got finished,
with the last 2 tiles at the entrance adhesived in place.
Along the doorway, I used a
metal transition strip to create a clean line. It’s a neat item; the strip is
laid under the tile, so the adhesive secure it in place, and creates a metal angle
along the edge of the tile. I think it looks really polished.
And now we know: you can buy
some higher end and some lower end transition strips and they make a big
difference in the finished look of your project. I ended up buying 5 different
types to see what would work best and returned the rest.
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