Getting there
Last weekend Kieran and I started to take up all the ceramic tiles in my ensuite. The previous owners had put them down and some parts had been bodged and a couple of tiles had small cracks, plus the grout was on its last legs. Initially I planned to cover them over with cork tiles, but the instructions said dont lay them on top of ceramic tiles! So I spent ages trying to work it all out and convince my self I could do it. My biggest concern was cutting the tiles as if we did it properly there would be a lot of cutting all the way round the edge. Wickes had a sale and I bought an electric tile cutting table saw.
So Kieran and I (mainly Kieran as it made him feel manly) worked for two days to get all the old tiles up. A few came up really easily because they had been laid so badly, but some had to be chipped away bit by bit. We then managed to lay all the tiles that didn’t need cutting and left the adhesive to dry. Kieran is with his dad this weekend so I have spent the morning cutting tiles. Still got loads to do but the saw works brilliantly, no broken tiles. Only trouble is the blade rotates through a water tray, and sprays water everywhere. I dont have a full face mask nor waterproof overalls so have got rather wet. But so far so good. Am hoping to get them all cut today if I can, and hopefully laid. Only trouble is although I do lots of DIY and like to push myself with it, something always goes wrong, or doesn’t quite work. Apart from getting wet all is going well, so am keeping my fingers crossed it stays that way.
Will be nice to have it all done.
So Kieran and I (mainly Kieran as it made him feel manly) worked for two days to get all the old tiles up. A few came up really easily because they had been laid so badly, but some had to be chipped away bit by bit. We then managed to lay all the tiles that didn’t need cutting and left the adhesive to dry. Kieran is with his dad this weekend so I have spent the morning cutting tiles. Still got loads to do but the saw works brilliantly, no broken tiles. Only trouble is the blade rotates through a water tray, and sprays water everywhere. I dont have a full face mask nor waterproof overalls so have got rather wet. But so far so good. Am hoping to get them all cut today if I can, and hopefully laid. Only trouble is although I do lots of DIY and like to push myself with it, something always goes wrong, or doesn’t quite work. Apart from getting wet all is going well, so am keeping my fingers crossed it stays that way.
Will be nice to have it all done.
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