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Last nighttime nosotros tackled tiling the shower (both of us tiling for the starting fourth dimension time ever), as well as were pleasantly surprised to honor that it's quite straightforward as well as slow to do. Simple tiling requires patience to a greater extent than than anything else, as well as nosotros were able to boom out the whole shower inwards a few hours. First Josh mixed the mortar, aka thinset, which adheres tile to vertical serfaces when applied take away to the wall as well as scraped alongside a particular tool to practise a texture for the tile to grab. We mixed 2.5 quarts H2O alongside 25 lbs of Flexbond, stirred the mixture for v minutes, as well as thence allow it gear upwards for 5-10 min earlier applying to the wall inwards sections. Next nosotros screwed a woods plank into the wall at the bottom of the shower wall as well as made certain it was level. We started our starting fourth dimension row of tile correct upwards against the plank t

It's solid projection mania unopen to here. I wanted to hold off until nosotros had at to the lowest degree 1 projection consummate thus that for 1 time I could demonstrate an "after" picture, exactly hey, we're notwithstanding workin' thus yet some other postal service virtually projects inwards progress volition withdraw keep to do. Here's what we've got going on... The Bathroom It's been completely gutted, as well as Josh is working on putting upward the drywall as well as installing the shower kit equally I type. We opted to remain away from the plastic showers yous "pop in" as well as instead are doing a custom tiled shower. It's a ton of work, including pouring cement, grading the flooring thus the H2O flows toward the drain, installing H2O barriers as well as a curb unopen to the base, cutting tile, grouting, as well as sealing. You acquire the picture. My contribution to the bath is refinishing the oak cabinet nosotros are usin

Last autumn nosotros started work on a stone retaining wall nestled into the sloping hillside past times our kitchen door. Once the wall has been built, we'll fill upward inwards the hillside amongst dirt as well as manure to practise a degree plot for a kitchen garden. Work stopped during the winter, but nosotros are dorsum at it instantly that saltation has arrived, as well as making ho-hum but steady progress. We are gathering the rocks past times paw from the woods as well as river beds behind our house, piling them inwards the dorsum of the truck every bit nosotros go, as well as then driving them dorsum to the retaining wall site for careful placement on the wall. Every fourth dimension nosotros consummate a circular of gathering/placing, nosotros get got a footstep dorsum as well as realize but how long the procedure is going to get got for a yoke of amateurs similar us. On the vivid side nosotros are actually going to appreciate that wall when it's done! ↓ The wall