Well, this weekend's work is not as visibly dramatic as adding the glass shower door, or putting up the drywall, but it is satisfying nonetheless. We finished (hopefully) with the travertine once and for all. [well, until bathroom #2 ...] We sadly broke one of the tiles in the shower area when sanding down around the shower niches. Limestone has cracks and this one just kind of split out. So it had to be removed and another cut and put in its place. Noisy, dusty work that.
But with that piece re-set and the shelf on the shower niches installed, it was only the tile around the rest of the floor which needed to be installed. This was fairly easy to cut - 3-inch tall pieces - and we installed it with glue instead of thinset, so that was also a bit easier. So far it seems to be holding.
Our other tasks on the weekend included finalizing the pocket-door installation. As mentioned previously, we have a "self-closing" pocket-door on the water-closet and it is held in place in the open position using magnets. Cool, right? Here's some close-ups of the magnets attached to the door. We used 4 super-strong magnets and 1 rubber bumper, so it doesn't slam. It bounces ever so slightly to a nice rest.
We also began putting on the molding around the door (not pictured yet). With the molding in place, the pocket-door cannot really be removed. Strange, eh? But I guess it's normal for a pocket-door. Anyway, got some work to do to fill that in and get it looking good, but things are starting to look pretty good.
But with that piece re-set and the shelf on the shower niches installed, it was only the tile around the rest of the floor which needed to be installed. This was fairly easy to cut - 3-inch tall pieces - and we installed it with glue instead of thinset, so that was also a bit easier. So far it seems to be holding.
Our other tasks on the weekend included finalizing the pocket-door installation. As mentioned previously, we have a "self-closing" pocket-door on the water-closet and it is held in place in the open position using magnets. Cool, right? Here's some close-ups of the magnets attached to the door. We used 4 super-strong magnets and 1 rubber bumper, so it doesn't slam. It bounces ever so slightly to a nice rest.
We also began putting on the molding around the door (not pictured yet). With the molding in place, the pocket-door cannot really be removed. Strange, eh? But I guess it's normal for a pocket-door. Anyway, got some work to do to fill that in and get it looking good, but things are starting to look pretty good.
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