Thursday, October 15, 2009

Delays and Showers

I guess I can't expect everything to go as smoothly as the rest of this project has. I had the wall mounts for the microwave installed and was ready to hang it when I plugged it in. Nothing happened. A quick call to Best Buy and they are delivering another one next Wednesday. I'm still waiting for the parts from Ikea to finish the wall cabinets.



At first I was hesitant of tiling the shower myself. Even with the instructions of a friend who has years of experience at this, I thought this wasn't going to be easy. Turns out it's no where as hard as I thought. The tile went on the wall fast. And grouting the next day was fairly easy too. Of course the end result depends on how much attention you pay to what your doing. For instance I made sure I didn't have any thin set on the tile or in the cracks between the tile. The thin set bonds the tile to the wall. And it should be covered by the grout. The grout should be consistent between the tile through out the surface. This can take some time and a lot of rubbing with the clean up sponge. But the end result makes it worth it. Next is the shower door and glass.




Next week is looking like it might dry up after nearly a month of rain. I'll finally get to trench for the water line and sewer line. Then I'll be ready for the plumber to finish up and move in.

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Cabinets



Cabinets are almost complete. I'm very happy with how they have turned out. Had a problem with parts not being included with the two horizontal wall cabinets. That is keeping me from installing the glass doors on them. Ikea is shipping the parts direct from Sweden. Should have those by the end of next week. The refrigerator and microwave showed up. I'll work on mounting the microwave tomorrow.