Nothing exciting going on but I'll post these 2 "projects".
Temporary handrail until I get around to finishing the stairs. Don't know why I didn't think of doing a temp thing 6 years ago.
Of course the first attempt was a fail for 2 reasons.
- I thought it was supposed to be 38" off the stair at the riser. Nope, supposed to be that at the nose (34" minimum). Of course there is no nose yet but I made it 38" at the front of the steps the second time.
- I somehow REALLY screwed up measuring and math and it was only about 33" at the top, not the 38" I expected though it was 38" at the first riser off the floor. I enlisted DD2 to hold a few parts on the 2nd pass while I measured and got it right. Works well now.
And yes all that mess is "normal"
None of it is mine other than the red raincoat (on top of the pile) which I had just brought from the other end of the house when I got the camera. Rain today and all day tomorrow. It is now hanging in the mudroom.
The mudroom. We had picked out tile for it 6 years ago when this entire part of the house was rebuilt. But of course it was a closeout and someone bought it while we brought some home to see if we liked it. Finally got around to deciding we ought to get on this and went back to the tile store in January. These things aren't easy when your DW works every day but Sunday and the tile store isn't open on Sundays.
As it has been for 6+ years (without the bench and all the mess on the floor or the 2 boot trays). For reference, the door in the right picture is the front door to the house.
How do you like the new look?
OK, that isn't the tile that is a tile separation membrane ... which I didn't know I needed when I got the tile water saw to cut the tiles before we went to So. Cal earlier this month. My plan was to finish the job before we left. Instead I ordered this stuff, it came while we were gone, I cut the pieces today.
Yesterday I started looking at the instructions on getting it onto the floor. I need some modified thinset mortar. I have a bucket of expensive premixed thinset. NOT supposed to use it on plywood, particle board, etc. Of course it doesn't say that anywhere on the bucket, that info is online
Good thing I didn't lay the tile with it without the membrane. So tomorrow I'll see if it is even possible to buy any thinset or if the stores are closed. AND, I'm not sure I can use the expensive premixed stuff on top of this. I'm going to call the membrane company tomorrow and ask. If not, I also need to get some unmodified thinset to put the tile down. I hope I can find 25# bags of thinset, the room is only about 60 sq ft and I sure don't need 50# bags.
This is what it should look like when the tile is down before grouting
And this is the water saw setup in the walk-in shower. Couldn't use it outside in the sub freezing weather of course.
Does any of this sound like how your projects tend to go
@Senile_Texas_Aggie ??
In outside news, the snow has melted, the hens are popping out about a dozen eggs a day and there are fish swimming in the pond.
