Bathroom tile project...

As you know, we have been remodeling all areas of our house. Our latest and greatest project was the floor in our hall bathroom. All I can say is thank goodness that bathroom was small! I forgot how much of a pain it is to tile a floor! And I am very glad we did our bathroom/closets first since that area was so large.

We had originally planned to lay the tile over the existing linoleum, but once we removed the toilet, we noticed the linoleum was not adhered to the concrete. So...we pulled up all the linoleum, which wasn't too bad, but an extra step in the process. Once it was removed, we had to scrape up all the old glue because the floor was fairly uneven.

Before we went through the process of actually laying the tile, we did a "trial run" first. We popped our chalk line and then laid all the tiles in the bathroom without thinset. Then Kyle so diligently measured and cut all the tiles to the appropriate size and shape. Once we were happy with this, I created a chart so we knew exactly where each piece went once we picked them all up to apply the thinset to the concrete.

The area around the toilet base was very unlevel and I had to apply a coat of thinset before we started to level the area out. Once that set up, we laid the tile and it took no time at all. We waited 24 hours and then applied the grout and cleaned the excess. As of today the grout is almost dry, but we are going to wait a few more days before we seal the grout. And since we will be at my sister's wedding this weekend, I am sure that won't happen until next week!

Here are some pictures of the journey it took to get the tile in the hall bathroom...

Removing the linoleum.

Dry-fitting the tile

The area around the toilet that I had to level out

Laying the tile

All the tile in

The finished product

Until next time...Gig'em!