Shower framing - big
work, especially when you do not have framing gun or impact driver, when for every
screw you need pre-drill hole. Well.... you do what you need to do:o) That means that frame is up... almost.
My best tools last two weeks Archie as usual inspects quality of work
and after sleeps well after hard work
Actually yesterday I was happy that all framing was done
with screws. When trying to fit sink's enforcement details I came to the "Ops"
moment. It's hard to "move"
mind from brick and mortar techniques that I so used to, to wood, OSB and dry
wall. I realize that framing area where sink should go, was framed not wide
enough. So ... unscrew and screw again, that was easy:o)
Good and strong construction, but wrong place (see below)
B/W sink as you see is covered with mosaic attached with epoxy
grout/mortar. Here I did mistake, not exactly mistake, but working with epoxy
you should mix and use all quantity of material and I also wanted to use it as thin set and
grout in one. I just didn't think that one thing is to use it for the floor (flat
surface) and another for 3D object. Vertical walls began to sag because of
thickness and freshness of the material (it doesn't set as quick as regular
thin set) so I needed to put some support, but anyway got some big white/empty
spaces which I decided to decorate with handmade resin/fluorescent/glow
tesserae. I ordered fluorescent pigment will see how it goes.
Today was HEAVY DUTY
DAY : plumber worked more on rerouting /adding shower fixtures. I had another
"Ops" moment with my sink :o( To my husband's delight (that he's got
his way:o) we couldn't install sink above the toilet. I haven't took into
consideration sink's draining height (OK I did but not enough) and sink got wayyyy
to high, so we moved it to the "normal"
location - between toilet and shower. That made me very unhappy - I didn't want
sink (even a small one) to block a small space. Well... you do what you need to
do. Also we installed liner and made shower bed. It was HEAVY DUTY job. My men
were mixing 3 bags of concrete by hand and I was dry packing "the
bed" and checking right slope every step. I feel my every muscle today:o) Now we need to wait 15 to 28 days for concrete
to cure, so will be able to apply liquid membrane. I know it's long wait, but definitely
worth it. Slowly but surely :o)
