G showed up as promised this AM...
and made short work of switching out my kitchen faucet...
installing the new steel version of my leaky plastic one...
the water flow is back to normal...
and with only the slightest touch of the button...
it switches to "spray"...
and since I had all of the stuff "out" anyway...
I sorted & organized the undersink area...
the main item on R's list today was the bench wall...
with all it's intricate & time consuming "cuts"...
measuring & fitting...
the smaller the wall, the more "labor-intensive" the trim becomes...
including the only outer corner that has trim...
with a cool mitered corner for the green glass half round...
the bench was also a lot of work...
[all the edges will be white quarter round...]
then there was a "small problem"...
corners of the square cuts showed...
behind the shower knob skirts...
when G test fitted them...
so R had to remove those 3 tiles & recut them...
without those "pesky" corners...
here you see them "fixed"...
speaking of "pesky"...
this is Mz Snoopy Pie's first foray...
into the new bathroom...
both she & Charlie are wandering around...
calling for their friends...
and asking some pointed [as in claws...] questions...
since the house is NOT anywhere close to being cat or dog proofed...
I reluctantly decided to have the herd remain at the vet's...
until Tuesday... by which time the tile should be installed...
and NOT stacked & piled around precariously...
[as MM put it, "Molly + piles of tiles= SHARDS!!!"]
so I have a couple of more days to re-stack, re-pile...
sort, de-clutter & cat/dog proof this mess...
I'm hoping by this time next week...
to have all the tile in & grouted...
as well as the sink, new toilet & med cabinet installed...
then I won't need to worry about them trashing stuff so much..
when the shower stall is "done"...
then... they can measure it for the door...
who knows how long it will take for that to be built & installed...
at least it's no longer literally an "outhouse"...
and the sunlight on the new tiles is amazing...
onward & upward...
5 comments:
Very cool faucet! I don't know why I think the miter corner on the green tiles is so cute, but it is.
Charlie looks so withdrawn. Is the poor thing overwhelmed by all that has been going on - noise, etc? Meanwhile, Sneaky Pie seems to be planning the great takeover - it's MINE, all mine!
P.S. Isn't it amazing how much stuff ends up under the sink?
...I'm sure that you realize that the blue plastic faucet covers are to protect the brass"innerds" during construction...[the real ones are chrome cross hatch[ie old school]
Charlie is a very shy kitty, whom SPie loves to "boss"...his buddies
Lucyfur, Matt & MJ are at Chez Vet still... he comes to me be petted when I'm in bed & SPie will run him off & take his place...even if she had her own...just because she can...
& BTW...in her mind...the "great takeover" happened the day she arrived...
she's enjoying the absence of her nemesis, Thomas & her arch enemy, Creamer...[is she in for an unpleasant surprise on Tuesday...]
at the moment, my under sink area is about as un cluttered as it ever gets... ;D
I meant the kitchen faucet of course. I thought about getting a kitchen faucent with a pull-out sprayer but was afraid the same think would happen with it as with my model with the separate side sprayer - the hose gets caught on the shutoff valves or something under the sink and won't pull out.
Oh, rats - "thing", not "think". I really must proofread.
...the hose does sometimes "catch up" but a poke or 2 with a broom handle always fixes it...I LOVE it...I liked the plastic one & this one is really worth the upgrade[about $150 on sale at HD last summer...] I can enthusiastically recommend the Moen line...they make well designed stuff... it's just that plastic is...well...PLASTIC...
and stainless steel is..forever...
and I gnew you meant "thing"...;D
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