Re: Major kitchen remodel
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2018 8:56 am
Day 22:
Tile guy (Ed) is here to do the backsplash. Or whatever he can accomplish in about half a day of work. I think this was supposed to be a day off.
I do want to also correct something from before. They have more than the plumbers and electricians. Ed works for them. Apparently so do some carpenters. So they do have a lot of in-house trades but apparently supplement with subcontractors due to the volume of work they've been experiencing.
Mike just arrived to finish the outside work on the window over the sink.
And Rafael the granite guy was here measuring for the riser and sill for the sink window. Wow, productive.
https://1drv.ms/f/s!An5lt1BKvFKdqNgklBmfZ9ErkYG_GA
The faux marble pattern goes left to right on all of them, which is interesting. Some were pretty much plain white and he'll use those as filler for the under cabinet run. The tile seems really nice though. Mike finished the window. Some new shingles and reinstalled the trim. It's in for good now. It was funny. Mike was working up on a ladder (and hammering shingles) while I was in the kitchen talking to the backsplash guy and we could see Mike while he was working. It was a bit of a scene from The Money Pit. More backsplash. This wall is almost done (for setting). Just needs to cut some tiles for under the cabinet area. And grout of course. This is where he left off for his 1/2 day. I don't think it was even 4 hours. This is starting to look really good. Now if the granite riser and sill can get cut today, the granite guys will install that tomorrow morning first thing. Then the backsplash can be finished, at least the initial setting. I don't know if he'd start grout or wait a third day for that.
He said it was amazing how symmetrical the tile cuts came out. He started in the middle of the window and worked out and ended up with the same final cuts on either end, even though the walls are different lengths. They must be different by a multiple of 16", the length of a tile.
I'm wondering if we should go a few shades darker for the walls since there is so much white in here. We will see how that plays out when it is time to select colors. At this rate that will be soon.
Tile guy (Ed) is here to do the backsplash. Or whatever he can accomplish in about half a day of work. I think this was supposed to be a day off.
I do want to also correct something from before. They have more than the plumbers and electricians. Ed works for them. Apparently so do some carpenters. So they do have a lot of in-house trades but apparently supplement with subcontractors due to the volume of work they've been experiencing.
Mike just arrived to finish the outside work on the window over the sink.
And Rafael the granite guy was here measuring for the riser and sill for the sink window. Wow, productive.
https://1drv.ms/f/s!An5lt1BKvFKdqNgklBmfZ9ErkYG_GA
The faux marble pattern goes left to right on all of them, which is interesting. Some were pretty much plain white and he'll use those as filler for the under cabinet run. The tile seems really nice though. Mike finished the window. Some new shingles and reinstalled the trim. It's in for good now. It was funny. Mike was working up on a ladder (and hammering shingles) while I was in the kitchen talking to the backsplash guy and we could see Mike while he was working. It was a bit of a scene from The Money Pit. More backsplash. This wall is almost done (for setting). Just needs to cut some tiles for under the cabinet area. And grout of course. This is where he left off for his 1/2 day. I don't think it was even 4 hours. This is starting to look really good. Now if the granite riser and sill can get cut today, the granite guys will install that tomorrow morning first thing. Then the backsplash can be finished, at least the initial setting. I don't know if he'd start grout or wait a third day for that.
He said it was amazing how symmetrical the tile cuts came out. He started in the middle of the window and worked out and ended up with the same final cuts on either end, even though the walls are different lengths. They must be different by a multiple of 16", the length of a tile.
I'm wondering if we should go a few shades darker for the walls since there is so much white in here. We will see how that plays out when it is time to select colors. At this rate that will be soon.