Transitions
So here's something that was a long time in the making...transitions between different types of flooring! We have been living with gaps of about a half inch between the ceramic tile and the hardwoods. Also, the ceramic tile we laid by the back door had started to come loose, so it was time to address all of those issues.
We pulled up the loose tiles and could see that the tiles hadn't completely bonded with the mortar.
You can see where only the center of each tile had stuck. So, we pulled all of them up, chipped up the old dried mortar, and re-laid the tiles.
Then, J re-grouted the tiles...he loves when his picture makes it into my blog :)
The new grout was slightly darker than the original grout, but it turned out alright.
As for the transitions, we bought T-moldings from Lowe's that matched our flooring. Well, they aren't an exact match...in order to get the ones that match our floor exactly, we would have to special order them and they'd be around $60 per 8-ft piece...and we needed 3 pieces. SO, we took a wood sample to Lowe's and bought the closest we could find. I think these were actually oak...
Doesn't it look great? We also laid transitions between the kitchen and living room, the master bedroom and master bath, and around the tile in the front entryway. We did realize later that we forgot a transition in the living room coat closet, where we laid tile (so that wet shoes or dripping rain coats wouldn't damage hardwoods), so we'll get around to that someday...probably in another year or so! :)
What projects have you put off for a long time, only to find out that they really didn't take very long at all?
We pulled up the loose tiles and could see that the tiles hadn't completely bonded with the mortar.
You can see where only the center of each tile had stuck. So, we pulled all of them up, chipped up the old dried mortar, and re-laid the tiles.
Then, J re-grouted the tiles...he loves when his picture makes it into my blog :)
The new grout was slightly darker than the original grout, but it turned out alright.
As for the transitions, we bought T-moldings from Lowe's that matched our flooring. Well, they aren't an exact match...in order to get the ones that match our floor exactly, we would have to special order them and they'd be around $60 per 8-ft piece...and we needed 3 pieces. SO, we took a wood sample to Lowe's and bought the closest we could find. I think these were actually oak...
Doesn't it look great? We also laid transitions between the kitchen and living room, the master bedroom and master bath, and around the tile in the front entryway. We did realize later that we forgot a transition in the living room coat closet, where we laid tile (so that wet shoes or dripping rain coats wouldn't damage hardwoods), so we'll get around to that someday...probably in another year or so! :)
What projects have you put off for a long time, only to find out that they really didn't take very long at all?
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