Today was a bit on the frustrating side. It was one of those that took forever to get rolling, and of course because of small obstacles. The vanity lights in the bathroom need to be attached to the installed electrical boxes. Of course, the fixtures come with "ceiling" adapter plates rather than "wall". This of course means you have to get yet another electrical adapter. Two hours later we were ready to get going again with the tile...
Can I pause here to talk just a bit about the world of electrical fixtures. It never ceases to amaze me how much additional hardware is needed to install outlets and switches, and how none of it seems to be standard. Why so many variations? After being frustrated with the wrong length or thread countless times, we bought a set of universal screws for electrical fixtures. Ironically none have been the right screw to date, I guess they fit another yet to be needed fixture, but I digress
Michael had the day off today and we both ran into the same problem on two different projects. How do you put pinstripes on a fat man? I had to reinstall the bead board that leads up to the bedroom. There was remaining rubble behind that buldged a bit toward the bottom. This was a dreaded job. As the day rapidly approaches when I return to 9-5 I'm eager to check a few more tasks off the list. Having to rip something out and redo it frustrates that agenda.
Here's the fat man problem. If you make the lines of the bead board level (or in Michaels case the 12x24 bathroom tile) it doesn't meet at the corners. There's a V gap. I've talked before about the hazards of doing modern in a non-square house.
Michael is going to build up the thin set and even it out top to bottom on the adjoining side wall. For me I'm still not sure. Anything I do to close the gap simply points out how out of square that corner really is. Any bright ideas out there?
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