~~~ Day 19 ~~~
Today's task was to start furnishing the kitchen benchtop with tiles. The old manor never showed up today. (Actually, I never see the old manor ever since.)
The plumber was already in the kitchen by the time I woke up. He was discussing with my mother and brother regarding faucet installation at the sink.
In the beginning, we (my brother and me) were planning to install 2 one-head faucets on 2 different inlets. Hence, we had ordered the constructor to prepare the holes in advance.
I was dismay when the plumber told us that it was impossible to install the faucets in such way. His comment was the slab was too thick for the faucet stem to reach underneath the benchtop. As a result, the faucet cannot be tighten properly. It will soon cause leakage and required replacement. His only solution was to make a hole in the middle of the sink and fix the faucet there. In other words, can only have a single-head faucet (not convenient for 2 persons at one time) or install a two-head faucet (prompt to breakage). Finally, my brother bought a 2-head faucet.
At the same time, I was thinking how to have the faucets installed on the benchtop. I was thinking why not just carved the concrete slab (the location to fix the inlets) to become thinner? Do you agree?
Anyway, my mother and brother had decided and the manor had closed both holes. :(
He started to lay the tiles on the benchtop, began with drawing, cutting and trimming the arch to fit the
size of the sink. It was quite tedious as the tile was larger and a little thicker than usual.
Quite a big piece was thrown away and yet another tile was needed to cover the sink. :S
The manor placed a few tiles on the benchtop, arranging them before
applying mortar on them.
By lunch break, he had finished cutting and trimming both tiles. :)
* Daniel came back from school, standing at the door.
In addition, few more tiles were laid. These tiles require no extra work; just apply the mortar and lay on the slab.
<- The tiles were wider than concrete slab. Do you noticed the corner of the tile ? More concrete will be added later in order to make them even.
He did not manage to tile the whole benchtop that evening.
<- The 4 tiles (a tile was laying on another) were arranged on top of the slab (not yet mortar).
<- The 4 tiles (a tile was laying on another) were arranged on top of the slab (not yet mortar).
What's more, some kind of bug was attacking the kitchen door and it need a replacement soon. The constructor promised to provide a new kitchen door (included in the lump sum price). Consequently, a friend of his came in the afternoon to measure the door.
The tile for covering the floor underneath the benchtop.
Larger tile cutter is used to cut the large tiles.
<- Adhesive for fixing tiles to new or old concrete.
<- The mortar used for tiling the benchtop; a mixture of the adhesive.
~~~ Day 20 ~~~
The manor carried on tiling the benchtop.
The bench was still supported by the wooden poles.
<- The mortar flow out from beneath the tiles.
A spirit level and a bottle of water to ensure the surface is horizontal.
Next, he cut the pieces for the sides of the lower area. ->
The border around the sink was still the cement. ->
<- The sides are covered with the pieces.
The photo below is the front view. Looking good, right?!
<- Applying tile on the 'leg' of the benchtop. Two tiny wooden sticks were used to prevent the tile from falling because the tile was too heavy (33kg). It was left for a while before tiling its bottom.
The same was done at the other side. After that, they went for a break.
Laid a cut tile to cover the side.
Both sides are tiled.
<- Do you notice the border of the sink?
It was already covered with tiles. It looks clean and neat.
1 comment:
Very nice! but I can't see the hole for the faucet. Where is it?
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