The shower project is still moving forward, slowly but surely. I sanded and applied spar varnish to the door, sashes and stops with the finish cut 1 to 1 with paint thinner. Once the stops were finished I cut them to length and fit them into the door and sashes. The glue chip process is more time consuming than I imagined and I ran into problems, but I will save the glue chip process for another time.
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| Fitting Stops |
Another step forward for the bathroom was building and installing the drawers and permanently installing the vanity. I also built the countertop with a book-matched slab of cypress. Before the vanity went in Becky and I installed the electric warm floor and then installed travertine tiles over the warm floor. A layer of thin set was spread over the warm floor mat and allowed to dry before tiling. We tiled the floor in two sessions, in the second session we also tiled the back splash behind the vanity with the same subway tiles we used in the shower.
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| Electric Warm Floor |
Hanging the bathroom door made the space feel like it was contained and allowed us to seal the tiles and apply more finish to the countertop. After removing paint from the bathroom door I sanded it with 150 grit and then hung the door with new replica cast iron hinges from House of Antique Hardware. These hinges are almost identical to the originals. The door latch mechanism is original and works great even though the hardware is over 125 years old.
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| Installing Drawers |
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