Upstairs Bathroom Floor

As noted last week, Brent has installed the majority of the marble tile on the floor of the upstairs bathroom. We have had a few questions about the pictures and would like to explain. If you have ever restored or remodeled an old home several things you learn. No floor is level, no wall is straight and 2 x4 are actually 2" x 4" in size.

The toilet closet drain is below the finished floor. The plumbing was performed about one (1) year ago and the flange was installed with an expected finish floor height. Well that did not work out exactly as Brent had to raise the floor about 1/2" higher than expected. We will use a 1/2" closet spacer (or it could be spacers) to bring the flange to the correct height.

The blocking that is shown in picture near the bath tub was used to maintain a tight 1/8" space betwen the tiles and this pushed against the opposite wall. It also served as a dam to keep the thicker mortar in place. Even with leveling the floor, there was still a dip or two and Brent used thicker mortar in spots to keep the tile level, and checked this often with a three (3) foot level and a torpedo level.

We had mentioned that our parents were having bad weather a few weeks ago down in Louisisana. Brent's parents had a 120 foot tree fall in their front yard. As you can see by the pictures it was huge and hard to believe it is only one (1) tree. We are very thankful that no one was injured and blessed that their chuch, Zoar Baptist, has a ministry that has many volunteers that removed the tree. The "chain gang" ministry, dubbed so because of the chain saws, was very instrumental in helping families through out the surronding community during the last bout of hurricanes and bad weather. Thank you to all who serve and support this ministry.