No More Ugly Tile

I pretty much spent my day on my butt. Sitting in sharp shards of broken tile.

I had planned on using my 16 lb. chisel, but our carpenter George told us to rent a small Hilti jackhammer from Home Depot. Said it would be the best $50 we ever spent. It's good to listen to the experts.

So I sat down at the front door and electric chiseled away. Probably started around 9:30. By 11:00 I was into the kitchen, by 2:00 PM I was in the family room. Sometime around 5:30 I was into the bedroom hallway before I was overcome by the dust. Betsy went out to retrieve a chicken dinner (chicken from "KFC" just doesn't compare to our memories of "Kentucky Fried Chicken")

While Betsy was out getting dinner I fell asleep while having a nice conversation with Eric. After dinner we finished the last of the interior (ugly) tile. I stayed on my butt while Eric and Betsy kept cleaning up the huge mess I was making. They picked up tile, swept, vacuumed, and threw stuff in the surprisingly full dumpster.

Tomorrow we need to level the floors to within the thickness of a dime so they can install the travertine-like porcelain tile with the 1/16" grout line. Plus we have to finish up removing the old shelves and drawers and get the garage ready for a plumber and an electrician to do their thing.