Home repairs: floor tiles!

Ta Da!

Semi-final, next: grout

I like these small projects. Old dog, new tricks! I've never done tiles, since a large room would be too much for a new project.

We have 12 tiles in front of the wood insert fireplace in the basement. Well, had. Whilst lifting, and dropping some logs, I managed to break some tiles last winter. This isn't normal.

I had to lift them all and replace them.
Yes. If you look closely, you'll see that the tiles were installed with 9 small circles of glue. Likely done 20 years ago. Not a good strategy.

I'm so glad there are lots of How-To shows and videos on-line!

Complete!

Just a small job, requiring only 12 tiles, I was directed to a small box of Thin Set. I didn't buy more, as the box looked big. Fancy marketing, you'll note the dry thin set only takes up half the space of the 4 kg box. Très deceiving...
I was 2 tiles short of Thin Set. Back to the store, after 10/12 tiles were laid, the only amount of thin set was an 11kg bag. I should throw it up on Freecycle!

One thing I'd forgotten from hiring someone to install them, you can choose the colour of the grout and it makes a difference. Mine was in the cupboard from the previous owners. It was stark white. I rubbed some ashes into it to change the colour and dull it some.

Only half full. Crikey.

A great receptacle for the old tiles:
a kitty litter box. Very strong!

Ironically, the tile was made in Brazil

For entertainment, I was watching
World Cup soccer in Brazil!