Bathroom build …. 5

Tiling’s well underway, and with all the wall tiles firmly in place we made a start on the floor.

Started the tiles from the shower tray, with a view to keeping as much floor as possible covered by tiles where splashes are likely!


Leaving the first couple of rows to set overnight, the next step was to make a start on grouting the wall tiles & trim & fit the end row of tiles around the soil stack boxing & water feed pipework.

During this the shower tray doubled up as a handy work area for the tile cutting mess!

The rest of the floor tiles went down pretty quickly resulting in a finished new floor looking somewhat fresher & cleaner than it did before.

Next stop, grouting the floor once the adhesive’s gone off… and making a start on fitting the various bits & pieces needed to turn the room into a bathroom/shower room!

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