Rehab week in review

This week the work done was as follows:

- finished grout removal
- regrouted kitchen tiles
- installed bathroom light fixture
- got all pieces cut for counter top underlayment (attached all but one piece)
- got dishwasher installed and test ran
- installed new hand towel ring and tp roll dispenser
- replaced the upstairs baseboard molding

I picked up my granite yesterday (I love it!!), and got the metal edging pieces laid out so I could measure how much to build up the rest of the counter top. I then went to Lowe's and got more underlayment to put on tomorrow. I am going to rent a tile saw. We have one, but it is a small one, and I don't think it can handle the granite. I am going to measure for all my cuts, then get the saw and cut everything at once.

Grouting done

Finished grouting the kitchen floor today. It looks good. The grout ended up a shade or 2 lighter than I would have liked, but it is much better than the old stuff.

Old grout



Grout removed



New grout




Also got a call that my granite tiles are in! They were supposed to come on Tuesday, but got here early - so I will go pick those up tomorrow.

Grout removal done

Goodness - glad that is done. Even with the dremel tool, grout removal is tedious boring work. After finishing that - I got the rest of the loose and broken tiles up and then replaced them. Spent a good part of the afternoon cleaning the rest of tiles in preparation for grouting.

They actually look good all cleaned up! Tomorrow I will work on the actual grouting.
My granite tiles will arrive on Tuesday, so I have a few days to get most of everything else finished before then.