It's been a very busy last few days. Clayton and his crew were up on Monday, resurfacing the plywood on our deck in preparation of installing the waterproof vinyl floor on it. The wood face has to be smooth with no bumps or depressions so a vigorous sanding is followed by filling all the gaps and holes with something similar to automotive body filler, albeit with an additive that leaves the patch flexible to move with the wood. Drip edge moulding is installed around the perimeter of the deck, and then finally, they roll on an adhesive and glue down the vinyl deck covering. All the seams between the sheets of vinyl are then heat welded to make the whole thing one continuous waterproof membrane. The vinyl has an attractive light marbled pattern through the predominantly tan coloured surface. It looks great and should last for many years with only washing and sweeping for maintenance.
While there, Clayton did the final measurements for the railings and indicated that he will be back within a couple of weeks to install them.
While he was busy outside, Tony, from Kamloops Tile Works was up in the master ensuite. He and his company are tiling our shower stall and the bathroom floor. The shower has a weird triangular window in it so was way more complicated than we could handle on our own. Watching Tony work you can tell that he's a real craftsman. He works quickly and makes no mess whatsoever. I, on the other hand, was covered from head to foot with mortar and grout when I did the downstairs bathroom tiles. Oh, and his work looks 100 times better than my best effort! After waterproofing the walls in the shower, he gave me quite a lot of "homework" to do on Monday evening. I had to build the small seat/shelf that fits at one end of the shower; install 3/8" plywood over the entire bathroom sub floor and around the weird window; remove the toilet that we put in a few weeks ago; and finally, install the rough-in for the pocket door between the shower/toilet and the vanity and sink side of the bathroom. Needless to say, I was working until 11pm that night and at it again at 7am on Tuesday, finishing moments before Tony arrived. It was worth all the effort though, as all the tile should be in by the end of today (Wednesday, May 16) with grouting and clean-up completed by tomorrow (Thursday).
Yesterday, we ordered the pocket door itself. We found that Home Hardware can get one made of "knotty alder", the exact same wood that the vanity cabinet is being made with. It should look great when it finally gets here (5 weeks until it arrives!)
I will post some photos of all the work when I get a minute to sort through all the pics.
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