Tile Progress & Laundry hookup

As I mentioned earlier, I was away this weekend and I did not much work on the weekend. The past week there was a little mid week work and progress on the tile. The shower base is finally complete. The curb has been tiled. All I have to do is grout it all and fill in some tile at the base.

As I mentioned earlier I ended up using the floor tile for the curb. On Tuesday Jason is going to help me measure and order the glass and all of the fittings / hardware. I'm hoping this does not cost more than expected. I know all glass showers are expensive... Jason used to work at the glass place so he gets a discount.

The shampoo and soap recess is also tiled. It is just about centered which... but I should have tried harder to make it the same size as the tiles. It is a little small to begin with and if it were 4 full tiles wide it would have been perfect... Nothing I can do about it now.

With Jason's help we haev measured and ordered the mirror. I am going to have a flush mirror inlaid with the tile. There will be a 2 tile border at the top and sides. The mirror was cheaper than expected. For once something was cheaper than expected. Hopefully that can get installed this week and then the wall tile finished.

Before I left for the bachelor party I had a chance to start the floor grout. This was easier than I thought. Switching the color of the grout was a very good decision. It also helps mask some of the imperfections. This is a few from the steps looking down.

Close up shot. I used pre-mixed TruColor epoxy grout. It was more expensive than traditional grout, but much easier to work with and it is supposed to be stain resistant. Not as important here as it will be in the bathroom. You do not have to seal this grout, even in wet locations.

Today I got back from the bachelor party weekend and though I could squeeze in a quick task. Since the grout is complete under the laundry I wanted to hook my laundry back up. The laundry pile is getting pretty large. The first step was to hookup the sink and re plum the supply lines. Unfortunately I broke the drain collar while trying to hookup the trap and had to run to Home Depot... Just when I thought I was going to have a quick easy task. Make that trip number 42. It all worked out in the end. I just need to get someone to help me move the washer and dryer back.