Nice work. Did you have to tear out the old floor to do it? I'm thinking of doing this for our entry hall (who thought wood floors in front of your door make sense in a wet climate!?)
@ba thanks!
@homerj Yes, this is where the icebox was (1909 house), so the floor there was rotten to the tops of the floor joists. Previous owner had covered it up with cheap vinyl. I sistered all the joists there and put in new subfloor of 3/4" plywood. The maple floor wasn't terrible where the entry door was, but had basically crumbled under where the icebox was.
hey gratz! I just finished my first tile project... lots learned. Looks great! Good luck on the grout! :) My biggest lesson learned there was to be ULTRA detailed on the cleanup BEFORE it sets. I somehow missed a couple small places and it took me longer to clean them up than it did to set the grout. :(
@thranx The grout turned out great, but cleanup took a long time, mostly because of the texture on the tile. I did smooth glazed tile in my kitchen a few years ago and that was super easy because the grout was mostly squeegee'd off with the float. I have 1 tile that's a little low, but it'll eventually be covered by a bench seat, so i'm still pretty happy with how it turned out.
@homerj Yes, this is where the icebox was (1909 house), so the floor there was rotten to the tops of the floor joists. Previous owner had covered it up with cheap vinyl. I sistered all the joists there and put in new subfloor of 3/4" plywood. The maple floor wasn't terrible where the entry door was, but had basically crumbled under where the icebox was.