The McNelson Family

The McNelson Family
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Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Another construction success

Well, some plans got botched for the Labour Day weekend and so I decided to dive into another project that's been sitting idle for a full year - grouting the backsplash. Of course on Saturday when I started I thought it could perhaps take the full day but that was it. It turned into a labour of love. When I tiled, I used adhesive instead of mortar, and way too much of it. Everywhere around the mosaic tiles that was supposed to get filled with grout was already full of fully-cured adhesive. So it became as much work as scraping out old grout to re-grout. It basically took near 2 full days of prep before any grout could be mixed. I wore a hole in my forearm.

There's still lots more work to do but this was a milestone. It also means another stopping point for now as it's time to get this defense exam scheduled and defended. The ball has been in my court now for a few weeks.

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