soemand

So, yesterday, I went outside in the afternoon to do tai chi and happened to look at the tile that they will install in our bathroom. I hadn't looked at it up to that point, because it arrived that morning and there were people around. And they were the wrong tiles. After much drama and confusion, Joel figured out that the website with the tiles had two kinds of tiles: "Nevada Gray" and "Decor Nevada Gray". Both used the same photo on the website, which shows a room that is 75% covered in gray tile that looks like slate, and 25% covered in really busy white and gray tile. Both we and the construction company thought that the website was showing the nice slate tile. Sadly, what they ended up getting was the busy gray and white tile. We are assuming that "Decor" meant "this has a pattern". Anyway, they are dealing with swapping out the tile, which is nice, although they are charging us for it. It looks like the guy who applies the tile will come tomorrow. They offered to install some PVC strips around the edge of the tile, and at first, I thought it was a good thing. Then, I remembered how much Joel hates plastic stuff. Also, they wanted to charge us a lot of money to do that, and we think we can do the equivalent with 30€ of caulk. The edges of the tiles will be exposed in spots, but I can totally take some mosaic tile or those flat glass lumps and stick them on the edges to make them look nicer. It occurs to me now that we asked several times if there was going to need to be anything else done to the tile or the tub area before it would be completely done, and they said no. Soooooo.....

The guy who worked on removing the gross part of the bathroom walls yesterday is out working on the stone wall. It is much better reinforced than it was. This afternoon, he came in to tell us that there was a snake hiding in the top of the wall. We went out, and there his little face was looking down at us.