After another day of laying the tile surround for my bathroom project in Inglewood I’m finally ready to grout. I started today by removing the straight edge supports from the second row that I tiled yesterday. This supported the tile and kept them level until the morter could set up. This is a second story [...] Read More

I’m getting to some fun stuff now at my bathroom renovation in Inglewood. After lots of preparations I started installing the subway tile for the shower surround. It always amazes me how long this takes! You just can’t rush things or it will look rushed when you’re finished. The most important part of this, of [...] Read More

My bathroom project is taking shape. I got the drywall sanded and even did some painting today. Tomorrow I’m planning to tile, so I also did some prepwork for that. Tile needs a very solid surface to support it to keep it from moving and forming cracks in the grout. For a bath surround, some [...] Read More

Whenever I’m renovating a bath, I recommend installing a bathroom exhaust fan if there isn’t one already. It’s a fairly simple installation, depending on where you can vent the fan to. The fan itself will range from $12, for the most basic unit, up to $160 or so for one that’s quiet with a light. [...] Read More

The bathroom I’ve been renovating finally got drywall today. The homeowner had asked me about using the green drywall, also called greenboard. It’s for use in wet areas because it’s more mold resistant. However, when I walked into my favorite Home Depot, I noticed that the greenboard had become purpleboard! So, I used purple. After [...] Read More