Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 12:24 pm
We've just started to re-vamp our interior display area. We did build it last year but it was a bit rushed and at that point we did not have all the material on display in stock. Can be very dificult to sell tiles to people when you tell them they need to wait 8 weeks for delivery.
Since then we have put a lot more thought into the range and have now got all the material in stock at our yard.
Here are a few shots of the progress to date.
We decided to tile on top of the old display. Saved a couple of days labour and a skip full of waste tiles and adhesive. We did try to lift the old stuff but it was a real pain and we were worried about damaging the screed and the underfloor heating. We had to make a small ramp by the entrance door to compensate for the slight increase in height.
The ramp is barely noticeable. Were going to lift the mat up and ramp the screed up a bit to avoid any chance of a trip hazard
Our tiler advised us that tiles do not stick very well to painted walls, so we boarded all the walls out.
The walls are then primed up with adhesive
Tiles are then laid on the walls
We are installing a mock up shower in this corner. This shower tray is made from a solid block of cross cut Travertine. We also have two massive slabs of travertine and we are going to use these to clad both the corners in whole pieces of Travertine
Will post a few more pics as the work progresses
Since then we have put a lot more thought into the range and have now got all the material in stock at our yard.
Here are a few shots of the progress to date.
We decided to tile on top of the old display. Saved a couple of days labour and a skip full of waste tiles and adhesive. We did try to lift the old stuff but it was a real pain and we were worried about damaging the screed and the underfloor heating. We had to make a small ramp by the entrance door to compensate for the slight increase in height.
The ramp is barely noticeable. Were going to lift the mat up and ramp the screed up a bit to avoid any chance of a trip hazard
Our tiler advised us that tiles do not stick very well to painted walls, so we boarded all the walls out.
The walls are then primed up with adhesive
Tiles are then laid on the walls
We are installing a mock up shower in this corner. This shower tray is made from a solid block of cross cut Travertine. We also have two massive slabs of travertine and we are going to use these to clad both the corners in whole pieces of Travertine
Will post a few more pics as the work progresses
