Hardi-backer
While Chris was in Seattle, I continued stripping paint from the windows since the fumes suck and I'd be the only one in the house.
After he came back I did a little more of that and chipped paint from the 3rd wall in the kitchen. This wall is where the stove goes. I think they had some kind of brick looking attachment on the wall because when whoever took it down, they put tons of spackle on the wall and after its chipped off, it leaves a ghost of a brick grout patter. Very odd and a pain to remove. Its about a 25 square foot area that has the layer of spackle on it. Not just spots here and there, its like they painted that area with spackle. No fun.
Chris, meanwhile, continues removing the old vinyl tile from the kitchen floor. We want to get the kitchen tiles in next.
We started installing the hardibacker board.
We applied a layer of thin set adhesive to the floor, notched it with the notched trowel, and slapped it on... 1/4" from the walls and 1/8" away from each other in a brick pattern.
No 4 corners should be in one spot. We bought the cheaper backerboard screws cuz we figured they're all alike. Nope. These didn't screw in flush to the boards. So we had to return them and get screws specifically made for this type of board. Its about 50 cents more a box or something but it was worth it. The new ones work much better. Each box comes with a square head bit. The screws have a square slot instead of a + or -. I guess it grips better cuz the bit doesn't slip out of the square as easily as the phillips head does. We got about 80% of the boards glued on. We'll need more screws, but at least we know what we need.
After he came back I did a little more of that and chipped paint from the 3rd wall in the kitchen. This wall is where the stove goes. I think they had some kind of brick looking attachment on the wall because when whoever took it down, they put tons of spackle on the wall and after its chipped off, it leaves a ghost of a brick grout patter. Very odd and a pain to remove. Its about a 25 square foot area that has the layer of spackle on it. Not just spots here and there, its like they painted that area with spackle. No fun.
Chris, meanwhile, continues removing the old vinyl tile from the kitchen floor. We want to get the kitchen tiles in next.
We started installing the hardibacker board.
We applied a layer of thin set adhesive to the floor, notched it with the notched trowel, and slapped it on... 1/4" from the walls and 1/8" away from each other in a brick pattern.
No 4 corners should be in one spot. We bought the cheaper backerboard screws cuz we figured they're all alike. Nope. These didn't screw in flush to the boards. So we had to return them and get screws specifically made for this type of board. Its about 50 cents more a box or something but it was worth it. The new ones work much better. Each box comes with a square head bit. The screws have a square slot instead of a + or -. I guess it grips better cuz the bit doesn't slip out of the square as easily as the phillips head does. We got about 80% of the boards glued on. We'll need more screws, but at least we know what we need.
posted by Melissa & Chris at 10:30 PM
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