I was up early as usual, and after walking and feeding the dogs, I started work, I drilled 7/8" holes in the wood siding, where the tiles would butt up, sealed the wood inside the hole with silicon, then inserted 3/4" pipe into each hole again with silicon, to act as drain pipes.
Oscar and his Helper arrived about 8.45am, after a chat on how we wanted the tiling laid out, I went and cut them a bucket full of 15mm wooden spacers, then we left them to it. They worked all morning,
at which time I was reasonably pleased with what had been done. Marcela being Marcela, insisted on preparing lunch for them (no discount on the bill!), then mid afternoon, I was called down, as there was a problem.
I walked around the corner, and thought a bunch of schoolkids had been let loose with the tiles, they were all over the place. Oscar told me that the problem was that every tile was a different size, and they were. They were supposed to be 25cm x 25cm, but instead, they were 25cm in one direction, but the other ranged from 24.6 to 25.5cm which when using the spacers, threw out every line.
It was a case of déjà vu, it was like my time in Spain, buying tiles was just the same, although I think in this case, it was because they were cheap tiles, I just wish the warehouse had warned me.
As a result I ordered Oscar to strip about three meters of his work, I wasn't accepting it like that, now he is working without the spacers, which he is not happy about, the finish is not going to be brilliant, I am just happy it is in the drying area, where most people dont spend much time...only me!!! It might look better once it is grouted.
As a result Oscar fell behind, and is returning in the morning to finish the job. So no photo until it is finished, at which time I will have to show what we are left with.
The first three years of my Blog follow my journey settling in to life following my move to Colombia in 2012. After yet another a break from Blogging, I am back, but with a change of emphasis, due to health problems, I have been spending less and less time in the workshop, so decided I either had to close the Blog, or revert to it's original use...a diary! So thats what I am doing, it feels good to be back.
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