Well, the weather didn’t cooperate. You’d ask why that matters, since the tiles are being set indoors – and whatever other flaws the Secret Lair may incorporate, the roof does not leak.
Yeah, I wondered the same thing, until I ran out of thinset. Then the thought of spending 15 minutes in the pouring rain mixing more failed to possess any charm at all no matter how I weighed the pros and cons. Hell, for the last two rows I’ll be working halfway out the door, so I’d still be laying tile in the rain. I got soaked just cleaning my tools, and anyway I’m not sure … are cordless drills waterproof? Whatever.
Okay: I got a late start this morning because of unloading and stacking wood pellets with D&L. But still a good start once I got going, rounding the edges of the woodstove corner with half a dozen cut pieces. That was good, because after that flurry of activity with the tile saw the clouds started rolling in. Since I’m completely off grid, I need sun if I’m to spend a lot of time using a power saw.
Counting cut pieces I got 41 tiles stuck down before running out of thinset. Leaving a mere 24 to go, 15 of which are full size! And I had to quit by noon on account of rain. Grr.
Well, maybe I can go back after lunch. I really want to, because two hours’ labor this afternoon means I can move back home tomorrow rather than the day after. And I want my Lair back: frankly I’ve grown too old for this ‘camping’ thing to be at all attractive.
