We finally got the floor on the laundry room installed. It looks pretty fantastic actually. We used Armstront ArtEffects CV Tile, which we basically stumbled on. It's 1/8" gauge resiliant tile made up vinyl. It's similar in composition to the Armstrong Exelon tile that you see at home stores eveywhere, except that the Arteffects tile is very attractive. However, the ArtEffects has the same good characteristics of the Exelon tile, indestructable and easy care. We (of course) got fancy and insisted on doing a three color setup, with a border around the edge of the room and alternating diamonds throughout the room which made it a heck of a lot of work to put down, but it came out looking (IMHO) really quite fantastic!
Below is a close up of what we did and where I spent most of an afternoon getting the annoying pieces cut just right. The downside of the vinyl tile (as opposed to ceramic tile), is that the cuts have to be really precise, there's no fudging a 1/32" in the grout line anywhere. The upside is the installation is really simple:1) Spread the glue
2) Wait an hour for the glue to set up
3) Place Tile
4) Roll tile with 100lb tile roller
5) Drink a beer
Ugh, those two red tiles hurt!I also never showed a picture of my lovely laundry box that I installed. It was a minor improvement over the garden house spigots and pvc sticking out the wall that we used to have. Picky, picky I realize. Now we just need to finish the floor in the bathroom, and possible reinstall the toilet, but we fear that may only encourage guests. Though, in all honesty, the lack of a toilet has not yet deterred anyone.
The folks were here recently and fort some reason, my dad vandalized one of our windows!
This is the picture window in the second story that is the first set of windows that are going to be replaced. They were incredibly leaky last window and in fact were missing a sash in one window (an aluminum storm window was keeping out the zero degree cold. Kind of). Figured I'd also put a picture of the nails that hold the house together. Kind of neat!
3 comments:
Good for people to know.
Hi,
That's a beautiful floor.
Can you give some advice?
Just did my laundry in a VCT tile and I was wondering what the best product is to initially seal/wax it? And how and what do you apply it with to make it not streak and look nice?
One other thing. There are a few spots where I think there might have been not quite enough glue along an edge or corner and the tile is not perfectly flat to the next one, it's up a tiny bit. Will it be a problem if I apply the finish anyway?
Thanks a lot!
Scott
Glad you like the floor. For sealing/waxing, your best bet is to find a janitorial supply store. As far as applying it, we use a car wax buffer. I know, but it works. So you apply the sealer, let it dry and then buff it with the buffer with a soft cloth pad on it. It get's a nice shine to it and hardens up the sealent.
As far as up corners, I'd be careful. It shouldn't affect the finish much (other than being careful with the buffer as it will probably try and catch on those). If you have spare tile, it's not very hard to pry those up and put down new ones.
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