The tilers finished the hallway.
and the laundry room with the threshold to the garage properly installed.
They almost finished the primary bedroom, just one row to go along the south wall.
They did most of the closet. The difficult curve cuts are next.
They tiled up to the toilet room and up to the shower and tub area.
They did some grinding on the slope entering the shower, and they installed the linear drain by placing the leveling feet of the drain in concrete. In the picture above, you can see the linear drain. It has a 4-foot level sitting on top. They chiseled out a ledge on the east side of the shower bottom to better fit the drain and the sloping floor. I think they plan to pour the shower floor tomorrow. After that, they can begin to tile the shower floor and west wall with the floor tile.
They smoothed out some rough edges of the concrete boards, especially at the seams.
I think today was the last tough day. Things should start to improve from here out. At least we'll be on one side of the house and they'll be on the other and we can access the kitchen. The tilers offered to put the oven back for us, so we can cook, but they'll have to remove it again to do the grout. We might just tough it out and do without. It's currently on a dolly, safe and easy to move around. We've been going out for lunch and eating sandwiches for dinner.
We're beginning to think about meeting with the tile grout specialists and our designer. Choosing grout color can be tricky. They did a great job with the kitchen tile. Experience matters.
We won't be able to move back into the tiled areas until the grout is complete. Then they will work on the sunroom and the entrance area. We're not sure when that will be. If they're waiting for the decorative tile to be installed, it may be another week or so.
Toby, John, and I took a trip this morning to Wall Springs park between Dunedin and Tarpon Springs to get out of the way of the workers. You can see the storm surge high water mark from Helene where the brown vegetation is around the spring. It's about 5 feet high.
There were a few fish, but not as many as usual. The intrusion of salt water must have wrecked the ecosystem. The spring is still pushing up fresh water that's overflowing into the sound, so it should be flushed clean of salt water by now.
I believe the park just reopened. They were still removing piles of debris from the parking lots.
Most of the pine trees died from the storm surge, and even some oaks. The damage looked quite extensive along the sound.
The houses on the island across the sound in the picture above flooded. Many of them are elevated with garages underneath, but not all.
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