Slate Tile Floor

   Rob did it! He is the man. The hallway and entranceway slate floor was installed today. Rob pretty much did the entire thing by himself, creating a repeating pattern that fit perfectly into the area with very minimal cuts. First he pulled the cement board up and applied a layer of thinset to the subfloor, then he re-installed the boards and screwed them down to the subfloor with 250 screws! Here he is when he started this morning.
         

After the cement board was all screwed down, Rob began laying down the slate tiles. With only two cut tiles (around the newel post) and two holes cut through the tiles for the radiator pipes, he worked his way down the hallway.

      While Rob was doing his thing in the hallway, I was cutting and fitting more plywood onto the kitchen floor. After bonding a few sheets with construction adhesive, I nailed them in place with the nail gun. Once I had enough sheets down, I bought in the new(old) 1946 GE refrigerator.

    Yes, the bottles of water and Rob's iced coffee was incredibly cold after just an hour in the fridge!
Rob finished up the floor except for a small section on the left side of the entranceway. This will be finished up next week when the grout gets installed!