Every where is given a second coat of paint and the room is cleared and cleaned ready for the floor to be laid.
John chooses his line for the tiles, this is very important, especially when you have a property where the walls do not run straight. You need to choose a line that will be most obvious when you look at the room. John is going to use the run of units. But as we lay the tiles we realise just how out of line the property is.
The dividing wall between the kitchen and living room is straight and as the tiles will be going in to the living room we need both rooms to look straight.
We also have a problem with our new cooker, it is lower than the units, we can not change the height of the units as they would be too low, but we cannot alter the height of the cooker as the feet do not extend.
There is no option but to build a small platform to put the cooker on, this needs to be done before the floor is laid fully.
John lays most of the tiles upto where the units will go, when laying adhesive tiles the floor needs to be completely free from dust or they will start to peel up. A spray can of contact adhesive is always a handy tool to have.
It's at this point that we start to discuss the kitchen lay out again.
We are once again not sure there will be enough work top, so we rearrange the units and worktops that we have and we both think that the alternative layout will be better.
The only problem is that the electrics are in place and there is a waste pipe that will be on show!
We are also not sure if the dining table and chairs will fit in the kitchen, so many dilemmas!
We discuss that the table can be cut down if it is too big, or that we can get rid of it completely and make a smaller table.
John then comes up with a brain wave that is perfect but thats a story for tomorrow
Wow. Even as we contemplate moving to France next year and tackling our own renovation, I'm intimidated by your project. I hope the kitchen turns out just as you've always dreamed of it.
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Thanks Paulita and good luck with your move and renovation, feel free to ask anything :)
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Jenny, Thanks for playing along with Dreaming of France. Yoursecond house! That is impressive. I'll have to pour over your old blog posts.
DeletePlease do tell us how the tiles are holding up! A couple of years ago a friend was fixing up a flat just to sell it and we decided to put adhesive tile in a nice pattern over the pitted and cracked tiles. I lost count of how many times I washed and hoovered and whatnot but after only two weeks the edges started peeling. Don't ask me how they fared in the long run, the flat did sell and the new owner had all the floors replaced including the screed (I suppose he had underfloor heating put in).
ReplyDeleteI hope yours will stay put! It definitely seems that your tile is much smoother, mine had a very rough slip-proof texture that might have played a role.
I know they are old fashioned but I love those old tiled floors. Having said that in our new house we have only wood, vinyl or carpet. Tiles are cold and in Vienne winters can be cold and long. Your second bash at rearranging the kitchen gives you a much better and workable triangle. ie the distance between your sink, cooker and fridge.
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Sticky tiles NOOOO! A disaster waiting to happen, the old floor looked fine.
ReplyDeleteBon chance and many happy times in lovely Brittany. B.
Great Job ! Nice kitchen
ReplyDeletethanks every body I was worried about adhesive tiles also, but they are holding up well and look really good. Adhesive tiles are very popular here in France and with the tins of strong adhesive glue, we have had no problems. the floor is nice and warm and as it was perfectly flat before they are not lifting at all
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