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This Week’s Featured Pulp Improvement
Pulp Bath Reno 2
Pulp Bath Reno 2
Things are starting to cook on the Pulp Bath Reno 2 as we are now able to devote a bit more time to the project. And what to do with the extra time…..more walls and floors!
As previously mentioned, we are going with the heated floors in this, our primary bathroom, which becomes a lot easier to do if you have pretty much gutted the space (which we did). As with the 1800 Project, we are using the Schluter Ditra heated floor system. The first step being the laying down of the “orange” Ditra floor membrane that holds the heat cables (it goes down like floor tile, mortared to sub-floor) that eventually heat the finished floor. The membrane comes in rolls and/or flat sheets (we had both) that you cut to fit your particular set up, keeping in mind that there are “tracks” in the membrane that grip the heat cables and must be lined up between each piece of membrane to continue the cabling (very important, you cannot cut the heat cable provided, it is ordered per your square footage of space, and must remain in that one long cable as provided throughout). It will become self explanatory as we progress and share the pictures, but in a nutshell, there is a pattern with spacing to follow and you work your way around the space using that pattern. Cable does not go under things like bath tubs and cabinets so you pre-mark where those will be and then you get busy! The fun comes when you get to the end of the cable and find out you have too much or too little, requiring a change of plans and then some re-moving and re-placing of the cable so it all fits just right!
With the Ditra floor set, it was time to continue on the walls. As of last week we had installed the low 4 foot tall pieces of Go-Board that are part oft the shower and surrounding walls to be tiled. The reason for this being so we had a point to go to with the orange Ditra floor membrane (you don’t do the membrane in the shower, that gets a different set up, also a Schluter Ditra kit, the build your own shower thing)! This week, we continued around the rest of the room with the G0-Board to the 4 foot tall height as we’ll be tiling to there all the way around.
Also, after really liking how the new arch came out in the Pulp Kitchen, we went ahead and put an arch in as part of the transition opening from left side of bathroom to the right side (shower/toilet on left, wall divide and then vanity/sinks/soak tub/cabinets and make-up table on the right). With that and the low tile board in place, it was time for the upper portion drywall, which I am happy to report is close to complete. Totally plan to be on to the ceiling sheetrock by sometime later today!
Once ceilings are in, time to do all of the seam patching and throwing down a coat off mortar over the orange Ditra/ heat cables to give us a nice flat surface for the floor tile. More good times!
Some progress pics adjacent and below. See you next week!
Pulp Improvements
The 257 Project
Most Recent Pics for Sale
Nothing at All
A long time ago, in a small apartment in New York City, I was listening to a Prince song, simply called “7” and I was very much getting into the sound of the guitar playing, and what I perceived as an “open” chord strum, aka, just hitting those strings with no fingers applied (forgive me if that was mistaken). I tried to work that into something, and came up with a riff that I thought was pretty catchy. Not 100% sure what mood I was in at the time but decided that “you don’t need Nothing at All” was a good premise and ran with it. Years later, and also during the pandemic, decided it was a good time to rebuild it. Got busy with my wonderful musician friends and a new version it was.
Hope you enjoy!
The 1800 Project
Here’s the trailer to the exciting new movie coming out this summer (okay, so maybe not really a movie, more a couple long form video’s to document the start to finish of this project)! Truth is, had a little fun with a movie trailer template they have and this is the “story” of the 1800 Project to date. Enjoy!
The Ray Harm and Guy Coheleach Limited Edition Prints Prints
We recently mentioned that we had been gifted a fine collection of Ray Harm and Guy Coheleach “limited edition” art prints which we intend to eventually sell here from the website (will be setting up a page in our shop collection). Currently doing a complete inventory of what we have and documenting all of that. Wanted to share a little taste of what we are talking about so will feature a pic or two each week until we get that shop page up and running. This week’s sample print below!
Bobcat
