ceramic and glass
26 AUGUST 2010
Bathroom progress continues, as the tiles increase their reach across the walls, and we fill in the glass block at the window end of the shower. What a liquid process it is to watch.
Pittsburgh-Corning makes the glass block shown here on the left.
The glass blocking goes in quickly and predictably once one lays the first few. The mortar in the joints has a sandy texture that cuts your fingers up if it’s hand mixed. But a small trowel, level, and piece of thin wood for spacer are all that’s needed besides. The idea of the glass block is to put a translucent tubwall in front of the strangely placed bathroom window, so light still permeates the bathroom.
The brownish pink rectangular tiles here are a 3 in. by 6 in. "subway" type, made in England. Tomorrow we are slated to get the wet saw to make the cuts for all of the various edges.
We are inching along at 60 mph.
Bathroom progress continues, as the tiles increase their reach across the walls, and we fill in the glass block at the window end of the shower. What a liquid process it is to watch.
Pittsburgh-Corning makes the glass block shown here on the left. The glass blocking goes in quickly and predictably once one lays the first few. The mortar in the joints has a sandy texture that cuts your fingers up if it’s hand mixed. But a small trowel, level, and piece of thin wood for spacer are all that’s needed besides. The idea of the glass block is to put a translucent tubwall in front of the strangely placed bathroom window, so light still permeates the bathroom.
The brownish pink rectangular tiles here are a 3 in. by 6 in. "subway" type, made in England. Tomorrow we are slated to get the wet saw to make the cuts for all of the various edges.
We are inching along at 60 mph.
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