Another Basement Reno (Playroom)

The playroom! Insulated, plaster-boarded, concrete floor tiled throughout the same, painted and that´s it! I´ve used a variation of damp/water repellent plasterboard and the normal type, this would guarantee possible problematic areas to stay dry and keeping the atmosphere fresh as it should be.  ...

Utility Room Conversion/Partition & Renovation (Utility Room´s Angle)

So this is what the utility room ended up like. It´s practical, washer and dryer was stacked, saving a bit of space and a simple yet useful sink installed. Tilework blends in with the door opened onto the newly shower room seen through the door. Challenge completed! ...

Tutorial; Re-Caulking / Sealing / Silicon / Mastic

I´ll take a moment out to demonstrate the process of re-caulking/sealing tile skirting. There may be more methods, but truly this is the correct way of doing it, whether on the floor, back-splashes, showers or bathrooms, where you need any caulking done, this will put you on the right track. I did approx. 70 linear meters in about 4.5-5hrs. This means that all furniture had to get moved, old silicone scraped/cut out, cleaned, re-caulked and...

Utility Room Conversion/Partition & Renovation

This was basically a huge utility room which client wanted it to get partitioned and renovated to a useful shower room, basin and toilet included. I´ve used a new method of tiling here which makes the ceiling seem much higher and the space much bigger. Instead of starting with full tiles at the bottom and having the cut off at top, I´ve swapped the two around - yes, it´s much more work - but yes, it´s well worth it! ...