Anyway here are a few pics of the work in progress. There wasn't anything underneath the cabinets except for a Dominos Pizza ad from 1992. Coupons expired almost 18 years ago so I doubt anyone nearby will take them.
A clean slate. Well, a slate anyway.
Underneath the tile I noticed a fall elm leaf in the concrete. There weren't (until I planted one last January) any fall elms nearby so it must've blown in from somewhere. Surprising that something that delicate would've survived being tiled over and then having the tile removed.
I put down another thin set bag worth of tile today. The breakfast room is pretty much done, and tomorrow I'll be able to do the kitchen if I'm lucky. The the pantry and area under the refrigerator on Saturday / Sunday. Doing the area under the washing machine and dryer will be a challenge, along with the water softener. I can NOT wait to get that done because it'll cut down on so much dust around the house. Having cabinets again will be cool too but there are a few other things that have to happen before I can do that.
Anyway it's coming along nicely. The yellow and white things are a tool to make sure the new tile goes in level and control lippage. They're called LASH and sold at Home Depot. Works great if your grout joint is 1/16" or more. The top part of the tab breaks off and you can reuse the piece that looks like a cheese wedge. My advice - only buy a bag or two of the cheese wedges because that's about all the tile you'll want to do in a day anyway.
So the good news is that today we've basically hit the bottom on this project and that from here on out things will only start looking better.
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