WHEN IT RAINS

Anybody who has ever done any house renovations knows full well that if it can go wrong, it will go wrong. Or, when it rains, it will be a combination of a tornado and a hurricane not just a spring shower.

Today the man came to fix the kitchen floor. A line of tile had popped loose and we wanted those fixed in addition to the areas left without tile when the pantry was removed. He discovered that the entire kitchen and dining room floor was loose and going to pop. So, we are having to have all the kitchen and dining room tile removed, the concrete board removed, and new concrete board installed. This time, the concrete board will have thinset under it instead of just on top of it and it will be screwed down. The original tile was installed as if it were being install over concrete instead of being installed over a plywood subfloor. If you are going to install tile over a plywood subfloor, you must use concrete board and under that concrete board there must be a layer of thin set. Then, you screw the concrete board down. Then you spread thinset again and install the tile. See picture of torn up floor, and a variety of legs in shorts with sneakers.