Another 10 Minute Project Completed in Just 1 1/2 Years
So, we return to the Pee-Wee Playhouse Bathroom/Laundry Room for yet another living-dead project. It's been so long that I can't actually remember when this project officially went on my Sisyphean to-do list. It's been at least a year and a half ago. Maybe more.
This particular project was ridiculously easy. Between the edge of the tile around the hot-tub and the wood trim (a bull-nose of sorts I suppose) there was a crack of variable size. It went from non-existent up to a quarter of an inch in one place. For those of you who might not have mastered home improvement arithmetic, the simplified equation for this problem is: chronic moisture + crack + wood = rot (which is bad; in any equation rot and bad are interchangeable).
The solution to this problem is very simple. Take a few dollars to Lowe's and buy a tube of waterproof kitchen/bath caulk, read the directions, vacuum debris out of the crack, mask off edges of the crack with masking-tape, apply caulk, smooth caulk, remove tape immediately, and let it dry for 24 hours or more. See, that was hardly rocket science.
And, here is a crappy picture of the finished product. Apparently I'm too brain damaged at this late stage in the game to use the zoom-in button on my camera. If you can't tell from the picture, it looks a lot better. Really. And, it only took less than two years to complete this project.
This particular project was ridiculously easy. Between the edge of the tile around the hot-tub and the wood trim (a bull-nose of sorts I suppose) there was a crack of variable size. It went from non-existent up to a quarter of an inch in one place. For those of you who might not have mastered home improvement arithmetic, the simplified equation for this problem is: chronic moisture + crack + wood = rot (which is bad; in any equation rot and bad are interchangeable).
The solution to this problem is very simple. Take a few dollars to Lowe's and buy a tube of waterproof kitchen/bath caulk, read the directions, vacuum debris out of the crack, mask off edges of the crack with masking-tape, apply caulk, smooth caulk, remove tape immediately, and let it dry for 24 hours or more. See, that was hardly rocket science.
And, here is a crappy picture of the finished product. Apparently I'm too brain damaged at this late stage in the game to use the zoom-in button on my camera. If you can't tell from the picture, it looks a lot better. Really. And, it only took less than two years to complete this project.Labels: bathroom, laundry room, pee wee, progress
posted by John | 11:07 PM
3 Comments:
Would have taken 3 in my house! :)
Sounds like the gap I have in my upstairs bathroom, where the edge of the crappy floor vinyl doesn't quite hit the ceramic tile walls. You know, the one that leaked down through the kitchen ceiling in 2003 when the toilet overflowed, and did it again last December. I have the caulk. I've had it the past four years or more. So why don't I use it, already?
Hooray for your Round Tuit, though!
Better late than never! Looks nice.
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