Rock and Tile

Measuring for sconces on the fireplace

Gary and Arnaldo made lots of progress this week on the rock facade on the fireplace and the bathroom tile floors.

Arnaldo and his crew have laid the stone  in sections from the top down.  I am used to seeing rock laid from the bottom up, but they started with a section near the ceiling and laid the rock up to the ceiling.  They come down another 5 feet and work up to the recently completed section.  Last week, they finished down to the mantle area.  They are using a rock that has been mined in Montana and then sawn down to 3 to 4 inches thick.

All of the bathroom floors are tiled and all but one have been grouted. The ceramic tile has the appearance of old wooden floors.  Next up for tile mason Gary is the ceramic wall tile in the showers.