One of the goals we've had for a LONG time was to get the kitchen backsplash tiled. We bought the tile nearly a year before and on our July 2009 trip, attempted to install. However, installing tile on Fibrolet is not the same as installing tile on, let's say your drywalled kitchen backsplash. To get tile adhesive to stick, one first has to apply a bonding agent.
... and along comes "Plaster Bond" - pre mixed at your local Costa Rican Ferriteria!
In January we we able to hire Nelson for what we thought would be a 1/2 day job. That began with a run to town to get Plasterbond, and an application of this (paintbrush) the night before Nelson was to start. Plasterbond is that lovely blue material.
Nelson is that fellow in this photo, and you can see the progress installing the tile (combination of porcelean, recycled green glass and natural stone).
Here is our first photo with all the tile up. You can also see our "find" from this trip, with our ceramic giraffe over the cabinet.
Same but from a different angle.
In all these photos, none of the tile has been grouted. We hired Nelson to begin by grouting, and then do some other projects for us that should be underway now as I post this.
So slowly, but surely, the place it emerging as fully finished!
Thanks for reading,
Jim and Dick
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