Mmmmm......Thinset.......

It's creamy, not unlike cream cheese actually, but I don't recommend eating it.

Anyway, I spent 5 hours last night getting the plumbing finished for the tub. Had a bit of an issue with leaks on the threaded fittings (not a fan of Price Pfister). Just didn't seem to be able to get the right amount of teflon tape on them, or tight enough or some combination of the two. But eventually I succeeded.

With all the plumbing in, and not leaking, the rest of the conrete board went up and shortly thereafter the tile. We're going for the classic, early 20th century look in the bathroom to match the age of the house. The glass tile is the nod to the modern and it just makes it sparkle a little bit more. Sparkly is good especially with the light from the skylight. Now for the other 2 walls around the tub and I can grout. I had hoped to get the entire tub finished before the wife got back from her work trip, but she'll settle for 1/3 done.

Rub-a-dub-dub here is a tub....

Big progress today, sort of. The 1955 American Standard, cast iron, curb special (it's free don't you know) has been placed in its new residence. Still have to hook up the drain line, but the heavy part is done. All 350 pounds of it went into where the existing tub used to be with 1/8 inch to spare. My neighbor came over and helped me haul it out of the basement and place it. Surprisingly I think it took us all of about 5 minutes, literally to get it in. I'll be finishing the plumbing and starting the tiling after work now. Realistically, this tub saved us a bunch being free--as if that wouldn't be the case. It's in almost showroom finish still after 50 some odd years of use. It's exactly what will work in our plan for the bathroom, and I really like the fact that we were able to take something and keep using it. I know this always can't be the case.

I'm conducting a virtual soak here while enjoying some local suds.