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I'm Cathy, a 67 year old retired Navy wife. Spent 24 years as a Navy wife until my husband retired after 27 years of service. We traveled all over from Washington D.C., to Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Maartin, Martinique, Japan and Korea. We re-located to this beautiful state of TN from Central FL. We live in the mountains on 5 acres with our 10 cats (5 indoor). I'm Chuck, the Other Half of the equation. I'm a 68 y/o sailor at heart. While in the Navy I was a Cryptologic Tech (Intel type). My most memorable tours of duty were in Submarines (Scorpion, Skipjack, Triton & Ray), as Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Deputy Director National Security Agency (RADM C.F. Clark), and my last tour as Operations Chief at NSGA Homestead, Fl during Hurricane Andrew. It was a good time to retire. We have been looking for this home since 1965 and thank the good Lord that we're finally here.

Sunday, October 14, 2012

Continuing with master bathroom renovation


Old linoleum tiles
Wiring for heating mats and thermostat

Setting up to tile over heating mats
 

 
 
Started this weekend on laying heated floor mats and new porcelain tile.  Previous owners had put down linoleum tiles so that had to come up first, which turned out to be very easy.  Then came the floor mats for under tile heating.  I ran a separate 120 circuit for it and stapled the mats down in the high traffic and shower area. We used two  3' x 5' mats to cover a 6' x 5' area.  Finished tiling and grouting in 2 days.  Next will be the wainscot and trim. 

1 comment:

Patricia said...

That sure is an ambitious project. I do hope you show photos of the finished room . It's looking great. I can imagine heated bathroom floors. I had a classroom with heated floors when I was a young kid. I remember removing my shoes to warm my feet on the floor under my desk. Loved that.

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