While we wait for the builders to come and transform the back of the house, there have been plenty of little projects for us to be getting on with.
One is to recover the original tiles from the old kitchen, so that we can use them in the new (bigger, lighter, heated) kitchen.
Back in March, we (well, technically Vincent and Loic), carefully prised the old tiles off the floor. Luckily, these were on a bed of sand, rather than cement, which made life a bit easier.
Next step was to leave them to soak a few months in the old bathtub ...
... then gently chisel off the sandy cement still caked on the back...
... and chip off the cement on the edges (and by the way, hello and welcome to the new Black & Decker workbench).
Then give them a last scrub before piling them up.
It remains to be seen how much floor we can actually cover with these tiles. The old kitchen had a surface area of 7.4 m2, while the new one will be 16.4 m2. So in any event we will have to find more of the same, or something which matches. We also wonder whether they will even be in a fit state to re-use, especially with underfloor-heating.
Answers to these burning questions, and a trip to a Belgian reclamation yard, still to follow...
3 comments:
Why don't you mix them in with modern tiles as feature points. Possibly demarking areas round the cooker, or table etc?
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It’s a great idea to reuse old tiles. You will save a lot of money for doing that. I can see from the photos that the old tiles were still in good condition, and they’re still beautiful. I think those tiles would still last for many years.
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