{"id":1112,"date":"2022-01-11T11:14:55","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T16:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renobunker.com\/our-first-ceramic\/"},"modified":"2022-01-11T11:15:05","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T16:15:05","slug":"our-first-ceramic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renobunker.com\/en\/our-first-ceramic\/","title":{"rendered":"Our first ceramic"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the walk-in<\/a> , there was no floor, only a sub-floor. The walk-in connects the bathroom and the master bedroom and, in the spirit of the former owner, the walk-in floor would be made of the same porcelain as the bathroom. I liked the idea because it would unify and enlarge the space. Only problem, the former owner had not bought enough porcelain tiles to make the complete surface.<\/p>\n

Finding an old porcelain, easy?<\/h2>\n

But my idea was made, I wanted this same porcelain. This is how my father and I went over and over to hardware stores and supermarkets to find THE porcelain. I wasn’t asking for a lot: 12 inches by 12 inches, in an off-white, solid, and matte color.<\/p>\n

Phew! This is how I discovered that I was very naive and that it was impossible to find an identical porcelain. It was at the Canac Marquis<\/a> that I found what came closest to it. The only difference? This is ceramic (not porcelain) 1mm larger and having a few shiny lines. Too bad, we want to recover and work as well as possible with what there is currently and with our financial means. We take her !<\/p>\n

Laying ceramics<\/h3>\n

This is how yesterday we made our first ceramic. We had already read on the subject and seen shows on TV, it shouldn’t be that complicated. I envisioned this as a small 2 hour project. Again, what beautiful naivety! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

It took us almost 4 hours. The steps, in order:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. First, we went to solidify the floor from below.<\/li>\n
  2. Then screws were added to the sub-floor, again to solidify.<\/li>\n
  3. Then, we mixed the mortar for a ration of 2.5 powder for 1 water (We did not have the right tool to stir, we managed as best we can and that ended up being mixed up with the hands. What giggles!)<\/li>\n
  4. Finally, we applied the mortar, gradually and in places, in order to lay the ceramics there while making sure to install them two braces per edge.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Some pictures<\/h3>\n
    \"\"<\/a>
    There are angles!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
    \"\"<\/a>
    Initial condition, with the ceramic in the bathroom. We always have one or two cats in the paws during renovations.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
    \"\"<\/a>
    We solidify from below. The cats are intrigued!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
    \"\"<\/a>
    An example of an angle cut that we will save for next time, with the right tool.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

    We cut our tiles as we went along, only to realize that the back wall was really crooked! Once again, you have to work with what you have.<\/p>\n

    \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

    We are happy with the final result.<\/p>\n

    \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

    We let dry 48 hours, before finalizing with the last angle cuts, since we do not have the right tool. Our manual saw only makes straight and diagonal cuts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    In the walk-in , there was no floor, only a sub-floor. The walk-in connects the bathroom and the master bedroom and, in the spirit of the former owner, the walk-in floor would be made of the same porcelain as the bathroom. I liked the idea because it would unify and enlarge the space. Only problem, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[92],"tags":[97,100,135,96],"class_list":["post-1112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-renos","tag-ceramic","tag-floor","tag-porcelain","tag-walk-in-en","entry"],"yoast_head":"\nOur first ceramic - Renobunker<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/renobunker.com\/en\/our-first-ceramic\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Our first ceramic - Renobunker\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In the walk-in , there was no floor, only a sub-floor. The walk-in connects the bathroom and the master bedroom and, in the spirit of the former owner, the walk-in floor would be made of the same porcelain as the bathroom. I liked the idea because it would unify and enlarge the space. Only problem, […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/renobunker.com\/en\/our-first-ceramic\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Renobunker\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-01-11T16:14:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-01-11T16:15:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/renobunker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/ceramique-2.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"AM\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"AM\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/renobunker.com\\\/en\\\/our-first-ceramic\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/renobunker.com\\\/en\\\/our-first-ceramic\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"AM\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/renobunker.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6b890c33abd335439886a58e54401449\"},\"headline\":\"Our first ceramic\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-11T16:14:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-01-11T16:15:05+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/renobunker.com\\\/en\\\/our-first-ceramic\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":474,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/renobunker.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/renobunker.com\\\/en\\\/our-first-ceramic\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/renobunker.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/08\\\/ceramique-2.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Ceramic\",\"Floor\",\"Porcelain\",\"Walk-in\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Renos\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/renobunker.com\\\/en\\\/our-first-ceramic\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/renobunker.com\\\/en\\\/our-first-ceramic\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/renobunker.com\\\/en\\\/our-first-ceramic\\\/\",\"name\":\"Our first ceramic - Renobunker\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/renobunker.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/renobunker.com\\\/en\\\/our-first-ceramic\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/renobunker.com\\\/en\\\/our-first-ceramic\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/renobunker.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/08\\\/ceramique-2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-11T16:14:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-01-11T16:15:05+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/renobunker.com\\\/en\\\/our-first-ceramic\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/renobunker.com\\\/en\\\/our-first-ceramic\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/renobunker.com\\\/en\\\/our-first-ceramic\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/renobunker.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/08\\\/ceramique-2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/renobunker.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/08\\\/ceramique-2.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/renobunker.com\\\/en\\\/our-first-ceramic\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/renobunker.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Renos\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/renobunker.com\\\/en\\\/renos\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Our first ceramic\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/renobunker.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/renobunker.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Renobunker\",\"description\":\"Renovations are like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/renobunker.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/renobunker.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/renobunker.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Renobunker\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/renobunker.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/renobunker.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/renobunker.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/renobunker-logo-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/renobunker.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/renobunker-logo-1.png\",\"width\":209,\"height\":159,\"caption\":\"Renobunker\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/renobunker.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/renobunker.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6b890c33abd335439886a58e54401449\",\"name\":\"AM\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6387fc772474ec51980aadb13041c86f93c7d32b2fee69cec7bcb8bdd05c9358?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6387fc772474ec51980aadb13041c86f93c7d32b2fee69cec7bcb8bdd05c9358?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6387fc772474ec51980aadb13041c86f93c7d32b2fee69cec7bcb8bdd05c9358?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"AM\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Our first ceramic - Renobunker","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/renobunker.com\/en\/our-first-ceramic\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Our first ceramic - Renobunker","og_description":"In the walk-in , there was no floor, only a sub-floor. The walk-in connects the bathroom and the master bedroom and, in the spirit of the former owner, the walk-in floor would be made of the same porcelain as the bathroom. I liked the idea because it would unify and enlarge the space. Only problem, […]","og_url":"https:\/\/renobunker.com\/en\/our-first-ceramic\/","og_site_name":"Renobunker","article_published_time":"2022-01-11T16:14:55+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-01-11T16:15:05+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/renobunker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/ceramique-2.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"AM","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"AM","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/renobunker.com\/en\/our-first-ceramic\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/renobunker.com\/en\/our-first-ceramic\/"},"author":{"name":"AM","@id":"https:\/\/renobunker.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/6b890c33abd335439886a58e54401449"},"headline":"Our first ceramic","datePublished":"2022-01-11T16:14:55+00:00","dateModified":"2022-01-11T16:15:05+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/renobunker.com\/en\/our-first-ceramic\/"},"wordCount":474,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/renobunker.com\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/renobunker.com\/en\/our-first-ceramic\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/renobunker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/ceramique-2.jpg","keywords":["Ceramic","Floor","Porcelain","Walk-in"],"articleSection":["Renos"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/renobunker.com\/en\/our-first-ceramic\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/renobunker.com\/en\/our-first-ceramic\/","url":"https:\/\/renobunker.com\/en\/our-first-ceramic\/","name":"Our first ceramic - Renobunker","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/renobunker.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/renobunker.com\/en\/our-first-ceramic\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/renobunker.com\/en\/our-first-ceramic\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/renobunker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/ceramique-2.jpg","datePublished":"2022-01-11T16:14:55+00:00","dateModified":"2022-01-11T16:15:05+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/renobunker.com\/en\/our-first-ceramic\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/renobunker.com\/en\/our-first-ceramic\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/renobunker.com\/en\/our-first-ceramic\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/renobunker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/ceramique-2.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/renobunker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/ceramique-2.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/renobunker.com\/en\/our-first-ceramic\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/renobunker.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Renos","item":"https:\/\/renobunker.com\/en\/renos\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Our first ceramic"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/renobunker.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/renobunker.com\/en\/","name":"Renobunker","description":"Renovations are like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/renobunker.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/renobunker.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/renobunker.com\/en\/#organization","name":"Renobunker","url":"https:\/\/renobunker.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/renobunker.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/renobunker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/renobunker-logo-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/renobunker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/renobunker-logo-1.png","width":209,"height":159,"caption":"Renobunker"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/renobunker.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/renobunker.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/6b890c33abd335439886a58e54401449","name":"AM","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6387fc772474ec51980aadb13041c86f93c7d32b2fee69cec7bcb8bdd05c9358?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6387fc772474ec51980aadb13041c86f93c7d32b2fee69cec7bcb8bdd05c9358?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6387fc772474ec51980aadb13041c86f93c7d32b2fee69cec7bcb8bdd05c9358?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"AM"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renobunker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renobunker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renobunker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renobunker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renobunker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1112"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/renobunker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1148,"href":"https:\/\/renobunker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1112\/revisions\/1148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renobunker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renobunker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renobunker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}