Grundy Area Vocational Center Home

We are in an exciting phase of construction on project house #25.  Right before our holiday break, our students were installing porcelain tile in the wet areas of the house.  We have 3 bathrooms, a stand up shower, the kitchen/dining room, and the foyer which all get the pictured 1'x2' porcelain tile.  The tiling process is a tedious task that requires not only attention to aesthetic detail, but also a high level of cleanliness due to the use of thinset mortar.  We start tiling by prepping our subfloor with durarock underlayment.  Durarock is a panel product(similar to drywall) but designed to adhere tile to.  Once our underlayment is in place we then measure the room and lay out our tile to create a pattern that is not only pleasing aesthetically, but also is material efficient(meaning the least waste possible).  After we have our layout we then set the tile with trowels, thinset mortar(this bonds the tile to the durarock) , spacers(to keep our grout joints straight and evenly spaced), and finally a click lock leveling system that ensures that our tiles are flat and level once installed.
Once our messy tile/grout work is done we we be installing our oak hardwood flooring and our millwork package; which includes, doors, casing, baseboard trim, cabinets, and finally shoe moulding.