Black Rhombus

We’ve been going back & forth on options for finishing off our laundry room floor for so long, I wasn’t sure that the job would ever get done.  We bought ~$300 worth of tile from Lowes, & subsequently returned it.  You should have seen my car on the way back from Lowes.  Rebecca was driving & she said the car was fish-tailing…. whlie driving straight.  Definitely not a good idea in hindsight.

We knew the slab wasn’t all that even to begin with, so we started to use the mortar (moh-tar?) to try to even out the divits, but quickly realized it was turning into more of a job than anticipated.  So, we asked Pete to take a look & give us his thoughts.  He confirmed that using tile on that surface would have been a problem, so I took the tile back… in several car-loads this time.  Heh.

Soooooo… we finally ended up back at our original plan: self-leveling concrete.  We were initially freaked out by this stuff because it sets up so fast that you really have to move quickly, & have a good idea of what you’re doing.  Well, after I dunno how many weeks of research, I think we’d figured it out.  We used Laticrete self-leveling underlay, & Quickcrete concrete stain + top-coat to finish it off.  It looks really good, & we’re very happy with the result.

We also finally got our new washer & dryer!  Thanks Cyril & Mary!

Full gallery of photos is here.