Another "urgent" trip midday

Got a call late morning from the tile guy, AJ. He wants me to come to the house to look at the bathroom tub tile. I need to "decide how the main tile meets the stone tub deck". What??? I thought the tiles just "meet"...

As I was rushing out the door, the stone guy, Lawrence, called. He wants me at site to approve the mortar color. I gave Lawrence executive decision-making control on the mortar earlier in the day, but he's very uncomfortable with the sheer power of the situation.

Lawrence introduced me to Neil, our new mason. I approved the stone sills and the mortar.... which I really didn't think was necessary anyway. I like Neil... he was playing some good 70's tunes while he worked.

AJ showed me four different ways that the two tiles can "meet".... but he already said two wouldn't work and the stone would break. Anyway, there is no way he could have explained it over the phone. If he made an "executive decision" I wouldn't have known the difference either. I did learn a few things in talking with AJ though...

1. Our concrete floor in the basement is uneven, so the tile would break if installed. Instead of fixing it, the builder is making the tile guys "deal with it". So, AJ is putting many layers of goop on the floor to level it.
2. AJ made our builder remove the whirlpool tub and drywall in order to install the tile. Guess our builder wasn't too happy about it....
3. As part of the design, the builder put rounded corners on the drywall in our house. But in the bathroom, tile looks kinda goofy butted against a rounded corner. Guess this happens "all the time" and is something that AJ would never do if he built a house. Boo AJ... Boo builder...

And lastly, I ran into Jim... the painter. He ran out of paint at a different house, so came to ours to "steal" some. (His words, not mine.) The odd thing is that he took a 5 gal tub of paint that is a totally different color than we ordered for our interior. It was opened and partly used, so Jim swears it must be on our walls "somewhere". I'll be taking my paint samples to the house to see if they truly put in the right colors... but, I do like what it looks like anyhow.... it's more of a curiosity thing now. :)