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Review of the Bathroom Tiling and Fixtures

Bob looks at the finished wall tile from Shaw in the second floor bathroom off the hall. The bathroom is cleverly designed with the tub and toilet in an alcove separated by a door from the sink. The tile is a white tile with a blue and yellow flower and a matching frieze. The tiling was essentially two-day mastic job. The lavatory has a Pennington self-rimming cast iron sink with an enamel finish from Kohler. The faucet elements are high quality castings from Kohler's Revival collection.

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Review of the Bathroom Tiling and Fixtures

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" This is the bathroom on the second floor alcohol so this is the one that anybody in the family can use and it's cleverly designed because the toilet and the tub are in one alcove -- door here separating it from the sink. But look at this this is again from Shaw it's white tile with a blue and yellow flower and then -- matching -- and it all goes together you know in the traditional simple way of mastic a few cuts here. And then you grout it so he's would be job that come out very very nicely and then on the other side of the door you have a lavatory this is Pennington so remaining left from cooler and of course it's cast iron with an enamel finish. And you've got the bosses which is called revival and often you want to make sure that you save enough in your budget to put high quality castings. In the fittings in the bathroom does that make all the difference and you want them to last for a long long time."

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