Another step closer (but not too close) 7/8/2007

Now that the water heater has been installed, we can finish the counter top run. The plan was to have the counter span the entire wall length and cover the water heater. We need to keep an access panel for the plumbing, so we decided to skip the drywall and construct shelves of plywood instead.









The counter is formed from 3/4" plywood with white 4x4 ceramic tiles. My job is to cut the plywood, level the counter and install it. CMV taught AMV the finer points of laying tile.

The tiles need to set up and then we can grout the counter. We will also need to rent a wet saw so we can cut all of the tile to fit around outlets and switches. The next step is to fit the plywood panel on the wall. We did not secure it to the wall, because we need to complete the tile on the countertop to ensure that the wall piece will remain removable.