It was such a cramped corridor, whose curiosity drove two lovers Deco probing with a lot of hammer and knife blades used the patching cement, and who discovered a very charming tomette a little older, there was his charm, our lovers of natural soils is promised to update and nine.

Alas, how great was the stupefaction of our cronies handymen when they discovered, in the middle of their patient work of exhumation, that almost a quarter of the surface, the tiles had not survived the passage of years and the former occupants, and they had been replaced by a slab mini checkered tile aesthetics at least questionable.

There followed months of more or less successful attempts to conceal, from peinturlurage methodical slab Onnie - to try to play on the differences of matter - the retraction in a large cabinet. But the frustration was real, and the goal, not achieved in all minds.

A bit of luck and back later, thanks to a providential gift of tiles removed directly from a nearby ground, our handymen now felt more sophisticated attack to begin the restoration, and to take to this soil patched up his full regalia ocher as expected.

After a long labor - you can not imagine that the tiles used may drag with them the residue of glue, cement and dust - from past weekends to soak the tiles in basins of warm water and lemon vinegar, with the brush, the chisel and scrape the stock was made, and the goal a few tiny steps of its realization.

In order, it took another:
- Loosen the existing tiles
- Jackhammer-ize the ceramic tile to the delight of the neighborhood
- Ragréer then the silt soil in preparation for laying
- Arrange the tiles, cutting, planing, to keep them on the entire surface and make them fit properly
- Join them, naturally, covering them completely, consolidating the cement in the interstices, and is then evacuated to the surface.

And finally, under the eyes of our patients moved DIY, enjoy, finally, a warm and elegant entrance, so ardently desired!

Why the hell told you today that I experience, which you have probably guessed, mine was a little over a year?
First, for you to share an experience decoration which apparenta a real aesthetic achievement, and we would have liked at the time, to actually share.

So when BlogBang contacted me to tell me about the concept of Troc'heures them, I naturally listened with particular care.

The Troc'heures , it is indeed a kind of potlatch DIY and decorating, a platform for exchange of shots of hands and tips to share our skills, our time and our expertise in a perspective mutual assistance and complementarity.

The principle is simple and totally free: by registering on Troc'heures, each individual can offer to exchange, to the extent of its needs and capabilities, hours of tinkering.

Simple, free, effective, Troc'heures highlight two values ​​that I like: sharing and solidarity, without returning into account of market considerations.

To summarize, if Troc'heures had existed at the time of our major renovation of the ground, we could have, randomly exchange two hours of scraping against the tiles change from a glass on a window, the barter transporting a few bags of cement against painting of a portal, or propose to stick a few strips of wallpaper in exchange for participation in the unsealing of existing tiles ... in a word, we make our work more convenient and enjoyable in facilitating those other handymen in need of support!

To celebrate the launch of its new DIY participatory, Castorama allows you, happy readers, to perfect your equipment handy integral in saving you a voucher for an amount of 100 euros.
To do this, nothing simpler: let me a comment to give me your opinion on this new concept, and wait quietly the draw to be held on July 29 ...

Stay tuned, the Troc'heures have not finished talking to them!

Ready to trade?

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