Day 4 Prep

Today I cleaned out the living room and ran Rosie five times. She does a great job finding staples, she "moans" for several seconds when she runs across one. I just run over and pull the staple out and she goes on her way.

I also removed all the base boards and bought a tables saw. I need the saw to prepare the edge of the board that borders the tile.  Here is my proposed layout:
(BTW, you can click on a picture to see it larger)

Proposed layout.. Yes there are a lot of angle cut but any cut really ends up being an angle cut with un-perfect boarders, whats the difference between 1 degree and 46 degrees?

 The wire that was added presumable to power the fireplace

Miter saw made it in one piece

Removing base board

Corner pieces tend to break because they used a lot of wire nails. Not a problem as they can be glued back together

 Not parallel

Our current plan for the fire place hearth

 Current plan at the opening to the hall

 Current plan at the jog

 Both tiles are wet. One on the left is just like the other four that came in an unopened box. The one on the right is one of two that were loose.

 All cleaned out ready for underlayment paper

 Baseboard map

 New table saw. Very nice for $300. Comes with a built in stand and wheels.  Don't worry, I just unloaded and set up the saw in the garage, I plan to use it on the back porch not in the garage :)

Rosie doing her job