We start Monday off with tile delivery. This is a big task on its own. We are bringing 1000's of pounds of tile plus the thinset, tools, underpad and other supplies to get the prep work done. The first job is usually loading the boxes of tile into whatever room in the house the tile needs to be. In this case I have had my tile crew deliver most of the tile. With three guys on hand they got the flat deck unloaded quickly. In projects past I have delivered and sourced much of my own tile, in this project I happily 'unloaded' that task to the contractor. This delivery was further soured by terrible access to the front door or each house. We had active landscaping, garbage bins, and leftover material plus lots of mud making the delivery much worse that it might have been. Generally we can back right up to the front door and shorten the round trip. Crews having to work around each other is a by product of attempting to reduce the total project time and cost associated with a slow build.
Most of the floor and shower wall tile arrives on the flat deck, unfortunately we don't have a clear path to the front door to back the truck in.
I also met with the installer to go over tile layout in each room. It looks like he will be starting in the master bathroom and working down. His first job was to prepare the custom base for the master shower. This is a job I am happy to have an experienced pro deal with, it takes considerable skill to do this properly.
Shower base is set and ready to dry
We are using the ditra underpayment for tile rather than additional plywood. The extra cost is significant but the cost of problems with tiles is worse.