{"id":821,"date":"2012-01-30T03:43:33","date_gmt":"2012-01-30T02:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/?p=821"},"modified":"2012-01-30T03:43:33","modified_gmt":"2012-01-30T02:43:33","slug":"tile-repair-a-messy-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/2012\/01\/30\/tile-repair-a-messy-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Tile Repair &#8211; A Messy Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As you may remember from one of my previous blog postings, Christmas night and the following day, was an \u201cuplifting experience\u201d at our house.\u00a0 That is, the tile in our living room lifted right off the floor in an explosive manner.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/12\/tile-out-by-kitchen-comp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-785 aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/12\/tile-out-by-kitchen-comp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/12\/tile-out-by-kitchen-comp.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/12\/tile-out-by-kitchen-comp-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/12\/close-up-of-lifting-tiles-comp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-786 aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/12\/close-up-of-lifting-tiles-comp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/12\/close-up-of-lifting-tiles-comp.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/12\/close-up-of-lifting-tiles-comp-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0By January, we had three sections of tile that needed to be repaired.\u00a0 The tiles that had fully come out were the easy ones.\u00a0 However, there were others that had cracked and sometimes only a part of a tile had come out so the rest of the tile needed to be removed.\u00a0 Other tiles were still in place, but the hollow sound produced when they were tapped on indicated that they also needed to be removed before the whole process began again.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2012\/01\/sawing-out-tile-comp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-823\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2012\/01\/sawing-out-tile-comp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"336\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2012\/01\/sawing-out-tile-comp.jpg 336w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2012\/01\/sawing-out-tile-comp-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2012\/01\/tile-being-chipped-out-comp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-824\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2012\/01\/tile-being-chipped-out-comp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2012\/01\/tile-being-chipped-out-comp.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2012\/01\/tile-being-chipped-out-comp-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0We have had the tile repaired before, so we knew that removing everything from the room that could collect dust was imperative.\u00a0 As the tile is sawn out, there is fine dust and bits of concrete that fly everywhere.\u00a0 The noise is deafening and the smell is awful.\u00a0 After the dust finally settles, the smell lingers for a number of days. Then the tile can be relayed using more glue and caulk.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2012\/01\/relaying-the-tile-comp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-825\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2012\/01\/relaying-the-tile-comp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2012\/01\/relaying-the-tile-comp.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2012\/01\/relaying-the-tile-comp-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is not a fun process, but the end result is a floor that is not buckled and intact.\u00a0 There is no longer a need to spread blankets over the sharp edges to keep children from hurting themselves.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2012\/01\/relaid-floorcomp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-826\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2012\/01\/relaid-floorcomp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2012\/01\/relaid-floorcomp.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2012\/01\/relaid-floorcomp-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes our lives and relationships also need repairs- and that process is also a messy business. There are \u201ctiles\u201d that need to be removed, brokenness that needs to be repaired and doing that is a painful process.\u00a0 As I experienced our tile repair, I was reminded that God is an expert at repairing our lives.\u00a0 He saws out the parts that have become broken.\u00a0 This process can cause pain and often disrupts our daily routines.\u00a0 But just as our living room floor is now functional again, God\u2019s repairs allow us to again enter into relationships and live in a way that is complete and healthy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=821&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you may remember from one of my previous blog postings, Christmas night and the following day, was an \u201cuplifting experience\u201d at our house.\u00a0 That is, the tile in our living room lifted right off the floor in an explosive &hellip; 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