If you were Registered and logged in, you could reply and use other advanced thread options
|
Posted by Jack on June 8, 2006, 10:52 am
Found my tile shower to be leaking.. plumber in the house for another
project told me to break out bottom 6 inches of tile, and the floor
tile and he would install new pan.. then we tile back over and be done
with it. One I did that it was clear the wet wood continues up higher
than 6 inches..
Now my thought is that it would be stupid to try to repair and
re-tile.. and I should just remove all tile and replace with one of
those fiberglass insert jobs. Doesn't that make more sense?
|
|
Posted by JoeSpareBedroom on June 8, 2006, 11:11 am
> Found my tile shower to be leaking.. plumber in the house for another
> project told me to break out bottom 6 inches of tile, and the floor
> tile and he would install new pan.. then we tile back over and be done
> with it. One I did that it was clear the wet wood continues up higher
> than 6 inches..
>
> Now my thought is that it would be stupid to try to repair and
> re-tile.. and I should just remove all tile and replace with one of
> those fiberglass insert jobs. Doesn't that make more sense?
>
You *could* do that, but if it were mine, I'd at least take a trip to a real
tile store, just to see if there were any patterns that are fantastic enough
to make you want to do all the work. It would be nasty to put in a
fiberglass thing, and then a week later, spot a tile job in a magazine and
be kicking yourself for the next however many years.
|
|
Posted by on June 8, 2006, 11:12 am
Jack wrote:
> Found my tile shower to be leaking.. plumber in the house for another
> project told me to break out bottom 6 inches of tile, and the floor
> tile and he would install new pan.. then we tile back over and be done
> with it. One I did that it was clear the wet wood continues up higher
> than 6 inches..
>
> Now my thought is that it would be stupid to try to repair and
> re-tile.. and I should just remove all tile and replace with one of
> those fiberglass insert jobs. Doesn't that make more sense?
Hello Jack:
Been there, done that. Water was leaking through (very old plastic)
tile seams and the soap dish, into the wood and wallboard behind it.
We decided to do it right. Removed all of the tile, all the wallboard
behind it, and some of the studs behind that-----the studs were wet
too. Then we put in some new studding, concrete tile backerboard, and
new tile. That was about fifteen years ago, and it still looks and
works great.
My guess is that if the wood is wet, it will eventually rot. It is
unlikely to dry out much after the new wallboard and tile are in place.
Best -- Terry
|
|
Posted by Jack on June 8, 2006, 1:01 pm
I should have been more clear with my question:
I will not just cover over anything that is wet.. I will remove
everything that is wet.
My real question is, should I then rebuild with tile.. or rebuild with
a fiberglass insert. What are pros and cons of each?
I could take or leave aesthetics of tile, and if a fiberglass can do
the same job cheaper I am leaning that way.. but again, looking for
others opinions on what is the best way to rebuild after I repair all
wet damage.
|
|
Posted by on June 8, 2006, 1:20 pm
Jack;
You need to go to a home depot or lowes to see the
actual difference. I for one was going down this
very road awhile ago. The fiberglass / pastic walls(shower
enclosures)
are cheaper, but the dont look that great and also seem hollow/cheap.
I dont even want to think of what would happen in the stuff cracked....
The ones I saw were around 500.00 for the whole unit.
With a good shower base and tiles I was in the 800.00 range.
The only thing is labor. I did the job myself. If I had someone
else doing it, just putting in a whole unit would have been much
cheaper. The work putting up the walls and tiling the whole thing
would have made the tile job much more expensive if I had to
pay for labor.
In any case, I went for putting in a nice heavy fiberglass/acrylic
showerbase
(400.00 one) with some concrete under it to really make it strong.
(wasnt pure concrete it was some mixed that was sold at home depot)
Anyhow I put the base in and then put cement board
up the walls with a tar paper underlayment.
I tiled the whole thing and am very pleased with it.
The plastic stuff looks cheap and reminds me of a
bates motel sort of thing. Go to a showroom and
see this stuff in person. I know its a matter of taste
and money, but if you are going to do the work yourself
you can probably get away with doing the material cost
for only a little more money than the of the plastic enclosure.
It will add more value to your home as well, people wont
be scared to shower in it either!
Tom
Jack wrote:
> I should have been more clear with my question:
>
> I will not just cover over anything that is wet.. I will remove
> everything that is wet.
>
> My real question is, should I then rebuild with tile.. or rebuild with
> a fiberglass insert. What are pros and cons of each?
>
> I could take or leave aesthetics of tile, and if a fiberglass can do
> the same job cheaper I am leaning that way.. but again, looking for
> others opinions on what is the best way to rebuild after I repair all
> wet damage.
|
Page 1 of 2 1 2 > last >>
| Similar Threads | Posted | | Fiberglass Insert and Plumbing Access | December 16, 2007, 7:06 am |
| raised floor insert for shower to bypass leak? | June 7, 2006, 7:43 am |
| FIBERGLASS SHOWER | November 4, 2008, 9:47 pm |
| Fiberglass Shower Stall | January 10, 2006, 9:14 am |
| Getting fiberglass shower upstairs | June 9, 2006, 10:36 am |
| leaking fiberglass shower | June 15, 2007, 10:05 pm |
| Fiberglass tub/shower surround | July 1, 2008, 6:38 am |
| tile of fiberglass tub surround? | April 1, 2006, 9:58 am |
| Caulking Fiberglass Shower Stall | May 22, 2006, 9:25 pm |
| Fiberglass shower tub with hair line crack | February 24, 2006, 5:45 am |
|
|
Yahoo! 
Google 
Windows Live 
del.icio.us 
digg 
Netscape 
XML Sitemap