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Posted by SQLit on June 21, 2005, 7:37 pm
> I'm in the middle of a huge remodel of my main bathroom. Meanwhile the
> master bath is also in need of a remodel but that's going to have to
> wait for two reasons. First, these are the only two full bathrooms in
> the house so as long as the main bath is out of commission, we need
> this one for showers and such. Second, I don't want to spend a fortune
> doing both at the same time.
>
> Anyway, the shower in the master bath is trying as hard as it can to
> force my hand. From the day we bought the house, the original tile has
> had major mildew problems (standard 48x36 shower) that I've been
> fighting all along.
>
> I'm now thinking that a quick, temporary solution might be to take
> down the metal shower doors (standard two-door glass/metal slider) and
> literally glue 3 pieces of thin vinyl sheets that I've seen at Home
> Depot (rather nicely in the style and color of my existing shower)
> right to the existing tile. Then I could put the metal door frame and
> doors back up and I'd be set for a decent period with very little
> concern for mildew buildup, etc. Plus any existing mildew would die
> and dry up behind the tile so that when it does come time to tear it
> all down, things should be rather dry and problem free.
>
> Would this work? Is there a better solution that meets the needs? The
> mildew is at a point where much of it has saturated into the grout in
> spots and doesn't come clean. Bleach helps but even that is providing
> limited results now.
I would nix the vinyl idea. If there is mildew now it will be saying "feed
me" by the time you want replace it. Sounds like you have a ventilation
issue.
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