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Shower wall fell down Joel 09-01-2008
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Posted by Joel on September 1, 2008, 10:33 pm


My daughter was taking a shower and part of the tile wall fell down.
Underneath there is drywall and it is wet and rotted. The studs are
also rotted.
I plan to rip it all out replace the rotted studs, cover with moisture
barrier, cement board and retile.
Is there a good description / tutorial on replacing studs? I wonder
why builders are allowed to construct bathrooms like this, you would
think it should be against the building code.

Thanks

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Posted by Red Green on September 1, 2008, 11:21 pm


@v39g2000pro.googlegroups.com:

> My daughter was taking a shower and part of the tile wall fell down.
> Underneath there is drywall and it is wet and rotted. The studs are
> also rotted.
> I plan to rip it all out replace the rotted studs, cover with moisture
> barrier, cement board and retile.
> Is there a good description / tutorial on replacing studs? I wonder
> why builders are allowed to construct bathrooms like this, you would
> think it should be against the building code.
>
> Thanks
>


You are missing a step in your situation.

1) You had tile, drywall, studs wet and rotted.
2) ????
3) Replace the rotted studs, cover with moisture barrier, cement board
and retile.



How about:

2) It was caused by.....

If you don't know #2 as to why, your number 3 will become number 1.

Hey, there's a pun there...#2...shit...you don't know shit as to why

Posted by Joel on September 1, 2008, 11:45 pm


It was caused by improper construction techniques on the part of the
home builder.
Using the proper techniques that I described is the solution.

Posted by Red Green on September 2, 2008, 12:47 am


e7a85764b86b@w24g2000prd.googlegroups.com:

> It was caused by improper construction techniques on the part of the
> home builder.
> Using the proper techniques that I described is the solution.


The techniques you described is not the solution to the original problem.
It is the solution to repairing the existing damage.

The original problem is:

        How did the water get behind and do damage?

The water should not get behind the tiles. What is behind the tiles is
just a matter of how long it takes to do damage.

It's like a basement that is getting water in it. Patching from the
undesired water side (inside) is not a solution. It's a band-aid.

Right now I am working on an tiled ceiling to floor shower that has
damaged drywall, backing, etc. The water getting behind the tiles is a
result of grout that was never resealed (or resealed) and got wet. It
then started to fall out. It was ignored. More water got behind. More
damaged occured. It was ignored more. It then failed beyond use. It takes
a bit of time and a lot of ignoring to do severe damage.

Why was your shower being used if it was that close to failure? From the
extent of the damage you described, there was no indication of a problem?

Posted by DerbyDad03 on September 2, 2008, 3:56 pm


> e7a85764b...@w24g2000prd.googlegroups.com:
>
> > It was caused by improper construction techniques on the part of the
> > home builder.
> > Using the proper techniques that I described is the solution.
>
> The techniques you described is not the solution to the original problem.
> It is the solution to repairing the existing damage.
>
> The original problem is:
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 How did the water get behind and do damage?
>
> The water should not get behind the tiles. What is behind the tiles is
> just a matter of how long it takes to do damage.
>
> It's like a basement that is getting water in it. Patching from the
> undesired water side (inside) is not a solution. It's a band-aid.
>
> Right now I am working on an tiled ceiling to floor shower that has
> damaged drywall, backing, etc. The water getting behind the tiles is a
> result of grout that was never resealed (or resealed) and got wet. It
> then started to fall out. It was ignored. More water got behind. More
> damaged occured. It was ignored more. It then failed beyond use. It takes
> a bit of time and a lot of ignoring to do severe damage.
>
> Why was your shower being used if it was that close to failure? From the
> extent of the damage you described, there was no indication of a problem?

re: Why was your shower being used if it was that close to failure?
From the extent of the damage you described, there was no indication
of a problem?

I had the exact grout problem you described when we moved into our
first home. I didn't noticed anything wrong with the shower walls.

It was when I was in the backyard and saw water running down inside a
basement window while my wife was showering - on the second floor! -
that I knew we had a problem. It was an exterior wall and the wall
opposite the shower head. The grout looked OK, and the wall seemed
solid, but once I started really pushing on it, you could feel how
mushy it really was behind the tile.

And no, my wife wasn't very happy when I burst into the bathroom and
turned the water off!


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