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    Crane Eco Opus 3 any good?

    Thanks for the very good information Gary, I think I am going to save my pennies and go for the Drake. As you said, A once in a lifetime purchase. Ill take it with me if/when I sell the house. LOL.
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    Crane Eco Opus 3 any good?

    Hello everyone, Looking at upgrading my ?? old 13 Liter no name toilet with something better and more efficient. Without being too graphic, I tend to have bouts of I.B.S and need a good bowl wash.. I would love a Toto Drake, but they are almost $400 here in Canada and I would have to drive an...
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    drywall over old plaster

    rich, the old surround was cut to the window frame and then a nice wide trim moulding put around it overlapping the surround, then the moulding was painted with a high gloss paint and every seam siliconed. This seemed to work as there were no signs of leakage around the window at all (the...
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    drywall over old plaster

    update: drilled a hole through the inside wall to see what was in there. from outside to inside looks like this: -exterior wall - wood shaving insulation -3/8" plywood - drywall - then the vapor barrior you can see in the picture, so on top of this will be the cement board.
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    drywall over old plaster

    thanks. here are some pics:
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    drywall over old plaster

    I have been doing some reading about paintable vapor barrier sealers that sound like they may do the trick.. Could I not cut off the vapor barrier I have exposed, lay the new cbu back into the cavity back on top of the old wall and paint this vapor barrier onto the cbu, effectively creating a...
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    drywall over old plaster

    Jim, I want to thank you for all your help.. you seem to be the only one that has an idea of how to help me. The silicone on the old tub surround was pretty degraded where it meets the tub, so I am thinking that is how the drywall behind it got wet, but I cut out the entire first layer of the...
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    drywall over old plaster

    Ok so I assume just taping a vapor barrier to the plaster and then installing the cbu over top is fine then, and as you mentioned it will only be an issue if the tub surround fails. The only reason I am concerned is because of just how wet the drywall was that I took out. I was thinking the...
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    drywall over old plaster

    So, I gather cement board instead of greenboard.. I just figured I only needed cement board if I was going to do tiles. But, do I leave the vapor barrier in place to do cement board? also, the other 2 inside walls do not have this vapor barrier, I would have to add one, How do I add a vapor...
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    drywall over old plaster

    Hello everyone! This is my first post, and I believe it may be a doozie! My wife and I just bought a 1930 house that has been completely renovated inside in 2007, however the plastic tub surround was not installed properly and there was quite a bit of splitting of the silicone where the...
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