Johnny-Canuck
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I'm re-doing a small existing shower I have in an old house (approaching the century mark). I've taken it down to the studs and am now thinking about what I'm going to do for the shower pan. When I built the bathroom (tub and separate shower) originally over 30 years ago, I installed an off the shelf type molded fiberglass (?) shower pan. I've never had any problems with it in terms of its durability, its drain etc. so it's still totally functional and serviceable from my viewpoint, but obviously not particularly attractive after 30 years (see the picture - particularly dirty now because of the demolition).
As well, I'm also 30 years older now (approaching 70) so the thought of the extra work involved in reworking the drain to install a new pan is also not particularly attractive to me. The basement ceiling area under the shower is no longer exposed like it was when I did the work initially, so it means additional work and mess that at this stage in my life I'd prefer to avoid.
So my question is, can anyone suggest a good paintable coating that I could apply to my existing pan to simply freshen it up and "renew" it for another 5 to 10 years. (I expect that when I sell the house in that period of time, it will be purchased by someone that will buy it strictly for the property and tear the house down so I'm definitely not looking for the best (/ most expensive) solution since I'm not expecting any payback).
I'm simply trying to see if I might be able to find something that's waterproof, won't end up peeling off in a short period of time and can stand some degree of occasional scrubbing. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
As well, I'm also 30 years older now (approaching 70) so the thought of the extra work involved in reworking the drain to install a new pan is also not particularly attractive to me. The basement ceiling area under the shower is no longer exposed like it was when I did the work initially, so it means additional work and mess that at this stage in my life I'd prefer to avoid.
So my question is, can anyone suggest a good paintable coating that I could apply to my existing pan to simply freshen it up and "renew" it for another 5 to 10 years. (I expect that when I sell the house in that period of time, it will be purchased by someone that will buy it strictly for the property and tear the house down so I'm definitely not looking for the best (/ most expensive) solution since I'm not expecting any payback).
I'm simply trying to see if I might be able to find something that's waterproof, won't end up peeling off in a short period of time and can stand some degree of occasional scrubbing. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.