I am remodeling my bathroom and have a couple of questions. I have done a complete remodel in a prior home but in my current house I have a couple of challenges that I did not have in my last. here it goes...
1. My house has foam board on under the siding (no OSB) then has craft faced insulation with the paper facing the interior. when I demo'd the bath/shower wall the two exterior walls didt have a vapor barrier, just cement board screwed to the studs. I assume they craft paper was the vapor barrier. There was 0 water damage. My questions is...When I go to finish I was going to put up cement board then paint with Redguard. Is this an issue because I have kraft faced insulation? Also curious how the foam board comes into play? Does it affect my strategy?
2. I have completed my water supply rough in but am a little stumped on what to do with the tub. I am installing a Kohler 72" Archer tub with apron. I do not have access from below an very little from behind (with the wall removed). I will have zero access once the wall is installed. I have read a lot and it sounds like most will measure a lot, test fit numerous times then glue all the plumbing together. At that point they just set the tub on top of the drain when ready to install. I think that sounds manageable but I am planning on putting down a mortar bed per instructions and to help level ( I am .5" low on the drain side). I am concerned that I will get all my plumbing roughed in then when I add the mud I will not be able to get the tub down far enough to meet the drain flange because of the mortar.
I hope the above makes sense.
Any thoughts or comments would be much appreciated.
1. My house has foam board on under the siding (no OSB) then has craft faced insulation with the paper facing the interior. when I demo'd the bath/shower wall the two exterior walls didt have a vapor barrier, just cement board screwed to the studs. I assume they craft paper was the vapor barrier. There was 0 water damage. My questions is...When I go to finish I was going to put up cement board then paint with Redguard. Is this an issue because I have kraft faced insulation? Also curious how the foam board comes into play? Does it affect my strategy?
2. I have completed my water supply rough in but am a little stumped on what to do with the tub. I am installing a Kohler 72" Archer tub with apron. I do not have access from below an very little from behind (with the wall removed). I will have zero access once the wall is installed. I have read a lot and it sounds like most will measure a lot, test fit numerous times then glue all the plumbing together. At that point they just set the tub on top of the drain when ready to install. I think that sounds manageable but I am planning on putting down a mortar bed per instructions and to help level ( I am .5" low on the drain side). I am concerned that I will get all my plumbing roughed in then when I add the mud I will not be able to get the tub down far enough to meet the drain flange because of the mortar.
I hope the above makes sense.
Any thoughts or comments would be much appreciated.