Chris Evans
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Looking for experts to tell me if my contractor is feeding me BS or this is how it is. Long story short, I hired a local company back in dec. 2016 to remodel 2 showers in my townhouse. In the master bathroom, they were removing the cast iron tub and tile walls and installing acrylic walls, flat shower pan and sliding glass doors and same in the spare bath except a plastic tub. Anyway after the installation was done in feb, I noticed that various sections of the bathroom walls can easily be pushed in where others areas are solid. Almost like there is dead air space or not enough sealant behind the panels. I brought this up to the contractor who gave me this reply.
""""All of our walls are designed to expand and contract as the house moves we us a butyl tape, it's a flexible product. I have photos of all the new green board that was installed last week. Where the wall comes down to the tub or shower pan there is a lip/flange behind it the wall goes over so water doesn't get behind the walls. It is integrated into the product. The installer checked it today and everything is solid. Of course around the flange/lip it's gonna be "spongy". see photos of un installed material showing the flange. It is also used to secure the tub and base in location. I sent them Just for reference""""
My question is, is my contractor feeding me BS or is it normal for there to be spongy areas in the acrylic walls? Not sure about the butyl tape as I have seem some of the panels off and it looks as if there is a white thick sealant holding the walls on.
""""All of our walls are designed to expand and contract as the house moves we us a butyl tape, it's a flexible product. I have photos of all the new green board that was installed last week. Where the wall comes down to the tub or shower pan there is a lip/flange behind it the wall goes over so water doesn't get behind the walls. It is integrated into the product. The installer checked it today and everything is solid. Of course around the flange/lip it's gonna be "spongy". see photos of un installed material showing the flange. It is also used to secure the tub and base in location. I sent them Just for reference""""
My question is, is my contractor feeding me BS or is it normal for there to be spongy areas in the acrylic walls? Not sure about the butyl tape as I have seem some of the panels off and it looks as if there is a white thick sealant holding the walls on.