Joshua P Reddick
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Background: I have lived in this house for 2 years. The house is 12 years old. This shower is in the kids bathroom which I don't pay attention to much. Anyway, one day they pointed out mildew on the wall above the beadboard. I ended up tearing the wall out where I replaced a leaking cpvc pipe.
Now for the reason I'm here: now that I'm inside the wall, I see no vapor barrier behind the concrete board, and with the shower already tiled, I have no idea if a paint on membrane was used. The whole pan liner job looks pretty sloppy. There is water sitting in the crease where the concrete board and oatey liner meet, and the concrete board is wet for a couple of inches. This is NOT left over from the leak. It's had a few months to dry out. Is this a problem? Basically, I don't know whether to tear the shower out or just throw up a piece of green board and start getting things back together.
Now for the reason I'm here: now that I'm inside the wall, I see no vapor barrier behind the concrete board, and with the shower already tiled, I have no idea if a paint on membrane was used. The whole pan liner job looks pretty sloppy. There is water sitting in the crease where the concrete board and oatey liner meet, and the concrete board is wet for a couple of inches. This is NOT left over from the leak. It's had a few months to dry out. Is this a problem? Basically, I don't know whether to tear the shower out or just throw up a piece of green board and start getting things back together.