Hi all. I'm trying to remodel my kids' bathroom.Backstory: this past Spring, I paid a company with good reviews to come out and replace the old tub/shower with a new one. I wound up underwhelmed because of this:
Currently, I'm in the thick of a portion of the project with the end goal of laying tile a bit over midway up the bathroom walls, putting some accent tile above and around the shower enclosure, and then tiling the floor. I am stuck! What I want to do is to put mosaic tile as the accent tile around the shower, but I've got this mess going on with the shower flange. The shower surround is a Sterling by Kohler something-or-another, and the flange extends 1.25" and is roughly 3/32" thick. The Hardiebacker I'm using is a half-inch thick and then there's the original drywall abutting it. I wanted to retain as much drywall as possible above the shower because I didn't want to mess with the corners at the ceiling and really just wanted to use tile as an accent in that location. However, I've got serious unevenness (thickness) problems between the drywall, the Hardiebacker, and the shower flange. In addition, I've discovered that when the new tub was installed, gaps were left between the wall studs and some of the flange edges (no shims). (We're talking 1/4" gaps.) How on earth do I deal with this in order to accomplish my tiling goal? I've been researching online and have not yet found a solution. I'm hopefully successfully attaching some photos to try and illustrate the situation. Please help, I'm at a standstill!
Currently, I'm in the thick of a portion of the project with the end goal of laying tile a bit over midway up the bathroom walls, putting some accent tile above and around the shower enclosure, and then tiling the floor. I am stuck! What I want to do is to put mosaic tile as the accent tile around the shower, but I've got this mess going on with the shower flange. The shower surround is a Sterling by Kohler something-or-another, and the flange extends 1.25" and is roughly 3/32" thick. The Hardiebacker I'm using is a half-inch thick and then there's the original drywall abutting it. I wanted to retain as much drywall as possible above the shower because I didn't want to mess with the corners at the ceiling and really just wanted to use tile as an accent in that location. However, I've got serious unevenness (thickness) problems between the drywall, the Hardiebacker, and the shower flange. In addition, I've discovered that when the new tub was installed, gaps were left between the wall studs and some of the flange edges (no shims). (We're talking 1/4" gaps.) How on earth do I deal with this in order to accomplish my tiling goal? I've been researching online and have not yet found a solution. I'm hopefully successfully attaching some photos to try and illustrate the situation. Please help, I'm at a standstill!
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