Andrew Berg
New Member
Hi:
I am in the process of tiling my bathtub walls (~1950's house, original tub). I've brought the walls to studs, and was about to put up tile backer, when I fully realized one side (right side) of the tub is about 3/4" away from the tub flange. The other side, and the back are butting up almost against the studs.
Image Here: http://i.imgur.com/VgxXUia.jpg
The wall used to have drywall, and a plastic tub surround.
The issue this creates is that the wall with the extra distance butts up against existing drywall (top, to the side), so if I shim this to get the tile backer closer to the tubs flange, I am going to have at least a 1/2" of tile backer protruding out next to drywall.
Been looking around, but cannot seem find what others have done (other than the, I guess, obvious one of replacing all the drywall; which I want to avoid ). Tub isn't moving either.
Thanks for any suggestions!
I am in the process of tiling my bathtub walls (~1950's house, original tub). I've brought the walls to studs, and was about to put up tile backer, when I fully realized one side (right side) of the tub is about 3/4" away from the tub flange. The other side, and the back are butting up almost against the studs.
Image Here: http://i.imgur.com/VgxXUia.jpg
The wall used to have drywall, and a plastic tub surround.
The issue this creates is that the wall with the extra distance butts up against existing drywall (top, to the side), so if I shim this to get the tile backer closer to the tubs flange, I am going to have at least a 1/2" of tile backer protruding out next to drywall.
Been looking around, but cannot seem find what others have done (other than the, I guess, obvious one of replacing all the drywall; which I want to avoid ). Tub isn't moving either.
Thanks for any suggestions!