Dona
New Member
Hello everyone and thanks for reading! I am brand new to the forum "newbie" but if this forum is like the forum for my profession (RE appraiser), the help is usually priceless.
First, I understand that you might advise me to call in a professional, so if there is a member of this forum in the Orlando area, I will be happy to call you!
Here is my really big problem- All I wanted for Christmas was a new shower door (my home is approx 20 yrs old)
My husband was removing the frame from the old door and the tile easily came off the wall - I know big problem-been there done that once already.
We continued to remove tiles and saw lots of dampness and mold. To make a long story short, we removed all the tile from the shower and the sheetrock(looked like sheetrock-may not have been) which was also wet. We started removing the tile floor as well. My questions are:
1. Do we need to replace the shower pan? We found standing water in the pan (should this be draining to the drain?)
2. On the lower half of the shower we removed everything to the studs, what should we replace it with? There is green board on the studs on the upper half of the shower which is fine. Can we apply tile to this green board or do we need another layer of something?
3. How do we determine if the studs need replacing?
4. We removed the rotten moldy wood curb as well-it had a marble sill which I just hated (mildew collected underneath)-what should we replace that with?
5. Also running behind the copper piping to the shower head is an electrical cable-this just doesn't seem right (code????)
I wouldn't hesitate to call in the pros for everything, but my husband was laid off his job Dec. 1 and we are trying to do the best we can on a very limited budget.
I can do the tile work (my dad was a tile contractor), but the prep work to get to that point is scaring me. Any help or suggestions is greatly appreciated! (including what you think is a reasonable cost estimate if we have to call in the pros) Many thanks and Happy New Year!
First, I understand that you might advise me to call in a professional, so if there is a member of this forum in the Orlando area, I will be happy to call you!
Here is my really big problem- All I wanted for Christmas was a new shower door (my home is approx 20 yrs old)
My husband was removing the frame from the old door and the tile easily came off the wall - I know big problem-been there done that once already.
We continued to remove tiles and saw lots of dampness and mold. To make a long story short, we removed all the tile from the shower and the sheetrock(looked like sheetrock-may not have been) which was also wet. We started removing the tile floor as well. My questions are:
1. Do we need to replace the shower pan? We found standing water in the pan (should this be draining to the drain?)
2. On the lower half of the shower we removed everything to the studs, what should we replace it with? There is green board on the studs on the upper half of the shower which is fine. Can we apply tile to this green board or do we need another layer of something?
3. How do we determine if the studs need replacing?
4. We removed the rotten moldy wood curb as well-it had a marble sill which I just hated (mildew collected underneath)-what should we replace that with?
5. Also running behind the copper piping to the shower head is an electrical cable-this just doesn't seem right (code????)
I wouldn't hesitate to call in the pros for everything, but my husband was laid off his job Dec. 1 and we are trying to do the best we can on a very limited budget.
I can do the tile work (my dad was a tile contractor), but the prep work to get to that point is scaring me. Any help or suggestions is greatly appreciated! (including what you think is a reasonable cost estimate if we have to call in the pros) Many thanks and Happy New Year!