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My ensuite shower started to leak behind a few loose tiles ankle high. At the same time the tub diverter valve in the main bathroom was leaking. Since I wanted to redo my ensuite I decided it was a good time to smash the walls down fix the problems and move on to the next disaster. Turns out the main bathtub drain was also leaking so I fixed that and the diverter valve and now moved on to the ensuite. The tub drain was actually leaking onto the basement ceiling and bowed down one drywall panel
Shower Pan out with some stain marks on the floor from the leaky tiles that started all this. I noticed no plastic sheet vapour barrier that would of prevented the leaking into the under pan area, correct ? I plan on installing one, basically staple some plastic sheet then put on the wall right and make sure the plastic drains into the lip of the pan ?
The shower used to have ugly tiles so I destroyed the walls up to the point they ended, more or less.
I'm not sure if this is the correct technique but it did feel good to break. I went out and bought that sledgehammer to play with on the job. I'm guessing I should get a fancy type of saw to cut the drywall even all the way across. I didn't want to take out anymore because I am afraid of messing around up near the ceiling.
Top of destruction:
Here is the rest of the bathroom. Here I want to put in a pedastal sink to make more legroom and less crowded , a new mirror, light and some kind of storage rack or medicine type cabinet wall mounted.
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Post your thoughts wise ones and I'll post back when I've moved ahead on the ordeal with new information.
My ensuite shower started to leak behind a few loose tiles ankle high. At the same time the tub diverter valve in the main bathroom was leaking. Since I wanted to redo my ensuite I decided it was a good time to smash the walls down fix the problems and move on to the next disaster. Turns out the main bathtub drain was also leaking so I fixed that and the diverter valve and now moved on to the ensuite. The tub drain was actually leaking onto the basement ceiling and bowed down one drywall panel
Shower Pan out with some stain marks on the floor from the leaky tiles that started all this. I noticed no plastic sheet vapour barrier that would of prevented the leaking into the under pan area, correct ? I plan on installing one, basically staple some plastic sheet then put on the wall right and make sure the plastic drains into the lip of the pan ?
The shower used to have ugly tiles so I destroyed the walls up to the point they ended, more or less.
I'm not sure if this is the correct technique but it did feel good to break. I went out and bought that sledgehammer to play with on the job. I'm guessing I should get a fancy type of saw to cut the drywall even all the way across. I didn't want to take out anymore because I am afraid of messing around up near the ceiling. Top of destruction:
Here is the rest of the bathroom. Here I want to put in a pedastal sink to make more legroom and less crowded , a new mirror, light and some kind of storage rack or medicine type cabinet wall mounted.
Up next on the drop-kick parade:
Post your thoughts wise ones and I'll post back when I've moved ahead on the ordeal with new information.
