Green Genie
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I'm renovating an upstairs bathroom and have stripped out the builder grade 60x30 steel tub and removed the alcove tiled area down to the studs. The tub was sitting on 5/8 ply subfloor and the finished floor is 3/8 sanded ply underlay and sheet vinyl butted up against the tub skirt.
My plan for the floor is to remove the sheet vinyl, install ditra and 3/8 porcelain floor tile. I'm still in the planning/purchasing materials process.
This might sound like a dumb question, (I was told there are no dumb questions only dumb answers) but to establish my flooring and plumbing elevations, would you install the tub on the 5/8 subfloor then tile up to the side of the skirt or have the floor finished then install the tub on top of the tile? What are the advantages/disadvantages of each install sequence?
Thanks for your help!
Dan
Go Canucks
My plan for the floor is to remove the sheet vinyl, install ditra and 3/8 porcelain floor tile. I'm still in the planning/purchasing materials process.
This might sound like a dumb question, (I was told there are no dumb questions only dumb answers) but to establish my flooring and plumbing elevations, would you install the tub on the 5/8 subfloor then tile up to the side of the skirt or have the floor finished then install the tub on top of the tile? What are the advantages/disadvantages of each install sequence?
Thanks for your help!
Dan
Go Canucks