Unsped42
New Member
Probably an easy question, but I'm looking at tearing out my existing standard 5' wide shower that is rock lath + float + tile ... super thick oldschool stuff. I'd like to try an leave as much wall intact in the rest of the bathroom, so that means trying to blend the old and the new.
I expect when the shower walls are cut out there will be a distance of 1"+ from the rest of the intact walls to the studs. Do people generally stack cementboard to get a similar thickness, put spacer strips behind the cementboard, only rip out entire walls?
It's a fully tile shower, all walls + ceiling. I'm hoping I can chip off the ceiling tiles and smooth the surface then paint instead of having to bring the ceiling down also. Fools errand?
If it helps I likely will be going with a fiberglass pan, and tile walls, I know the pan generally attaches to the studs and likely has a limit to the wall thickness that might complicate things.
Thanks!
I expect when the shower walls are cut out there will be a distance of 1"+ from the rest of the intact walls to the studs. Do people generally stack cementboard to get a similar thickness, put spacer strips behind the cementboard, only rip out entire walls?
It's a fully tile shower, all walls + ceiling. I'm hoping I can chip off the ceiling tiles and smooth the surface then paint instead of having to bring the ceiling down also. Fools errand?
If it helps I likely will be going with a fiberglass pan, and tile walls, I know the pan generally attaches to the studs and likely has a limit to the wall thickness that might complicate things.
Thanks!