Large Porcelain Tiles for Shower Walls

BigJim

Thanks Mike, I got the valves figured out today, all I will need is two, two way valves. I will check out the Pex, I have never used it before, I still have a bunch of copper fittings and some copper pipe left. I plan to run the overhead pipe under the sheet rock that is there now and add 2 inch rigid styrofoam insulation as an added measure. The attic is well insulated already so I think that will work.
Here is where I am now, I did finish tearing out the rock on the back wall. Also a couple of pictures of the half bath we built before we started the full bath.

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Jim

oh'mike

I like the colors in the 1/2 bath---

Your plan for the plumbing will be fine---I've done that in this area and not had a freezing problem---

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jeffnc

Fine. Wall tile is preferable to floor tile for walls.

Just read the Durock instructions.

It's a fine company, but of course like most companies they make more than 1 line of thinset and grout.

I think a sanded 1/4" grout line on a shower wall would tend toward the ugly side.

The door mounting hardware goes on top of the finished tile. Make sure you have double studs in the wall behind the tile where you want the doors to go. Cutting the holes for the mounting screws through tile is pretty easy.

BigJim

Thanks Jeff, I appreciate your input. I can't remember which I have now, sanded or unsanded, I will have to look.

I had thought about quartering all the 12" tiles but then I thought about how to edge them and how accurate I could cut them consistently so I forgot about that.

Today I am working on getting the rest of the sheet rock out, I see some rot behind the commode also. While getting the wainscoting from behind the commode yesterday I messed the seals up from the tank to the base so now I will need to replace them while I am at it. I should have just taken the commode out of the way to start with.

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Jim

jeffnc

I'm glad you did

oh'mike

Sounds like fun----That's the joys of remodeling an older house---some surprises are always hiding behind the wall board.

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ToolSeeker

Getting old ain't for sissies.

ToolSeeker

Getting old ain't for sissies.
As long as you can get to it also but blocking around toilet for grab bars. You never know.

BigJim

Ain't that the truth.

I put one of my tarps around the tub so we could take a shower and not having anything at all to hold on to was scary. I told Judy we were going to have grab bars everywhere.

Wes, our grandson came by after school again today and helped me out a lot. All we have to tear out is the wall behind the commode. Wes is a real life saver, he has helped me so much and I really appreciate it a bunch.
Tomorrow the tub is coming out, I hope.

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Jim

BigJim

Got a little more done today, the tub is out and I can see what I need to replace from top side, I will look under tomorrow and see what needs replacing under there. I was surprised to see no more damage that there actually is.

Mike, I have a shot of the bottom of the shower base, how thick should I make the mud base under the shower base? The instructions call for plaster to be mound up in four places then set the base forcing the plaster to spread out under. Would I do the mortar the same way?

Here are the pictures.

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I put the base in place to see what all I would need to do to get ready to set it, the first thing, cut the hole for the drain and wouldn't you know it. And the joists are red oak and hard as Superman's knee caps.

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Jim

oh'mike

Damn----I hate it when that happens!!!

Any possibility you could shift the location a couple of inches??

As to the mud under the pan--I usually make about 8 piles about the size of a cow patty---enough that when you push, wiggle and press--the pan ends up sitting flat.

That joist is one reason I build so many pans by hand---

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BigJim

I wish I could but I can't. I will just head the joist off in a couple of places and be done with it. I took the underlayment and sub floor up a little while ago, one joist is rotten and one is not even there at all. No insulation under the floor either so this will give me a chance to put more in.

Thanks for telling me about the mud, This what I was looking for.

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Jim

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Your house sure has had some water damage over the years----at least you can do some of that from the top--

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BigJim

That water has been pouring in through a 3 inch hole in the roof since 1994 and we didn't know it. The hole can't be seen from the ground.

I got a question, when I put the mounds of mortar under the base, I know the drain fitting must be fastened to the base permanently as I can not take the base back up, right? Do I put some mortar where the drain fitting is so that part will be supported?

I have built membrane bases with the grout and laid tiles using Portland back when we had to soak the tiles over night. I wonder why they stopped doing it that way, it sure was easy and quick. I just have never installed a fiberglass base before. I appreciate your help Mike.

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