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CleveBucks;2198245; said:
Sounds like my guest bathroom project. Just found out I need to replace the shower valve because Kohler stopped making trim kits that will fit the old one.
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Yeah, I'll be replacing the valve...I don't know how to do plumbing (yet), father in law will be doing it for me

BusNative;2198286; said:
his and hers bathrooms? :pimp:
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:lol: you know it! Her's is upstairs, mine is downstairs

buckeyebri;2198369; said:
Love the demo.....

Are you putting in the new shower floor yourself? Tile or prefab?
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Keeping the steel tub that's already there. It's in great shape. I'm tiling the surrounding walls, and floor
 
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I'm replacing the wet bar sink in my soon to be sold hopefully house in Springfield. I went to clean it this past weekend thinking I would run some water through it and ended up having a very cold jet of water shooting up in the kitchen.

Basically the stem beneath the cold water handle corroded to the point where it broke apart. When I turned the handle, the handle basically fell off (since the top of the stem was screwed to the handle - it's an older sink design - which was a bit of a surprise to say the least.

Once I shut off the water below the sink on both sides, the hot water stem was basically in the same shape. :shake:
 
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Here's where I stand. I'm done for the night. Pretty good for 3 hours of work (removed old tile floor/linoleum, removed toilet, removed vanity/sink, and demo'd the old tile walls)

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Whoever installed the tile walls that I tore down was an idiot....you don't use greenboard under the tiles. I can't believe the wall was still up after demoing it. I kid you not, I barely tapped the middle of that back wall, and from the middle all the way to the right side just crumbled. :lol:

That would have sucked for the wifey if it collapsed in the shower :lol:
 
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Mac;2198438; said:
Here's where I stand. I'm done for the night. Pretty good for 3 hours of work (removed old tile floor/linoleum, removed toilet, removed vanity/sink, and demo'd the old tile walls)

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Whoever installed the tile walls that I tore down was an idiot....you don't use greenboard under the tiles. I can't believe the wall was still up after demoing it. I kid you not, I barely tapped the middle of that back wall, and from the middle all the way to the right side just crumbled. :lol:

That would have sucked for the wifey if it collapsed in the shower :lol:
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The same thing happened when I helped my brother demo one of his bathrooms.

make sure you stuff a rag down the drain hole of the toilet.
 
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Mac;2205930; said:
Lots of progress today...after about 8-9 hours of tiling, its starting to look like a bathroom again. I am exhausted

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Looks great! When the greenboard was first introduced it was touted, for a brief period, as ideal to use as a backerboard for tile work. I used it in a walk in shower about 25 or so years ago. It's still there, although that shower is in a guest bath and only used about 10 or so scattered days a year.
 
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Zippercat;2206079; said:
Looks great! When the greenboard was first introduced it was touted, for a brief period, as ideal to use as a backerboard for tile work. I used it in a walk in shower about 25 or so years ago. It's still there, although that shower is in a guest bath and only used about 10 or so scattered days a year.
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True. I wouldn't use it in a shower now, but I would in the other parts of the bathroom
 
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CleveBucks;2206201; said:
Lookin good. You're way ahead of me. I got my vapor barrier and Hardiebacker installed yesterday and called it a day. Gotta fill and sand some drywall tonight and paint, and then start tiling the shower.
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Yeah, I was debating skim coating and painting around the shower first, then tiling. But I decided with the holiday yesterday, I just wanted to get it over with in one day
 
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