Father in law and I spent the day demoing our “master bath” (I wouldn’t call it that lmao). Shower has been leaking water out and behind the toilet. I tried digging the grout out and caulking it but still was sleeping by and finally started to mold as well as swell up the dry wall and cabinets. F**k it, time to gut it.
Found all my attic insulation lol
Got to the shower and found the dumbass that redid the shower before we bought the place half assed the step and membrane. They put the membrane down, did the walls and tiled, then did the step and floor tile. In doing so, the membrane could not be cupped up in the corners by the step and created a trough that let water out into the bathroom on both sides
You can see the membrane goes down below the wall and step and than wraps back up behind the wall. Idiots
Knocked the floor out. They also spot set the tiles and no thin set or mud tape over the joints of the cement board. Not that you have to have it but makes it nicer. Plus half the damn screws were hammered straight and not recessed into the board at all.
Lucked out on the mold. It was mainly on the acrylic paint and not much behind the wall. It looks bad in the pic but that’s cause I sprayed the shit out of it with a mold killer. There is some wood rot but it’s just the bottom edge.
Finished for the day.
Going to reuse the counter and sink. New toilet, new cabinets, keep the old floor tile, like to do a more modern style shower head setup, redo the shower floor and tile the shower back in correctly. I was really dreading this but I’m kinda excited to get this done
anyway acid washing the tile today then sealing it after.
