Before and After

I know y’all have heard me go on lately about the project that was thrown on me a while back. I can only remember fishing once in the last 5 weeks. And it’s about to wear a little thin. For those of you that have never done a ceramic tile shower from tear down to complete, you have no idea how tedious it is. Two words have become my nemesis; Dry Time.

After it failed and I tore it out it was 5 days under a fan before it was dry enough to start work. Just kept finding stuff that should have been dry that wasn’t. Every stage has to dry at least overnight and some more than that. Materials aren’t that expensive, but I now know why those guys charge so much for the job. Gas alone for the repeated trips is considerable. I found I had two saving graces, having seen it done for many years and you tube. I’ve watched so many videos that I know my hard drive is about full. Materials have improved, as has the techniques used. Things that were acceptable years back aren’t considered any more. One in particular I found is the waterproofing. Like the latex I used when laying rug, it is used as a full coverage water barrier. Look up red guard in you tube and you’ll understand better than I can explain.

Finished caulking and grouting today and I’m ready to put showers where and when you can are now past. It is the nicest that my Queen have ever had in any of our houses. I’m absolutely thrilled that it’s in the rear view with the exception of straightening up the wall on the bathroom side, piece of cake. A few pics, the one with the dark green is the water barrier, and I left a bunch out. Thanks for all your patience listening to me whine about workin and not fishin, I missed a good couple of weeks.

Too funny. I did that very job back in IL just last year about this time. It's a pain, but it came out much better than even I thought. Good job Skeet. Thanks for sharing. And thanks for not asking me to come over and help! lol Oh, fishin' ain't been that great for me any who, at least by me it ain't. Can't go to far cause I got a sick puppy, well, maybe she really ain't a puppy at 15 years old. doh, but at least Abbey seems to be getting better.

Looks fantastic.

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Great job looks up most and professional


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Looks like a lot of fun!Same tile and border we used in ours a few years back,I put two heads in,his and hers,worked out nice.I know your glad to be done! Go Fish!

Good news on abbey boss. Hope she keeps it up.

Wow, I’m impressed. I have one I need to do.
Nice job, it really changed the look of it.

Great job Tim. I don’t know how your poor back held up on all that. Very tedious work for sure. Something to be proud of though.

Gotta love those bathroom jobs, showers and toilets are always needed and something we can't do without! Looks good, not a crappie job at all! :Rofl

​Good work Skeet.

Looks good Tim

Looks good skeet!

I feel your pain, I closed on my house jan 31st and haven't worked less than 12 hours a day since, between my jobs and home improvements I mean. Except for Tuesday, I came home, decided to take a quick nap before running to the house to do some trim work. Laid down at 6pm....woke up a 4am rotfl finally gave out

Nice end result Tim, besides the Queenly satisfaction the back to fish availability has turned to GREEN!:fish:HandsClapping

Looks good skeet. I was always one to say, "Call the Man" whenever I needed something repaired or redone... mainly due to my lack of time to do any of it during my working years. Now, since retired (disabled) and on a fixed income... I am forced to take on all sorts of projects (at least the ones I can do) that I would never do before. I agree that youtube is one of the greatest resources there is... and I too watch hours and hours of DIY videos until I feel confident (or as confident as possible) with every step of the process. What are you going to tear into next??

Sunshine, I had to take a couple of days like that. A tough day at work didn’t leave enough of me to work on the shower.

K... bite your tongue. I still have the doorway and the bathroom side to finish. One side of the doorway has a swell of 3/4” that I have to grind down to remove to make it work, not looking forward to doing my pillsbury doughboy imitation. I know I’ll be covered in the stuff. Gotta buy a breather before I even think about it. I still love the work, but I liked it better when I didn’t hurt so bad when I was done for the day.

I don't have the patience to do tedious work like that.

Looks great.

Always a good feeling when you finish project on your own...WTG Tim!!

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Nice job for sure !!

Looks great Tim, glad to hear your done so now you can get back to the more important things like fishing. Also we are all glad that we don't have to listen to you whine any more.[emoji2][emoji2][emoji2]

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