to install our new shower. I have picked the tiles for the floor and the walls. I have a question and am seeking advice on our existing linoleum. When our shower leaked some of the floor boards swelled a bit and the back side of the linoleum and floor board has some mold on it. My husbands opinion is that we can cut off the mold portion of the linoleum and save the rest. My opinion is to rip it out (not take any chances with mold regrowth as we have two children in the house with allergies) and install new floor board and tile. We are already into this job for $3000(which we have saved for) for installation of the new shower and money is tight. What are your opinions on keeping the linoleum? How much would have to be cut off past the mold if we did keep the existing linoleum? If we decided on ripping out the linoleum could we do some of the prep work ourselves to cut down on the costs? Thank you in advance for your expertice!

doors removed and no sign of leakage (rust) around screws holding it in place, some of tile removed as obviously wet on outside of shower but no evidence of pooling water behind tile inside shower. Holes cut in wall and plumbing appears to be okay ie dry. We have had our builder to the house twice in warranty period and they did nothing to solve problem and now we have a bigger problem ie swollen sub floor, water damage on wall and baseboards, swollen door jam obvious water marks. They have come back to try and help us solve source of leaking but plumber and tile contractors that came can not determine the source of leak. What would you do? I suggested to my husband ripping the whole thing out and re-doing it but we really can not afford this. We have already had a claim on house insurance due to slow leak in brand new fridge since we moved into house and had to have entire first floor laminate replaced and our undermounted sink fell off the granite in the second year of living in brand new house(which we also had to pay for). Any suggestions/advice appreciated. Thank you in advance.

Jodie