What's the best way to repair this shower wall?
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I believe you will need some kind of backer board so the water does not get in between the tiles and the wood. You could get some white tiles and put them back on. If you have the funds I would remove the tiles and replace them.
Use a cement backer board under the tile attached at the studs. You might need to remove more times to do so, but the cement backer board provides more protection against leaks than does blue or green board which is just a drywall with some protection against moisture.
Who opened the wall up? contractor, plumber? hope they saved some of the tiles.
Measure the tiles, go to a tile store and see if you can get some that color, if not get white and have www.klasskote.com make a custom batch of epoxy that color pink.
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If you redo the shower, make sure to use waterproof sheetrock, along with a barrier so you don't have moisture, and that in turn causes lose tiles. Find a good tile man, check with Home Advisor. com on your computer. They are screened for everything, license, insurance, any complaints against them, etc. Since you live in a rural area, some contractor will be glad to have work that's close to home.
Remove your hardware first, then go buy some 1/4 inch hardybacker, for a normal tub 4 sheets will do you, then screw them right over that old tile and just retile the entire tub surround with your choice of tile. Make sure to use the correct caulk once your project is grouted and dry. At least a day or so.
I am redoing over one myself in January, but mine is just new fugly tile I thought was pretty in the box. Good Luck!
definitely use waterproof sheetrock
All true.
I live in Az. and we have no mold problems so I tend to forget to mention that a mold issue should be taken care of first. Bleach usually takes care of it, but who knows what lurks behind those walls.
Depending on the age of the tile, it may have been attached to a mesh screen. I would want to make sure no water had been penetrating the grout on all the tiles. You can do a patch job. If you start changing the depth by attaching cement board you will have to also modify plumbing. Then you could do the bottom half and make a shampoo shelf. You could buy a tub surround kit and put it over the existing tile. Good luck.