I've been meaning to post this and am finally getting around to it. 1st I took out the old tub (hardest part). And no, I don't have pics/video of me cussing my way though that. Next I built the frame for the tub.
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Then I covered with cement board.
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Next I made some guides to give my floor the slope I wanted.
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Then I poured the floor in and smoothed it out. I can't remember is this was concrete, Portland or what. It's been a while. I followed a video I found online. If you dig around on YouTube I'm sure you could find it.
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Then I painted everything with several coats of this water sealing material.
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Next came the tile.
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Then I put grout and fixtures. Unfortunately I dropped the ball and didn't get any pics of the last part. I'll have to take my phone and get some pics after the girls clean it. We probably should have converted to a shower but the wife didn't want to lose her only place to soak. Why did we do it in the first place? Well, no matter what we did we couldn't get the corners (where the caulk was) to stop molding. We looked for one of those complete shells with no luck. Then we saw the video I mentioned and I told her I had an idea how to build this and fix the problem. You probably can't tell but Put the three edges of the tub at an angle rather than flat so the water can't sit in the corners. Worked out pretty good. Of course I can't take full credit. My buddy is awesome with tile and I was mostly the helper on that part.Comment
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Never seen that before, that’s awesome. ��Comment
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why did you use caulk instead of the same grout you used with all the rest of it?Comment
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The caulk I was talking about was from before we built the new tub.Originally posted by Beardedbuck View PostComment
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Oh alright, I'm with you now. Still looks good. My wife is wanting to add onto our little farmhouse that we've bought so she can have a "soaking tub".Originally posted by donpablo View PostComment
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So how are you going to keep the water from leaching through the grout joints? I just had to rip out a tub in my 1.5 year old house because I had too much decking area around the tub. My son would not dry up the water on the deck from the shower and we got all kinds of mold behind the tile through the grout joints.
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IDK. Mold behind the tile is a new one on me. How did you find out it was molding?Originally posted by Mike D View PostSo how are you going to keep the water from leaching through the grout joints? I just had to rip out a tub in my 1.5 year old house because I had too much decking area around the tub. My son would not dry up the water on the deck from the shower and we got all kinds of mold behind the tile through the grout joints.
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