Replacing an old shower enclosure?

[chris L]

toby
check out sterling or swanstone tub/shower surrounds . also ONLY buy faucets at plumbing supply like was said . Buy your tub bigger than 30 " you wont be sorry . Im in the process of finishing 2 bathrooms at my house now . Tile only the floor . the acrylic surrounds are much easier to clean . I tore mine right down to the studs and rebuilt it bigger by removing 1.5 closets . I even insulated every wall to minimize sound . Also put in a fan lite and gfi plugs . get the best vanity you can afford and blowes and homedirtpile are not the places to buy them either . The off the shelf stuff is garbage and the special order stuff only has better face frame and drawers with partical board carcass .

deep pockets help too !

[tlapinski]

The removal of the old tile on the walls is a killer! The old enclosure came down easily, but the tiles really are sticky. Decided to remove some of the grout before the tiles which has helped. I'll put up some pictures of the progress later.

[nightfighter]

Bigger persuader, that's all..... sawzall down between studs, pry off bigger pieces as whole sheet, tiles and greenboard together. Or sledgehammer... no need to be shy, it' demo.

[NIB]

U don't wanna start swingin a big hammer unless u want to do repairs on the adjoining walls.
To take the tile off cut the joints out in the corners.With a sawzall if u have one.
Pop a few holes in tru the tile to act like handles An u should be able to rock the whole wall off in big sections.Take note of where the seams are in the product behind the tile as it will let go there.If u can come in from the sides thats a good place to start.Use a pry bar but try to keep the sheet intact.Should only take a few hrs..Insulating for noise is a nice treat but don't over do it u want some air in there.
Also unless u cut a hole in the side of ur house u probably wont be able to get a one pc,unit in the bathroom.U would be surprised how many people get these things home before they realize this..

[baldwin]

Make sure ya make it big enough to fit at least a 9' rod in with ya.

[tlapinski]

Made some very good progress today. Started off trying to go easy on the dry wall. It didn't take long to realize that was a waste of time. Things really started to take off when I grabbed the mallet and pry bar and just kind of took out my frustration on the wall. Here is a string of pictures so far.

This is the before set of the shower and basin.

[tlapinski]

One wall down.