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My wife

"RapidRabbit" said:
Now while you're at it you'll end up remodeling the whole bathroom too. One thing leads to another and another.
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Kind of like working on an old mustang...
 
Well she is taking up the sub floor now. It was "soft" in some places by the tub and had gaps or holes where the wall was.
She is doing most of the work. I'm just "supervising"
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The sub floor was MDF, it was soft and crumbly. Looks like from moisture over the years.
I cut some 3/4" plywood and replaced the area around the tub and toilet. Now she is doing bodywork on the walls and she is going to tile the floor. She is going to prime the plywood with Kilz first, then I will caulk the heck out of it.
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"silverblueBP" said:
Change the tub to a walk-in shower!
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I'd love to but it's not in the budget! Actually none of this was but she got the wild hair...
I'm glad I guess cuz we found moisture damage that we were unaware of. And the 70's style was getting really old. The house was built in 69 and had no improvements when we bought it. We have slowly and I do mean slowly updated with wood floors, paint, etc. The bathrooms are all in desperate need of modernization. It just cuts into the toy funds! We will tile and paint, she is stripping the wallpaper. I will refinish the vanity and put new hardware, it will be a mild upgrade instead of a major remodel (I hope).
The house is already not worth what we owe so I'm not dumping a ton into it.
 
"Grabber70Mach" said:
Not 100% sure Craig but I thought the correct substrate/backing for tile was a concrete backer board.
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Plywood (even chip board) is pretty commonly used but you're right, a "concrete" board would be best. The main concerns are flatness and rigidity. If the wood flexes you can get some major issues with cracking of the tile and grout. If the tile and grout are sealed properly (and toilet set right), water/moisture are not really a factor.
 
Well I didn't do the concrete so I hope the floor holds up. The budget bath is almost done.
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I have to go pick up some bade board trim and quarter round. Should be done today.
 
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My wife sponge painted the counter to give a granite look.
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She got a battle wound.
I was cutting some nails that were sticking out of the ceiling 2x4's with a cut off wheel on my dremel and a hot one fell onto my wife below.
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Branded!
 
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Looks great. Sometimes a few changes can really make a huge difference. :thu

I showed my wife and she likes the counter a lot.
Now she wants to do it here. Thanks a lot. Of course minus the branding from hot metal.
 
Thanks. We are in Bowling Green looking for new hardware and a few other finishing touches
The whole project should come on around $250
I had a lot of the materials already
The floor tile was the biggest expense
 
"tarafied1" said:
Well I didn't do the concrete so I hope the floor holds up. The budget bath is almost done.
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I would not worry about it at all... I've done several tile floors over plywood 14 years ago that have no issues whatsoever. My brother's restaurant had tile over cement backer board that had some tiles crack and the cement beneath just ended up disintegrating!!! I had to pull an all-nighter to fix a bunch of spots where the cement board failed. Later he had the whole floor stripped down and replaced with new plywood new 4x4 clay tiles and so far for the last 2-3 years no issues!

The only place I use the cement board is on shower / tub walls....

Looks great by the way... Your wife does nice work.
 
thanks all.
I just finished up the trim and hardware. My wife put a clear coat on the counter. It turned out pretty well for under $300 and four days work.
 
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