Installing a tub surround

▷▷▷Installing a tub surround

If your tub / shower has seen better days, why not an update? One of the most simple, inexpensive ways to replace your dingy lodging for the purchase and installation of a shower / tub surround kits.

Why drive?

These kits are usually on hand with three or five pieces. If the frame is perfectly square, three-piece (with a back wall and two side walls) of the way to go. But if you do it with crooked walls orWalls that are not perpendicular, offers five pieces (with a back wall, two corner panels and two side plates) for greater flexibility.

Not only do these boards, waterproof, are also easy to clean and is almost immediately back to your bathroom, not to love about that? And they come in a variety of materials, which pushed out of solid fiberglass coating. Although thicker slabs are usually more expensive, are more stable and easier to process.

Prep to work.

Before going to work to protect the bottom of your tub from scratches and dents with a heavy cloth. If your current shower interior is solid, flat, and the building in good condition, you can install the panels on existing material (just be sure to give it a good cleaning and scuff tile with sandpaper so that it would be better to handle the glue ). To dry, cut sections and replace wet from a version resistant to moisture. If you have a card> Surround, simply glue the loose tiles in place with glue for ceramic tiles. But if several tiles are loose, just completely remove and replace it with moisture-resistant drywall.

Now comes the hard part: removing the shower head, faucet and run-down and other accessories such as racks or wall-mounted soap dish.

Using a large piece of cardboard to create a model from the side of the tank with the bath taps. Measure the exact position of the tapBar, shower and spout. Drill holes in the box, hold the cardboard on the wall to ensure that the holes aligned with the positioning device, and mark the places surrounding the panel.

Installation.

Measure your walls and trim your records accordingly. Following the instructions of the manufacturer, the adhesive, then attach the panels to the walls and let dry thoroughly. Replace the seals and joints with the hardware.

ForFor more detailed information, read in Popular Mechanics and This Old House. Or watch these step-by-step video, courtesy of HGTV.

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