I am installing a 3-piece (not including door) Sterling Neo-angle shower unit. I have hung the sheetrock (Densarmor Plus mold and moisture resistant) and per-instructions have left a 1/8" gap between the sheetrock and the shower wall edge (sheetrock lays on top of shower wall nailing flange). I was thinking I will use GE Silicone II XST caulk for this gap since that caulk is paintable and the gap is not in the shower wet area. The XST is the paintable Silicone II, NOT the un-paintable Silicone II Kitchen and Bath caulk. My questions - I have seen other posts ask the question and do not see how the the drywall and be mudded before the gap is caulked without risking filling the gap with mud. So the gap needs to be caulked before the wall is mudded - right???? If I caulk the 1/8" gap FLAT with the drywall surface first and then mud over drywall AND caulk, will the mud stick to the caulk? Should I caulk the gap and bevel the caulk "up" the shower edge, above the drywall surface and not mud over the caulk, but up to it, and just paint over mud and caulk? I am stumped on which way to do this. Keep in mind that the "gap" to be filled with caulk is 1/8" wide and 1/2" deep, so don't want to have to remove the caulk and re-do it anytime soon. I have searched and the closest answer to my question in another post was: http://forum.doityourself.com/showthread.php?t=213036&highlight=flatboard+shower+flange Any help would be appreciated!

I am trying to take off the backsplash tile in our bathroom, so I can hopefully remove the tile counter and vanity to replace them with a new vanity that has a sink attached. I removed the sink and can't for the life of me see how to get the counter off. I think I see staples and maybe adhesive holding them together. Do I have to sledge hammer the tile off to be able to remove them from the vanity? I began removing the back splash tiles, since they seem to slightly overlap the counter tiles, but I am destroying the drywall behind them. It appears they were stuck directly to the drywall. What can I do? Also, this house has drywall with the textured surface, so patching the look may be tricky. Is there another forum I should ask how to make that texture? Thanks, Wendy