What do I do in this space? This is in my basement with 82" ceiling that is not level with the floor. There is a difference at the top of the tile to the ceiling from left to right that grows from 0 to 3/4" (excuse the blue tape, makes chalking a little easier).
Should I just mud it and paint the same color as the ceiling?
Any other ideas are much appreciated!
Put up a ceramic cove, quarter round, chair rail or small crown or something. Look at profiles and see if they have one in the color of your wall tile.
I am using 24"x48" porcelain to build a small feature wall in front of our exercise equipment. The tile will come to the floor which is luxruy vinyl on tapcon secured dricore. What do you recommend as a space between the floor surface and the 1st row of tile? I was thinking 1/8". Is that too large? Note, the tile is black/gray and the grout is the same color giving the appearance of no grout lines.
My 2nd or 3rd post here and thanks to the forum for all the help.
Relevant info about bathroom:
Home built 1950's
Walls : Lathe Plaster
Shower : Not Original
Ok sometime about the 1960's the bathroom had some rennovations done. They ended up putting plastic tile on the walls ( all walls ) to include surrounding the tub.
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At some point this waterproof paneling was added above the tile
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Ok so I'm wanting to actually, hire out, redoing the bathroom, but just as of right now it's not in the budget. Since we've moved in we've been showering, which I'm seeing as being a flipping no no. As such in the surround area tiles are popping off. This is the 2nd time tiles have come off and now I'm going to try and reattach them. I got FRP panel to put on the walls. Here is what my walls are looking like
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I know I've got mold ( black stuff ) but at the moment I've sprayed with bleach and water and I'm trying to get the walls dried out.
1. The scratch coat is flaking off in large portions
2. Along the bottom tub/wall interface the plaster is/has crumbling it's like sand at the moment still wet.
When I do the renovations, I want to remove the lathe and plaster and go 100% drywall ( I know how to repair holes and stuff in that ).
Can the above pics be repaired enough to put the new FRP paneling up to get me through a year of saving up my budget? If it can be repaired enough what does that look like. Do I get the wall dried out. Get the crumbly loose stuff out from tub/wall interface. Do I file those spots back in with new plaster / grout / cement ) Would I have to put a new scratch coat on?
I talked with the wife about maybe just gut the bathroom remove the bathtub and just put a shower surround in and just reinstall sink and wall cabinets ( just to get the walls repaired )
I just need to know what repair work I need to do on that exposed plaster wall so that I could put the FRP up.
Thank You all for your time and advice,
Regards,
B
03-24-23, 01:33 PM
Tile job just short of ceiling
