long story short:
bath fully renovated 11 yrs ago. i didn’t notice that as the new floor (including new joists) settled, the bath sank a wee bit and over time water had wicked up into the wall, behind the tiles which stop at about 25″ above top of tub. above that is the substrate for the tile below it, cement board topped with green board, but the upper area that’s exposed was well-sealed with numerous coats of oil based sealer, paint, and poly (all are oil). this upper portion around the tub has always been absolutely fine until this year, when i noticed the paint/sealer layers were suddenly cracking and peeling off in patches within an area 10″ above the tiled area, all around.
am getting ready to regrout (or caulk- which would be best?) and fix the wall above the tile.
details as to why i don’t want to add more tile or other rigid material to the 3 walls later if you want them.
BUT, at this point, my preference would be to coat the damaged area with some sort of product, (prefr an epoxy?) i could trowel on.
any ideas? thanks -much- in advance.
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Greetings Mary,
Quite contrary to the thought that bumping a post does little,
this post, in response to your question, will bump the thread through the 'recent discussion' listing again which will increase it's viewing and hopefully provide you with a garden of ideas.
Perhaps it will catch someone's attention that can help you with advice.
Cheers
Peace out.
Fill the tub with water before re-caulking. Use tub and tile caulk, not silicone.
I am reading that the top portion will at a later date be redone?
If so, maybe the UGL product sold for basement wall waterproofing ( the name escapes me) would tide you over? It is useless as a waterproofer from water pushing fromoutside the mas basement walls, but nmay work well as a stop gap measure from water the OTHER way.
edit: DRI-LOK or DRY-LOCK or DRI-LOCK or DRY-LOK
no wunner I couldn't remember it..goofy spelling does not compute with my memory.
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Edited 1/8/2008 7:14 pm ET by Sphere