I have mud packed bathroom floor on the second story. Eventually i will be replacing the tile in the bathroom. Currently i have access to the tub from underneath and noticed the front edge of the tub rests on the floor.
1. Should i try and support the tub now. There is about 1/4 to 1/2 of an inch that i can support on with the joist being 2 inches away or should i support the tub when i rip the floor out and how
2. OR should i rip out just enough of the floor to lay tile leaving the rest of the mud pack floor in
The goal is to move in the next year or so with a mounting punch list of stuff to make sale and settlement as smooth as possibe. So time is not critical, but an issue.
These are the best pictures i could get
Thanks,
Steve
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Those are good pictures, but don't be so tight with the film.
A couple more of a bit bigger view would be nice.
Looking at it from the back? Is that a steel tub? Do you already have all the tile and mud out from the front of it?
Is the question how to out the old and keep the tub in same position with new mud/cbu/ tile? and try not to crack the top of tub joint? Looks out of level by the mud appearance and if so a mud float replacement is the way to go.
Take a shot from the bottom up if possible, you say you have acess so if you do you can add wood to support the new mud float.
Those are tight shots and hard to get my bearings totally on.
Why do I not see a subfloor? I think I see a joist and the mud base but no subfloor.
Is your concern that the tub sits atop the mud base and you want to lower it to the joists or subfloor when you refinish your bathroom floor?
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"Why do I not see a subfloor? I think I see a joist and the mud base but no subfloor"
Yup. I was told the older style of tile floors was to put some boards between the joists about halfway down, put whatever they could find for packing and then pour a morter bed for the tile. Picture007 shows it best, that is the joist where the packing starts. The tub sits on the mud floor. Also it may look out of level because i wasn't looking at the screen when i shot them. I was kinda holding the camera freehand, so to speak.
"Looking at it from the back? Is that a steel tub? Do you already have all the tile and mud out from the front of it?"
it is a steel tub and the tile and mud are still there.
" you say you have acess so if you do you can add wood to support the new mud float."
That's what i would do, rip out the old bathroom floor and put down new subfloor, but the wifey won't be too happy to have two projects going on at the same time, bathroom reno and the ceilings downstairs, she's kinda chomping at the bit to move sooner rather that later.
The pictures are from underneath between the ceiling/floor joists so i couldn't get too far away. I opened up the ceilings to get rid of the knob and tube popcorn ceiling. That's why i have access right now. I think chipping up the old tile and keeping the old mud bed and retiling on top may be my most realistic option at this point in time.I'd like to do it right but like i said time is an issue.
My main concern was shifting of the tub ripping up the old floor, but i dropped back and punted on that one and just the tile may be my best solution.
Thanks
Steve
I'm with you on leaving the mud bed in place and retiling over it.
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