Toilets, Sinks, Showers, Tubs and Disposals - Finishing Around New Shower Enclosure
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bruceb07
10-02-09, 09:30 AM
How is the best way to finish around a new shower installation? I have installed a shower enclosure by cutting out the wall board to allow the enclosure to fit against the studs. This has left the enclosure flange with no good way to finish and a rough edge on the wall board. How is the best method to finish this edge???.
Pilot Dane
10-02-09, 02:09 PM
Most new construction style shower enclosures I have seen have a flange that goes against the studs and then the shower wall sticks out about an inch so you can run the wall board over the flange and but it up against the shower. The gap can be filled with caulk or covered with a small strip of molding.
This (http://www.rd.com/images/tfhimport/2005/200510_CleanShower_img004.jpg) was the only picture I could quickly find online. It shows the wall in tile but it is the same idea as wall board.
This (http://www.rd.com/images/tfhimport/2005/200510_CleanShower_img004.jpg) was the only picture I could quickly find online. It shows the wall in tile but it is the same idea as wall board.
chandler
10-02-09, 03:43 PM
From what I understand, you will have to remove the sheetrock above the shower installation in order to have a good finish. Once you have removed the sheetrock, place 1/4" lattice strips over the edges of the studs where the shower unit meets them. This will build out the studs so your new sheetrock or cbu will run down flush over the lip of the shower unit.
ecman51`
10-02-09, 05:47 PM
I think all he has to do, from how I understand what he did, by letting in his shower in a wall that was already sheetrocked, is to Durobond fill over his flange. Then on the 2nd coat he can lay over the joint some mesh tape(paper tape is no good from my experience as water can wick into the paper tape, and has, as I've had to make such repairs) so that a crack will not form at the edge of the sheetrock.
To understand further what I think he did was measure what his dimensions of his shower was, mark it on the wall, cut out all the sheetrock below his line, then set the shower up against the studs, so that he did not have to sheetrock and tape and mud inside corner where it meets ceiling - and now he has this void just above the shower by maybe 1 to 2 inches.
If this is the case and there is a visible void above the flange, then he would have to either screw on some thinner sheetrock over the flange, first, - or mix the Durobond real thick and build it up and force it around and on the edge of the sheetrock to lock it in place. This can be done. I have even done this with holes in ceilings(where you are fighting gravity 100%). It has to be done in maybe 3 stages instead of trying to fill it all in one shot. Because if you try doing it in one shot, the weight of the Durobond will pull down and it will come loose and plop down in the wall cavity. (Been there, done that) I've become this master at making ad lib repairs, over the years. You live and learn.
I'd actually prefer this (all filling method)method, rather than trying to drill and screw a thin strip of sheetrock in place, over the flange and up the wall a tad. Of course, depending on how big a void he has, if any.
Maybe Bruce cut out the sheetrock so precise that the bottom of the sheetrock meets the top of the flange, or within 1/8th inch.
To understand further what I think he did was measure what his dimensions of his shower was, mark it on the wall, cut out all the sheetrock below his line, then set the shower up against the studs, so that he did not have to sheetrock and tape and mud inside corner where it meets ceiling - and now he has this void just above the shower by maybe 1 to 2 inches.
If this is the case and there is a visible void above the flange, then he would have to either screw on some thinner sheetrock over the flange, first, - or mix the Durobond real thick and build it up and force it around and on the edge of the sheetrock to lock it in place. This can be done. I have even done this with holes in ceilings(where you are fighting gravity 100%). It has to be done in maybe 3 stages instead of trying to fill it all in one shot. Because if you try doing it in one shot, the weight of the Durobond will pull down and it will come loose and plop down in the wall cavity. (Been there, done that) I've become this master at making ad lib repairs, over the years. You live and learn.
I'd actually prefer this (all filling method)method, rather than trying to drill and screw a thin strip of sheetrock in place, over the flange and up the wall a tad. Of course, depending on how big a void he has, if any.
Maybe Bruce cut out the sheetrock so precise that the bottom of the sheetrock meets the top of the flange, or within 1/8th inch.