Just got this property under contract. I tried to get the seller to take care of this, but they wouldn't and just lowered the price instead. So now I'm stuck with finding a solution. The tile doesn't go up high enough and I need to do something so the drywall isn't destroyed. I've thought of a few ideas. • 1. tear off the bullnose pieces, continue the pattern up and reinstall bullnose • 2. tear out all tile, and just retile. I don't love the b/w but it's all new • 3. install surround, but that seems cheap • 4. install b/w mosaic above existing tile • 5. ???? What would you do?

I personally would get some of that FRP shower/wall board and just install it over the rest of the wall.

Not to be a downer, but I would worry more about the window - what do you plan to do with that?

On the window you didn't ask but we also one in a shower although it is a little higher. If the window is vinyl then replacing with tempered frosted glass is an easy fix. Our window was wood and we replaced with vinyl frosted for ventilation. Again higher and not visible from street. Block is nice but I like having the ventilation in addition to a fan. They still steam things up even with that. Finishing up with tile instead of shower board is a bit nicer and if the rest of the bathroom is new probably more in line with the other finish. If you do a shower surround you likely need to take all the tile out which is more work. I would say don't downgrade your finishes.

Take out the bullnose and go up with the same pattern if you can. Its nice enough for a rental. The colors are actually pretty good. You could put an accent strip and then start your retile too of the original pattern. If you are going to have any problem with lining it up or color differences definitely go with a border before you go the rest of the way up. get the exact tile name too because not all white is the same color..

If you can find matching tile, I would go with option 1 (tear out bullnose and keep tiling). If you can't find an exact match, maybe go with a band of the mosaic all the way around and then go with a close match the rest of the way up.

I'm not sure you can just take out the bullnose and continue with tiling. It looks like drywall above the tile and we usually install tile over a hardie back or concrete board. It is not recommended to instal tile over drywall in a shower.

@Bryan H. I would remove bullnose and window. frame in and put in smaller window higher up, and run tile further up wall. Good Luck Sebastian

Black out the window, install insulation and xp board. Then remove the bull nose and salvage if possible, install like tile to shower head level (+/- 7') and then reinstall bull nose, you will still need a few pieces of bull nose to make up the height difference. If you can't salavage the bull nose; just buy how much you need. Avoid the FRP/NRP and Acrylic. Last thing you want is a water damage repair bill tomorrow because you saved a few hundred buck today.

Replace the entire window with a tempered, frosted glass drop-in vinyl window. About $150 at HD & an hour or so to install; they will make it to the exact size you need; just get an inexpensive Jeld-Wen window. Don't move the window; that's way expensive for no value. Then take off the bullnose & continue the pattern to the ceiling. Also run the tile right up to the window frame so there's no wood or exposed sheetrock around the window. It's a rental; this is the cheapest way to make it look decent & still be pretty bulletproof.

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Shower tile dilemma - what would you do?

Bryan H.Poster

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Willow Spring, NC

Posted July 30, 2014 17:45

Just got this property under contract. I tried to get the seller to take care of this, but they wouldn't and just lowered the price instead. So now I'm stuck with finding a solution. The tile doesn't go up high enough and I need to do something so the drywall isn't destroyed.

I've thought of a few ideas.

1. tear off the bullnose pieces, continue the pattern up and reinstall bullnose
2. tear out all tile, and just retile. I don't love the b/w but it's all new
3. install surround, but that seems cheap
4. install b/w mosaic above existing tile
5. ????

What would you do?

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