All Forum Posts by: Phil Christian

Thanks everyone for the ideas... much appreciated. 

I'm feeling pretty good now with the tan tub and the slight curve... quarter round will do the trick and I might have over thought that one in the process of overthinking the white tub. 

Good question, I'm going to assume that the tub is a 90 angle where it currently meets the existing tile.  The pic throws the visual off because there is 70 years of caulking  (built 1948) at those joints.

Agreed.  It's probably going to drive my GC's guys nuts. They are a multi-family GC so the tediousness is going to suck for their sweet spot of moving efficiently fast but they are skilled so they can do it. 

It's a 26 unit apartment project in Coastal SoCal.  Our equity is probably going to want to hold this project and refi once stabilized.  Unfortunately, the finished product has to look good enough to get $2,200 one bedroom rents. 

Actual tubs (some of them).  First pic is an easy one IMO because the bend isn't so severe and I think quarter round would work just fine.  The 2nd pic is the problem child with the aggressive curving ~ 30 degree angles.  

The plank cutting is the easy part IMO.  What did you guys use to finish after the planks were in?  

Just a bead of silicon or did you use a piece of molding against the tub and 45'd the odd corners and then filled those 45's corners in with silicon?  

The more I think about it...  quarter round with heavy silicon in those 45 degree cuts is probably the best finished look we can get.  

Does anyone have any experience with flexible polyurethane molding? 

Bump.... 

In the last ~2 years we have upgraded ~220+ units and our flooring in the bathrooms has always been either TrafficMaster Allure Vinyl Plank (the stick down flexible product) or 12"x 24" Porcelain Tile all depending on our budgets/community demographics. 

I have a project where we will be moving to the LifeProof Luxury Vinyl Plank (8mm/Waterproof/snap-together) throughout the unit; floating for installation.  

I just realized that we have the 1960's, old school, tubs with the obnoxious curves on each end (pic related).  If it was a flat surface we would simply install quarter round with clear caulking to act as the moisture barrier and keeping the flooring down. Unfortunately, I'm very concerned that the only solution might be the flexible base cove which never looks good nor would it offer a tight fit like quarter round. 

The 2nd picture is an example of our generic finished units and this particular project with the LifeProof flooring has to be a higher quality to hit our underwriting rents. 

Does anyone have any proven solutions or best practices as it relates to installing a floating planks against the uneven tub? 

No one cares about CCIM in SoCal.

I'm a Chapman grad. Go talk to the Hoag Center for Real Estate people and see if there are any internships available.  

Don't take a job or internship from any residential (realtors) brokerage house and focus on finding an opportunity with a group that focuses on commercial or multi-family. 

If you want access to quality and credited tenants you're going to have to hire an agency brokerage team that has access to quality and credited tenants. 

Don't mickey mouse it. 

What company are you currently with?