All Forum Posts by: Ryan Collins

@James Wise nailed it! I figured as much so just looking for confirmation and to hear it from someone already in it. Thanks

@Dumitru Anton Thanks for the advice. I'm not really sure which way to go with the tub. It's a split so the shower stall is separate from the tub. Some recommended keeping this but I was unsure. I will protect the tub until I get the tiles off and figure this out.

@Max T. @Jassem A. thanks for the tips on the board. I'm going to look into it now. I may have some additional questions so I'll keep you in mind.

@Emily Lopez Thanks for the vote of confidence! You are right the tile is stubborn as hell. I have a pretty bug chisel already and it's been an absolute pain. Do you have any pics/posts from your project?

Hi @Cindy Szponder thanks for the quick response. I guess you could consider this a master bathroom. This is the main bathroom for my 3 upstairs bedrooms.

I had considered doing the one-piece surround you spoke of but two people had also advised me not to because I have a shower-tub split where the shower has it's own stall. I guess it's a good thing to have. Although I would like to take the stall out and turn it into a linen closet since there is not one in there. Makes more sense to me but what are your thoughts about that?

Too bad you all are so far away that's a great idea about the exchange! I'll see what I can conjur up.

Hi All,

I'm a new member here at BP and I'm considering doing the pro membership. I just want to hear from everyone here if they believe it is a good value and what are some of the pros/cons.

I'm not fully investing but I'm looking to make headway within the next 6-8 months with getting a deal. I cannot fully devote my time because of work and an upcoming wedding. Would it be best to make the move now even though I am half way in and half way out or is it best to wait until things slow down a bit?

Hello All,

I'm a new member here at BP and I'm looking to turn my starter home into a rental to help parlay this into additional properties and my next home. I've had the house for 2 years now (hard to believe how fast time flies!). I originally bought it with the intention of fixing up some of the nuances of the home to add value and make a small profit and/or turn it into a rental. Now that I am getting older and I realize how much working everyday on someone else's schedule sucks I really want to build a nice rental portfolio so that is my main focus. However, to get started I must first get past this horrid bathroom.

Unfortunately, in my rush to get to work this morning I failed to snap a shot of the entire bathroom but I will post at a later time. I'm sure someone here has run into these type of bathrooms that I'm sure were probably the style of the times in the 70's but are absolutely hideous now. Long story short, I decided to finally go ahead and get this project out of the way but I'm running into a bit of a problem with the ceramic tile removal. As you can see in the picture the first several pink top tiles I was able to remove in a fairly clean way. However since then it's been a real headache! I went to pickup a multitool based upon the results I had seen from a few YouTube videos to cut out the grout and assist in cleanly removing each tile piece. The tool cut out the grout but it was very resistant, which I don't believe is very common. I think I had to go over the areas I was cutting about 4-5 times to make any headway on the blue tiles. The next issue was that once I began chiseling the tiles they began to crack and shatter. I'm not being heavy handed with the hammer either. So now the quick tile removal that I planned is taking a bit longer than expected.

I've talked with a few people and I was told there is no way around this cracking and to just go ahead and pulverize the tile and the cement backer board. But I've never even put up drywall let alone a new cement backer board so I'm kind of apprehensive about going that route. I was actually hoping to salvage what appears to be the current cement backer behind the tiles but with the cracking I'm not sure how possible this is. Basically, I'm looking for general overall guidance with these type of bathrooms. Anything will help. And sorry for the thesis term paper of an explaination.

Thanks!

Hi Joey, the place looks great and I'm glad the deal worked out for you! I'm hoping to do something similar to this up here in Cleveland. I'm new to the site and looking for information and tips. Would you maybe be willing to exchange some more information? Such as the rate and terms on the loan, like did you have to make this your primary residence to qualify for the loan? And is a 20% down payment required? Anything will be helpful.