I've noticed the tension bar in my bathroom is making indents in my drywall. Also, I've noticed a crack in the corner of the dry wall. I'm looking at an area above the tub surround (three feet to the ceiling. The house has only been lived in for a year and a half. I'm worried the builder possibly put the wrong drywall in the bathroom. Should I tile over this area or do I need to pull out the drywall and place the blue/green board in its place?
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If it's normal "gray" drywall in the bath, you shouldn't tile over it. If you get a leak in some grout, it'll be a moldy-mush in short-order!!
It needs to be at least the "greenboard", or the much stiffer/heavier "cementboard", which is unaffected by water penetration.
The easiest way:
Just caulk the corner-crack, & ease-off slightly with the shower-rod pressure. You could also use some type of clear "backer-block" for the rod...maybe a clear plexi-glass. The rods pressure would then be distributed over a bigger area.
Also- Check out the Johnbridges (?) Tile-Forums. TONS of knowledge there!
Faron
It needs to be at least the "greenboard", or the much stiffer/heavier "cementboard", which is unaffected by water penetration.
The easiest way:
Just caulk the corner-crack, & ease-off slightly with the shower-rod pressure. You could also use some type of clear "backer-block" for the rod...maybe a clear plexi-glass. The rods pressure would then be distributed over a bigger area.
Also- Check out the Johnbridges (?) Tile-Forums. TONS of knowledge there!
Faron
