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Get a couple cans of derp and try and make it look like marble.

If it sucks, you can just peel it off!

 

rofl. while i'm at it ill ziptie the exhaust fan up too

 

What year is the house?

Sheetrock is cheap. Knowing what I know and Pete says the same...... faster to start it from clean studs. How are your taping skills?

Take an area of tile out with a hammer and chisel just for the hell of it.... see how it goes. The first tile will be the hardest

 

And the most fun.

After that, it's a mess and it sucks.

 

Are we gutting the bathroom yet?

 

MA here and all about blue and plaster. My kitchen had drywall under paneling and we did the blue skim, except greenboard and tile for kitchen sink backsplash

 

1976.

 

If I took it to studs would that require taking the shower out

 

Wifey poo dropped a nail set down the heating duct. I can't see it or get it with a 12" flexible pickup.

What size do pickups go up to and flex?

Really need the ducts vacced out, what's the odds that would get it? Don't care about recovering the tool I just don't want it in there

 

No

If you didn't like the shower color, that;s different.

The shower stays in place the whole time.... just keep it protected.

 

Finally getting organized

 

Supply side? just vac it out and find what you were looking for in the bag (use a new bag for this )

Returns are the ducts that are usually nastier.

 

So step 1 find hammer
Step 2 remove drywall
Step 3 insulate because its probably poor
Step 4 install moisture resistant drywall
Step 5 install exhaust fan
Step 6 paint
Step 7 use fan so I don't have to open my window and let my neighbors see the goods

 

Supply I presume, the heat blows out of it.

Damn vent is so tiny I can't get my regular or Shop Vac hose in there, rectangular and maybe 3 inches front-back.

Would a burner service company have the tool for it? Really don't want to mess with the duct in the basement

 

You got it!

BTW, I FIFY

 

Chris, what was it she dropped in there?

I'd disconnect the duct in the basement and get it out if you can't get it from the register.

 

*Still building

Haha

 

I'm not shitting you.... and it didn't look bad AT ALL.

A painter I knew didn't want the expense of re-tiling his bathroom, so he washed it down with some mild acid stuff (don't know what it was), rinsed and dried. He masked off the bathroom and sprayed the tile a different color..... I couldn't believe how good it looked, clean too.

 

step 3.5 install vapour barrier

 

Inspectors don't let us do that here... Mold. Only on the exterior.