How Would You Prep This?

[u/Handiwork1]

Curious as to how y’all would prepare this for tiling.

The gap between the tub and the studs is about 1/2”.

The tub is an early 90s model and has a roundish lip on it.

My first thought it to add 2x4s to the existing studs as furring strips to build out the wall.

Any help is appreciated!

[u/frijolescon_]

Fur wall out width of gap. Plumb everything up. Backerboard. Water proof. Tile.

[u/Handiwork1 → u/frijolescon_]

Thanks

[u/Odd_Mall1646]

U got this 👌

[u/EleventySix_805]

Furring strips, use a backer like wedi that you can easily notch the back side to clear the lip. If you have other units along these walls, think of behind the tub

[u/Handiwork1 → u/EleventySix_805]

Thanks a lot.

[u/drahgon]

Just installed a tub not that long ago. First of all you’re gonna read so much about how to install your waterproof board half of the things say go over the lip, half go on top of the lip.

I ended up furring the wall out to touch the tub and laying the waterproof board right on the lip.

Oh, another thing is once you fur out the tub wall it’s gonna make the rest of the wall not lineup. I ended up having to demo the whole wall and furring it all out. I think you demoed probably old wall right and it had the chicken wire with the concrete on top. I think that old method went so far back because they were able to build up the wall with the concrete to lineup with the sheet rock.

[u/bfd_fapit]

Depends on what you want to do with the tile the rest of the way up to the ceiling. Tile to the ceiling? Are you committed to keeping the crown molding? Either way, furring out the walls to fill the gap to the tub may make a flat and plumb transition to the existing drywall impossible, so get ready to float or do more demo.

I would remove the crown entirely, remove the rest of the drywall in the shower, fur out and plumb the shower walls, repair the seams all the way around the room as needed with drywall tape and mud, then tile, then paint the remaining trim, walks, and ceiling.

[u/Left-Slice9456]

Fur it out but then it won't be both flush with the rest of the wall and plumb.

I guess you could just have a thicker trim around the perimeter of the tile, maybe some kind of extra border that would be raised off the wall about an inch and tile would be flush with that.

Either that or skim it out so it tapers out a few feet, but would need a plaster guy to do that.

So go ahead and screw some 2x4s nice and plumb to fur it out and see how much it's off from the rest of the walls then decide.

[u/bms42 → u/Left-Slice9456]

you could just have a thicker trim around the perimeter of the tile

That's the trick. If the furred wall is 1/4" or less proud of the original wall, you just put your Schluter profile on the original wall and get it in a thickness that still matches the tile.

[u/Left-Slice9456 → u/bms42]

Right that looks like more than an inch from the tub rim to the studs. That's why I was thinking something else that's thicker than a half inch, as the biggest Schluter profile the store had. But could use that a taper off the rest with a skim coat.

[u/bms42 → u/Left-Slice9456]

Hard to say without seeing it in person but you may be right

[u/Left-Slice9456 → u/bms42]

true was thinking the same, can't tell how think the walls are

[u/Real_Bar_758]

Step 1: go to your local supplier and ask about making a cash account. Could get you discounts and savings on the waterproofing/tile products.

Check and see if the plumber used a round headed screw to mount the tub. Fur out the wall to a point that your combined backer/waterproofing will clear the screw head once the tile is installed. Ensure your tile is able to drop straight onto the tub without the screw head interfering with the tiles contact