Preparing a shower stall for tile - tar hot moping

A large bathroom remodeling project probably includes a new shower stall. Once the old shower space is demolished and the new one framed in with plywood at 2×4s the next step is to get the shower pan hot mopped as one of the may barriers against water intrusion.

But one big surprise can be the amount of smoke in the house, and if you have indoor pets, infants or other family members that can’t just go outside for an hour or two, then you need to be prepared since your contractor probably wont warn you. Here’s a good article on preparing for a shower pan hot mop job with indoor pets or other less mobile people.

Shower plumbing fixtures

High quality plumbing fixtures must be used in any good bathroom remodeling project. They are expensive, but they cannot be replaced once the remodeling project is complete with tile, or whatever you plan to use in your shower stall. The only way to replace any shower valves and fixtures is to tear out the tile to expose the wall behind in order to do the work

That would be a terrible waste of money to redo all that work for quality plumbing fixtures that should have been used in the first place. Trying to save money on plumbing fixtures is a farse - it will only cost you more money in the end than having shower plumbing fixtures installed in the first place. Further confirmation of this can be seen at TheRemodeledBathroom.

Selecting a shower door company

Some contractors are just plain awful. There are some tell tale signs that you can rely on when determining if a contractor is on the level. If you are remodeling your bathroom and including a new frameless shower door then you’re going to need to be able to sort out the real contractors from the clowns.

Read up on some of the possible problems that you can run into with a contractor, and what to do to avoid getting tangled up with one who will do a terrible job, the likes of which a 5 year old could do better.

The value of glass shower door sealant coating products

If you’re considering a clear shower door as part of your bathroom remodeling project then you no doubt know already that squeegeeing off the water after each use is required to maintain the clearness and beauty of your new shower door. This can be a real drag, especially when you’ve overslept and are late for work.

You might have heard of coating systems and decided wither they’re too expensive, offer little in the way of benefit, and can easily be damaged with chemical cleaners, rendering it ineffective. Well, there are some options, and not all coating systems are created equal. See this homeowners experience and what he did for a clear shower glass glass sealing.

Low iron glass shower door

I never realized before we started remodeling the bathroom that there were actually different types of glass used for bathroom shower doors. Sure there’s clear glass and there’s obfuscated glass that much is obvious. But what I didn’t realize is that there’s low-iron glass and regular (high iron I guess) glass. Imagine that - iron metal in glass.

Anyway, it turns out that regular glass has some iron in it and the iron can cause a slight shift in the color of anything on the other side, like tile. This fact came to our attention when we visited the shower door company to go over options - low iron glass was one of the options. It helps to consider the pros and cons of low iron glass shower doors before visiting the shower door company -