Redoing bathroom tile?

belizeitornot · January 2012

We have a shower tile surround that is just.... yuck. I would just get in there with a toothbrush and bleach and scrub the big nasty out but some of the grout is missing and a couple of the tiles are cracked.

Is finding someone to get the current tile off and redo it for somewhat cheaply a realistic option? Or does this involve replacing the cementboard behind the tile too? We've done a bathroom remodel ourselves but there is no way in hellz I am undertaking the tiling a tub thing again. It's just basic white tile in there now and we'd likely replace with the same thing again.

If you have someone in MoCo (or someone who will travel here) to recommend, I'm all ears!

MrsPhilDunphy · January 2012

How old is the tile? Replacing tile like you describe is most of the reason we're having our bath renovated. But because the tile (and house) are 40ish years old, he's not only removing the tile but also replacing the board behind it (I'm not sure if it's plain drywall or something else, but it's supposedly typical of the time) with modern greenboard.

kastle · January 2012

MrsPhilDunphy:
How old is the tile? Replacing tile like you describe is most of the reason we're having our bath renovated. But because the tile (and house) are 40ish years old, he's not only removing the tile but also replacing the board behind it (I'm not sure if it's plain drywall or something else, but it's supposedly typical of the time) with modern greenboard.

ditto.

We found out the hard way that our tile was plastered to the wall making it impossible to just chisel (is that the right word?) the tile off & leave the wall intact. The tile had to be removed with the wall. This was apparently a common construction method at the time.

mae141 · January 2012

We recently had this done. Our house is only 17 years old, but we had to have the cement board behind it replaced as well. I am pretty sure that you almost always have to replace the board, but I'm not totally sure on that. Anyway, I want to say it cost us $800 or $900 to get it done. We also switched out the fixtures since the wall was open, and that was included in the price.

belizeitornot · January 2012

MrsPhilDunphy:
How old is the tile? Replacing tile like you describe is most of the reason we're having our bath renovated. But because the tile (and house) are 40ish years old, he's not only removing the tile but also replacing the board behind it (I'm not sure if it's plain drywall or something else, but it's supposedly typical of the time) with modern greenboard.

I'm not sure, but it's at least 7 years old. I think it was put in 2 or 3 owners ago when the basement was finished, so that would go back to at least 2002. It's definitely a more modern job vs. the other bathroom we remodeled in this house that still had the old black and white 50's tile.

dawnmichie · January 2012

I love my tile guy! We hired him through a major tile center, and found he does work on the side. All he does is tile, and he's been doing it for many, many years. He did our kitchen backsplash, laundry room, and basement. His name is Tom and his number is: 703-899-7930. Ignore the 703 area code, he lives in MoCo. Tell him Dawn Pace sent you. He was just at my house last week!

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