I am going to install a tub surround that mounts directly to the studs. Is greenwall required?
Bree-Bear
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Monday, 9th of August 2010 05:07:13 AM
l currently have tiled walles, but the grouting is failing, so I am going Bree-Bear to remove the tiles entirely and expose the studs. Is it neccessary to use Registered User greenboard as a backing?The product I am installing is Aqua Glass Eleganza Joined: Thursday, 3rd of June 2010, 08:06:14 Tub wall.
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Benny Boo Bear
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Tuesday, 10th of August 2010 09:36:03 AM
Don't use greenboard in a tub enclosure-it is a wet enclosure. Benny Boo Bear Follow the link from the first poster and the recommendations of some of Registered User the others. Green board should not be used for what you're doing and is a Joined: Wednesday, 5th of May 2010, 01:14:48 cheap-*ss fix that won't last. Posts: 155 Viewed 3159 times
TruLove
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Wednesday, 11th of August 2010 08:14:24 AM
Yes, you need to put something behind the wall or the unit will TruLove flex. Durock cement board is best but if you won't be there forever you can Registered User use greenboard. Joined: Wednesday, 21st of April 2010, 17:25:42 Posts: 260 HERE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART..Make sure ur greenboard or durock don't Viewed 4491 times rest on the top of the tub! Eventually some water will get through the
caulk & the greenboard especially will soak it up.
I redid mine using a product called Swanstone. It is more expensive than a
plastic surround, but its AWESOME! Way better than a plastic surround. If
you plan on living there a while use it. I just glued my stright to my old
tile, it is been there 3 years & still looks new.
Koolaid
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Thursday, 12th of August 2010 06:31:58 AM
You can use geen board, but if it were my apartments that I Koolaid own, I would use 4' high cement board installed so that it goes up 4' the Registered User wall, then I would put green board above it. That way water won't get into Joined: Saturday, 12th of June 2010, 06:11:16 wall in 10 yrs & no one will klonk a hole in the cement board. Posts: 1307 Viewed 11061 times Done this for several yrs now & have had no problems, cause I have had
problems with the lower portions of green wall separating when it somehow
got wet behind the tub/shower surrounds.
Bubbles
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Friday, 13th of August 2010 10:23:37 PM
I don't know what the first answerer is talking about. Green Bubbles board is code for bathrooms in my State (Wisconsin). I think he is Registered User confusing wet with damp. A bathroom is considered a damp area (humidity). Joined: Tuesday, 18th of May 2010, 07:34:11 It is not meant for the inside of a shower to be unprotected. Nor is it Posts: 1404 meant to be a backer for ceramic tile. But is certainly accaptable behind Viewed 2327 times a tub surround.
You may not be required to put up green board behind the tub surround, but
I would. It makes for a firmer surface & the cost is not that great. You
do not have to tape the seems behind the surround because the surround
covers the seems. If you hang it right you can have almost all the seems
hidden behind the surround.
Mil Dil
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Saturday, 14th of August 2010 11:55:08 AM
You don't want to use greenboard in wet applications. Check out Mil Dil the link, it should help! Registered User Joined: Tuesday, 4th of May 2010, 02:38:08 Posts: 1696 Viewed 15077 times
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