Shower Floor Tile + Bathtub Reglazing Advice
Hello all, I am planning to do a very tight budget bathroom renovation. I was planning to use 12″x12″ ceramic tiles for the shower WALLS. However, I was told that the shower FLOOR needs to have smaller tiles ( ie 5/8″ x 5/8″ or 2″ x 2″). Unfortunately, the 5/8″ x 5/8″ tiles all seem…
Hello all,
I am planning to do a very tight budget bathroom renovation. I was planning to use 12″x12″ ceramic tiles for the shower WALLS. However, I was told that the shower FLOOR needs to have smaller tiles ( ie 5/8″ x 5/8″ or 2″ x 2″). Unfortunately, the 5/8″ x 5/8″ tiles all seem much higher in price than the 12″ counterparts ( ie a 12″ tile is $2 each while a square foot sheet of the 5/8″ tile is $12-$15.)
Supposedly, smaller tiles are better as the shower floor can be made to slope towards the drain. Is this true?
Does anyone know anything about this piece of information?
My shower floor is 25 sq ft so it’s the different between $50 for tiles and approx $300 for tiies.
Also, I have a perfectly fine iron with enamel tub. However, no amount of elbow grease is getting the dinginess away. The tub is probably 40 years old. Does anyone have advice for reglazing tubs?
Would appreciate any help.
Dear Co-op King,
Would you mind telling me the name and contact info for your bath tub reglazer if you were happy with the job? Thanks very much.
Ceci
Dear Co-op King,
Would you mind telling me the name and contact info for your bath tub reglazer if you were happy with the job? Thanks very much.
Ceci
Co-op King,
Do you recommend the company who reglazed your bath tub?
If so, may I please get the name and contact info?
Reglazing a tub is not a waste of money. I did mine about 5 months ago and it looks fantastic. It cost me $350 and was hands down the best money spent on the entire project.
If the glaze starts to come off in 5 years guess what, you can reglaze it again. Removing an old tub is back breaking work and will most likely cost thousands of dollars to replace. If you are doing a budget bathroom reno and do not plan on spending the rest of your life in that apartment go for it.
I wouldn’t “renovate to sell” unless you do a really good job renovating the bathroom. Instead price your apartment competitively and let the buyer do the renovation.
A good tile pro can do a beautiful job even with inexpensive tiles, but if you’re using an average NYC smalltime contractor, you’ll probably get what you pay for.
Thanks everyone for the advice.
I’m actually renovating my bathrooms to get my apartment ready to sell sometime this spring. Currently, the whole apartment is up to date except for the bathrooms– which look early 1970’s– so i need to give the apartment a facelift.
Any information about good reasonable contractors ( or bad ones) who deal well with difficult co-op boards would also be appreciated.
marionG -are you still at the Heritage – if so I have a quick question for you.
Try Hakatai tile. I think they’re in Oregon so you’ll pay for shipping but the price is very reasonable.
http://www.hakatai.com/Classic-solid-colors-C16.aspx
The link is for their solids but you can browse around for other options.
Unfortunately reglazing a tub is a waste of money. You’ll probably spend $300 or so and it will only last a few years.
Yes it costs bucks to rip it out and replace it but if you
plan to live there a long time it’s worth the investment. I did a gut bathroom job about ten years ago in anticipation of selling my apt. a few years down the road. I more than got my money back. Should you do a tub replacement make sure you go for an extra deep cast iron unit. The extra height is only about $100 more. The big cost is labor in removal, floor replacement, tiling, etc. Good luck