Ceiling Surround
Ceiling Surround
How to install an acrylic tub surround?
Old tiles/drywall removed; sheets of new blue board screwed onto studs. Gaps between blue boards in the corners, above tub flange and below ceiling. Blue board not flush with top of tub on the long end (one end is completely over the flange while other end is behind the flange). Contractor tells me they don't "square" the walls when installing wall tiles. Is this true? How do I install the tub surround when one end won't even touch the blue board? How to fix? Thanks
You need to work out with the contractor all that they're going to do. In the contract you should say that you want the walls "squared", or as we say "shimmed and shaved".
Definitely you want to shim and shave walls, all walls, but especially those that are going to have fixtures like tile or cabinets.
If you're putting in tile, you should mount "backer board", not drywall.
But you're putting in a "surround", I think you're talking about a fiberglass unit, in which case some people don't even put drywall behind it!
It's hard for me to picture what your problem is. If the surround isn't as big as the opening, then you have to make it fit. Some of the surrounds have a joint so you can expand it to fit. Or, you could put on a trim kit that would cover the gaps around the edges.
I'd go to a plumbing supply store and tell them your problem.
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