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billroperGretchen and I are considering having the shower in our bathroom rebuilt. This is a project that is something like "The House That Jack Built" or perhaps "Why Paddy's Not At Work Today".
Before the kids were born, we had the bathrooms tiled to replace the fine builder-grade vinyl on the floors and the completely uninteresting white tiles on the walls. We didn't, however, replace any of the glass surrounding the shower, nor the hardware that holds it up. All of that is now more than 25 years old, starting to corrode along the tracks that the shower doors slide on, and becoming progressively more difficult to keep working. I replaced the wheels on the doors a few months back and they improved the situation, but didn't fix it.
We could, of course, replace the metal framing and glass doors around the shower. But whatever new frame that we get is not going to mount into the same holes that have been cut in the existing tile work. And while we have a *few* extra tiles from the original work, we don't have a *lot* of extra tiles to replace all of this with. It is certain that we can't match them.
And we also didn't replace the fine builder-grade plastic shower pan. It too is a whole lot worse for wear.
On the other hand, we *could* just rebuild the whole shower area with a compatible, but contrasting tile, making it look like we actually planned this all when we add the new glass around the shower area. This seems like a trick that might work.
Well, it will work if we can find the right contractor, the right tiles, and the right hardware. We are now shopping around.
I'll let you know what we find. :)
Before the kids were born, we had the bathrooms tiled to replace the fine builder-grade vinyl on the floors and the completely uninteresting white tiles on the walls. We didn't, however, replace any of the glass surrounding the shower, nor the hardware that holds it up. All of that is now more than 25 years old, starting to corrode along the tracks that the shower doors slide on, and becoming progressively more difficult to keep working. I replaced the wheels on the doors a few months back and they improved the situation, but didn't fix it.
We could, of course, replace the metal framing and glass doors around the shower. But whatever new frame that we get is not going to mount into the same holes that have been cut in the existing tile work. And while we have a *few* extra tiles from the original work, we don't have a *lot* of extra tiles to replace all of this with. It is certain that we can't match them.
And we also didn't replace the fine builder-grade plastic shower pan. It too is a whole lot worse for wear.
On the other hand, we *could* just rebuild the whole shower area with a compatible, but contrasting tile, making it look like we actually planned this all when we add the new glass around the shower area. This seems like a trick that might work.
Well, it will work if we can find the right contractor, the right tiles, and the right hardware. We are now shopping around.
I'll let you know what we find. :)