Thread: 34 3 Window Re-Build

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Very nice job on the bathroom Jack and Chloe,a master should always have an apprentice. Funny how water can find the smallest hole to leak out but then makes the largest mess.
Thanks for the photos of your gear selector and how you are attempting something I could only dream of, you are a true craftsman not only at building cars but also bathrooms.

Great job on the tile Jack....and the car..

Steve and Whiplash,

Thanks for the kind words but I am just a novice in both fields. I am working in these fields out of necessity, there's no way I could afford to pay someone to do this for me. Here's a pic of the tile saw I bought to help me out with the bathroom. I will save many times the cost of the saw and I will still have the saw when I'm done. For as long as it is taking me to do this it would even cost me more to rent one of these saws. Getting closer to finishing the bathroom.

Jack.

Who`s the maker of the saw, I`ve got an upcomming project, honey do remodel bathroom,,,ok I`ve got three full baths...$$$$$$$$$

Hi Rich,

It is a "Q.e.p." Bought it on Ebay from Northern Tool And Equipment, $349 incl. 10" diamond blade and shipping. It is from China but so far I am happy with it. It cuts slower than I expected but then I have never owned one before. After I finish this project there is another full bath, powder room and laundry room to do. I suspect the 34 will get some attention again before I start on them.

Jack.

Thought it was time for an update. Moved back into the master shower just in time for Thanksgiving week, daughter and son in law came over from Boise for the week and needed the guest bathroom. Master shower worked great for that week. Day after D & SIL flew back to Boise guess what? OK, no need to guess, I will tell you if you haven't already guessed, big puddle of water on the kitchen floor. Back upstairs to look over the shower. All grout seems OK, no cracks and grout had been sealed with silicone sealer. Long story short, tore into the wall behind the shower to observe where the water was leaking. Through the grout. wtf? Turns out I bought the wrong grout, sanded, and not meant for showers. Grout now replaced, carbide blade on my new Rockwell sonic master got a real workout. Now need to re seal the grout and put the shower glass wall and door back in place. Should get a test in a couple of days. Wish me luck.

Jack.

Jack did it leak through the floor pan under the tile, or from the walls under the tile?

Thats abit of bad luck Jack and very fustrating having to redo all your work again. When I was an apprentice panelbeater I hated winter time as the number of people bringing in cars to fix water leaks was huge and one could spend hours just trying to find where the water was getting in and then the people complaining about your charge out rate was to fix one little hole.

Maybe I need to build mine out of seamless stainless.....

Steve, It is (was, I hope) leaking from the seam where the curb meets the concrete shower pan near the wall and the seam at the top of the curb at the wall. I'm not a pro at this but it seems to me that the curb should have been incorporated into the pan and made of concrete at the time of construction. Instead the tile man built the two layer pan with rubber membrane, so far so good, but he left the membrane hang out the side of where the curb was to be, built the curb out of 2x4s then brought the membrane over the top of the curb. This may have worked to a better degree if he had not nailed the membrane to the shower side and top of the curb with a 1/2 million nails. Also, the membrane was not brought up the side of the walls at all before the cement wall boards were installed so there was some leakage there too, although surprisingly very little.

Whiplash,

I didn't have to redo everything; What I did was remove all the grout from around the seam at the bottom of the shower and at the ends of the curb. I let the grout dry for two days then put two applications of silicone sealer a day apart. Tomorrow I reinstall the hardware, getting pretty good at that,
and give it another test.

Wish me luck,

Jack.

Yes I will wish you all the luck for a successful job this time my friend.

Good luck Jack. Hope the water issues are a thing of the past. I hate plumbing, it just makes a huge mess when things go wrong!

Ran the shower for 20 min. this morn. with not one drop of water. Will leave the back wall off for a week to make sure then seal it up. Then get some more work done on the 34 before starting the next house project.

Jack.

What a nice car you're working on Jack! A poncho in a ford ... how's that for cool .... not to mention rare? Keep it up.