Tub Surround Coming Loose

Hiring a certified fabricator to cut and install the material will cost 700 to 800 for a three wall 5 ft.

Tub surround coming loose.

Ceramic tile advice forums john bridge ceramic tile tile stone forums tile forum advice board loose tub surround tiles. We had a contractor put in a new bathtub with tile surround. Tub surround coming loose. Tub with wilsonart s ssv.

Problem is the caulking around the bottom of the tile field where it meets the tub keeps popping out. Some of that may have to do with the fact that our tub isn t level with respect to the walls so the surround near the faucet was much higher than near the back end of the tub. I suspect the grout failed and allowed the water to get between the tile and concrete and the thin set let go. A plastic mud tool followed by a butter knife.

Pictures of this last caulking starting to come loose are included. Our tub had needed a caulk job since the day we moved in a year ago yeah i d been putting it off. Get the kind with the 7 year no mold guarantee. The house flipper did not do a great job with the bathroom.

I highly recommend this as opposed to the method i used on my first caulking experience. Sun feb 18 2007 9 24 pm. It is hard to say without seeing it can you take a photo post it here. But you can purchase a prepackaged kit about 600 and install it yourself.