Rotten Wall Behind Bathroom Tile

The tiles need to come off all three walls and sink splash back.

Rotten wall behind bathroom tile.

Recurrent mold and mildew on bathroom surfaces broken tiles decaying grout or caulk and poor waterproofing may lead to moisture forming behind the tile painted surfaces and wallboard. First install a vapor barrier. Most of the bathroom s surfaces are crisp black and white but touches of wood such as on this shelf and the floating vanity offer warmth. We have a upstairs shower two of the stud walls were made from ply wood the grout has cracked water has penetrated and the wall behind and support have rotted.

This showers tiles were falling off the wall and missing grout had lead to water penetration getting in behind the tiles and making them loose as well as causing the wall to rot. Since the mold and mildew are actually growing from the inside out repeated scrubbings won t help this problem. I just discovered that the wall where the window is in the tub area is totally rotten. Stud walls need replacing with wetboard aqua board shower tray may need removing but a cupboard would need to.

All the loose tiles and rotten blown wall material was removed to start again from a solid base. These problems allow shower water to penetrate the wall and cause damage and they are generally found low on the shower wall down where the tile meets the shower base. If the studs are fine you can proceed to re tiling the bathroom wall. The wall is tile but i would like to replace it with another surface.

My problem is that i have a window in my bathroom where my tub is. The bathroom s wall tile design from the shower repeats behind the sink and the matte black faucet is the same finish as the shower fixture. 0 i finally got around to replacing the caulk in my shower stall only to discover that the wall board behind the lowest tier of ceramic tile is crumbling presumably from.