I realize I have been a bad blogger, but it is for a good reason. I have had to renovate my shower because the dry wall had rotted out and the wall was laced with black mold. Ya, it was as gross as it sounds.

Here is a photo of the wall being torn out and cleaned up:

Shower being torn apart

Once I had removed all the mold, rotten dry wall, and broken tiles I needed to replace the rotten dry wall with mold resistant green board:

Replacing the dry wall

With the dry wall in place I plastered the walls together and painted the walls for the glue to have better adhesion.

Plastering the dry wall

The new shower is 5 plastic pieces glued on the wall. The edges are sealed with grout and caulking and will ensure that my hard work will last for a long time.

Final result

As you can see the shower looks great and with a bit of elbow grease it looks professionally done and should last for a long time.

So how much do you think this cost me? $1000? $800? $500? Nope! I renovated my shower for less than $300. Sure it was a chunk of my time, but I enjoy working with my hands and I learned a lot about laying tile, dry walling and plumbing.

So, what do you think? Did I do a good job?

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