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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We mainly DIY-ed a bathroom and we are not handy.

We laid a new tile floor on top of the existing floor (the threshhold is slightly higher but it’s no big deal); installed a new toilet, vanity/sink and light fixture. We hired someone to “reglaze/spray paint” our tub and wall tiles (you can only choose white or black for this).

We learned how to do this via online how-to articles (there are a million). [/quote]

There was a reddit FU thread to previous owners and many posters said their leaks happened because of tile over tile in bathroom. One person complained that when they dug it out they found 3 layers of floors and the subfloor was full of mold and warped and there were maggots. Gross.

So there's that for DIY.[/quote]

Leaks happen bc of poor caulking, not a second layer of flooring. We had a handyman do a bathroom for us and had a terrible leak to the ceiling below because he hadn’t caulked well. [/quote]

Caulk has absolutely nothing to do with waterproofing a shower.

The underlayment has to be constructed to be completely watertight. After putting down the underlayment and before starting tiling you should plug the drain and fill the shower to the rim with water and leave it for 24 hours. The water level should not drop at all.

Caulk is purely cosmetic.[/quote]

I’m the poster who said we laid a new tile floor on top of the old one. It was the bathroom floor, as I said we had the tub/wall tile reglazed, so no idea why you are going on about waterproofing the shower in response to my post. So any leaks, of which to date there have been none, would be from poor caulking which we spent a lot of time being careful with. [/quote]

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