For several years, the shower in our master bath has slowly leaked around or under the door. I could never find the source but it became obvious it had to be torn out to fix it. The shower is of course connected to the bathtub on one side, so fixing the shower means doing something with the bath as well. After almost fainting with shock at a professional quote, and spending many hours on DIY forums and youtube, I finally decided to tackle it (and hopefully convinved Steve we can do a decent job of it). So the first step was the demolition, and we started the first weekend by taking out the shower.
Here we have taken out the glass, cultured marble sides, and some of the backer board so the shower pan can come out. For me, breaking everything and pulling it out was the most intimidating part...there is no going back!
Here is the mold damage on the studs near the leak. Fortunately this was very isolated and cosmetic. The studs are solid and a little bleach took care of the problem. The bottom of the vanity next to it wasn't so lucky and I'll have to replace some of the wood in the corner.
And finally we have the shower pan removed and the waste pipe for the drain exposed. The pipe is stuffed with a rag to prevent junk from falling in. And of course we have our ever curious helper in the middle of things.
It turns out that the leak came from the frame around the glass door (which I didn't take a picture of!). The frame wasn't sealed so the vertical channels were filled with some NASTY water. And on top of that, there was a hole in the caulking under the frame. The problem wasn't visible until we ripped off the glass and the frame.
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