The floor "stack up" consisted of plywood subfloor, tar paper, wire mesh and a 1.5" layer of mortar. Using a crowbar and sledge hammer, I would pry away the mortar just above the mesh to avoid damaging the subfloor. 
No more mortar shower walls! 
Sunday, March 4, 2007
Demo is DONE!
Today I finished up the demo...and now the clean up begins. Earlier in the week I began taking down the mortared shower walls, and finished up that work on Saturday. Today I tackled the floor, which was much easier to remove than I anticipated. Work came to a halt early in the afternoon, when my trash cans reached capacity. Trash pickup will be on Tuesday, so hopefully by Wednesday I will have removed all the large mortar pieces and will pick up the rest with a shop vac. Then its onto installing subfloor and cement board! I'm still having a ball and learning a lot.
The floor "stack up" consisted of plywood subfloor, tar paper, wire mesh and a 1.5" layer of mortar. Using a crowbar and sledge hammer, I would pry away the mortar just above the mesh to avoid damaging the subfloor.
No more mortar shower walls!
The floor "stack up" consisted of plywood subfloor, tar paper, wire mesh and a 1.5" layer of mortar. Using a crowbar and sledge hammer, I would pry away the mortar just above the mesh to avoid damaging the subfloor. No more mortar shower walls! 
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3 comments:
Now thats a hot picture! Crowbar in hand mask on!
why rip apart a perfectly good bathroom??
Rich--That's what I'M saying...
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