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I've been preparing to replace the tub in my guest bathroom, the tub has been out of level since I bought this house, and it has always retained some water in the back, which had also always been somewhat discolored. For context, the walls had previously had tile up to the ceiling. I've been trying to read and watch as much prep material in advance as I could, but in all of the material there had always been 2x4's behind the tile and some sort of backer board. As I'm pulling down these tiles, what I find instead is brick wall. In summary, I haven't been able to find any resources describing prepping brick walls for a new tub and tile. I don't know how I ought to attach the tub to the walls (if that's even something I ought to do in this case) or how to otherwise prep the wall to receive waterproofing and tile. Any materials or advice offered would be greatly appreciated!

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[–] TheBroodian@hexbear.net 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

What's the opening size? 60x32 ish or are you going w a larger soaking tub?

Pretty sure it's around 60 x 32, the tub that came out was standard in size, and I don't intend to change that.

Are you dead set on tiling walls? A fiberglass 3 panel surround might be adequate.

I'm not absolutely dead set on tile, but in general I do like the way tile looks, and I'd like the final product to look nice.

Thank you so much for the pointers, I'm probably going to bug you for details in the near future

[–] microfiche@hexbear.net 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

DM whenever you feel the need. I'll help however I can

[–] TheBroodian@hexbear.net 1 points 2 hours ago

Given the brick situation of my bathroom, how would you go about controlling the leveling of the tub during installation?