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greenetree
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Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 1950
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 9, 2004 - 2:23 pm: |     |
Well, I have begun to accept the fact that I may have to cut back some things to stay in budget on the renovation.
I've always hated fiberglass/acrylic shower units. I have my heart set on a tile stall shower. Not a fancy one, with marble, or a bench, etc., etc. Plain, classic, white tile stall. Yet, if we have to make choices, I may have to go with the fiberglass or acrylic.
Does anyone have any ideas about where I can look at some nicer, not so sterile shower units? I've done web searches & seen lots of fancy ones, but they all have that basic, characterless thing going on. |
pstob1126
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Username: Pstob1126
Post Number: 36
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 9, 2004 - 3:21 pm: | |
I'm ducking as I say this, but... Have you gone to the Expo Home Center, next to Home Depot? They have quite an assortment on display. |
millie amoresano
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Username: Millieamoresano
Post Number: 15
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Friday, January 9, 2004 - 3:48 pm: | |
Greentree try Kantor in Orange they sell bath fixtures and i believe they sell shower enclosures as well |
greenetree
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Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 1952
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 9, 2004 - 4:09 pm: | |
Pst- Yes, we've tried Expo, but they only have super-fancy prefab shower stalls.
Mille- thanks for the suggestion; we will check it out! |
bobk
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Username: Bobk
Post Number: 4249
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 9, 2004 - 4:28 pm: | |
Community Plumbing on Route 22 West near B&N has all the catalogues. Also, your plumber should have access to the same "books". Basically, go with acrylic instead of fibreglass, it is more durable.
Unless you go with something embossed to look like tile (some view this as tacky) the walls are going to be plain.
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millie amoresano
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Username: Millieamoresano
Post Number: 16
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Friday, January 9, 2004 - 4:30 pm: | |
Greentree Kantor carrries alot of highend merchandise.Also try Hanover Plumbing supply in east hanover on the east bound side just east of home depot.Good luck |
monster
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Username: Monster
Post Number: 80
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Friday, January 9, 2004 - 5:46 pm: | |
A little time and patience, put the tiles up yourself. |
jfburch
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Username: Jfburch
Post Number: 1207
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 9, 2004 - 8:49 pm: | |
I was gonna say--we had our shower re-built entirely after replacing the pan and that part alone--the tiles and re-tiling wasn't hugely expensive I don't think--I don't have it all broken out, but the whole thing included demolition (the most time consuming--maybe because they were trying not to destroy the rest of the bathroom), pan replacement, replacement of the step, some re-piping and repairing the kitchen ceiling.
Not sure what else is in the budget or how much cheaper the insert is.
We we matching the rest of the old tile so re-tiling was essential for us. |
bobk
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Username: Bobk
Post Number: 4251
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, January 10, 2004 - 5:52 am: | |
I think Julia hit the nail on the head. The real cost isn't the tile work, it is the pan and the mud job for the walls.
A possible compromosie might be to use an acrylic shower pan and concrete backer board under the tile instead of a full mud job. The concrete board might not be quite as durable as a mud job, but I think you are talking fifty years vs. seventy five years or something like that. The preformed pan, especially if acrylic, will probably last longer than a lead pan. |
Cynicalgirl
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Username: Cynicalgirl
Post Number: 266
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, January 10, 2004 - 6:09 am: | |
A local tile installer recommended Newark Tile to me, over there by that motor vee place in Newark. Really neat place, and they give you free samples and advice.
In our old house we waited to afford tile as we redid the bathrooms. It was worth it. With a little creativity, you can get some very nice looks. We used mainly white tile, but put our extra bucks into colored bullnose accents, and in one of the bathrooms, a border of a more high end, designer tile. So, most of the tile was the cheaper white ceramic. Overall looked really nice. Wait for the tile... |
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