First bathroom renovation (first anything renovation besides a few repairs and fixes around the house) I’m doing on my own. Replacing a single sink vanity with a double sink vanity, replacing tile floor with lpv to match the bedroom.
I anticipated drywall work, I expect I’ll have to do a full replacement of half the drywall in this bathroom. I’m already watching Vancouver Carpenter to prepare myself for that.
Just wanted to make sure replacing drywall makes the most sense for what you see in the pictures. Thanks
The worst of the drywall will be covered up by the vanity, but looking at the painted wall on the left, the drywall is sloppy with multiple patches and poor finish work.
Now, the question will be can you rip it all out and do a better job laying drywall and mudding than what is already there.
It is a small space, I would be inclined to rip it all out and start fresh. Also, that will allow you to run plumbing better since you are putting in dual sinks and replace the old plumbing behind the wall (which probably needs to be replaced if you want it problem free for 20+ years).
Also, I’m betting you have some mold behind the drywall as there appears to be mold below the water lines near the pile of tile, so yes rip it out and treat the mold and make sure your pipes aren’t leaking.
And then lastly, is that asbestos tile? Zooming in on the pics, it sort of looks like it.
I don’t think asbestos tile would break that easily and if we are looking at the same thing it looks like the thinset or whatever is on the tile is questionable. I know that they put asbestos in a lot of things like that and plaster at one point bc it was in a house I demoed once.
Right, whatever is attached to the tile is what I was referring to. But not expert here, I’d play ignorance and just clean it all up and dispose of it.
This is good advice
Just go over it with 1/4" instead of demoing all of it
I do have to plumb for a second sink which makes me lean towards full replacement
Think you answered your own question then haha. Good luck! I just did a full diy gut so I feel your pain
Full replacement. Start at the studs.
Not my post but thanks, just added more work to my bathroom reno project. But you’re right, address the things I can while I can and save myself a headache a few years down the line
I always replace drywall when I’ve got the opportunity. So much nicer looking. Especially in a small space like this, why not. You can fix and framing issues, fix electrical, insulate. Whatever you need. Drywall is cheap.
I'm here for the comments. I'm doing the same but staying with tile as it's a small project. I did some hot mud fixes after some sealing of some of the tears but now looking to replace some of the drywall to go greenboard. Best of luck to ya.
Fellow DIY guy who just did his bathroom. One wall I opted to replace (water damage) with green board, and the other had glue damage and holes from a giant mirror that I opted to repair. The new wall went a lot faster and the texture match looks cleaner. I found it hard as a noob to get the patches looking good and ended up taking many more passes than expected. If I had to do it again, I'd replace it.
Thanks for your experience, I’m thinking replacing it all is the best way forward
Well, you're definitely going to be ripping out that wall (or a good chunk of it) behind where your current vanity sits because you have plumbing that needs to be done in that wall to accomodate the double sinks (both supply and DWV). Whatever else you rip out for new electrical or blocking or..., only you can answer that. I would say the wall with what looks your GFI jbox, your jbox for switches for the bath fan/light and what looks like a TP holder looks fine and just might need a little TLC in a few places. When you rip out drywall and you're not taking out the entire wall thinking through how you do it is part of the battle (i.e. oh, that will be bigger than 48x48 and now I'm going to have another joint, putting a level on it to run your cut line so you can easily cut a piece to replace and have it be tight so you're not doing a ton of prefill). Highly recommend Fibafuse for flats and tapered when you get there (particularly for beginners) because you will know whether you got mud behind it. There are also some great user friendly corner bead products on the market (yes, more expensive than paper tape) if you need to do a corner. Good luck!
You’re in good hands with Vancouver carpenter. You’re already this far I personally would strongly encourage you to replace all of the Drywall because that gives you a chance to look inside the walls. Any house that we’re working on now is old and it sucks so if you remodeling it at all open up those walls fix the butied junction boxes put in mineral wool insulation because it’s not gonna be affected by moisture. put in proper green board drywall that’s rated for bathrooms
I’d take it out and put in wet rated drywall just on the bottom and go to about 6’ high. I’d put another outlet on the left connecting to the gfci. Minimally. Id get rid of the swag lamps and bulkhead.
Yeah we’re doing recessed lighting to replace existing fixtures
i did a similar bathroom recently.
i scraped and sanded down what i could. primed it all with bin123. and then patched and skimmed to bring it up to be ready for drywall primer. sanded that. and then two coats with BM bath and spa.then installed they new vanity etc
in some ways, replacing drywall may be easier but then you have to deal with everything that is exposed. i personally didn’t want to know haha
ps. scrape off that popcorn ceiling
Scrape it and then what? That’s something else I’ll look into
sand skim sand prime paint it
Just watch a popcorn ceiling video first if you have never done it. Also that shit can contain asbestos
Fellow DIYer here. Will what you're installing be the same height as what you removed?
Its honestly not that bad. If I assume most of will be covered. You will be doing 5X as much mudding and sanding if you start over.
Same height but it won’t screw into the wall. It also isn’t solid all the way to the floor, it sits in four legs with a small gap at the bottom
For me, thats cake-repair.
Obviously yes
For a mess like that I’d rip it all out and start over. It’s easier, faster and provides a better finished product.
You should replace the rock on the sink wall if you’re adding a sink and repair the rest. Maybe add recessed overhead lighting or wall sconces
Rip out the drywall and replace
Patch everything and then skim coat the walls.
Currently renoing my basement. My biggest regret was not just ripping all the drywall down and starting from scratch. I spent way more time trying to tie into the old work than it wouldve to finish new AND its gonna look worse.