So I am going to install a drop in 6’x36″ oval jetted tub in a master bath that never had one before. The deck will be approx 80″ x 44″ and will butt up against 2 walls.
My question is, do I need to install tile on the walls around the deck, or is painted drywall OK? If so, how high up min? Also, should I tile the deck it in granite that matches my vanity top or ceramic that will match the shower and floor?
Thanks, abutcher
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I would at least install a 'backsplash' there... maybe 6" minimum, or higher depending on what looks good. Water gets on the deck and will get the drywall wet if it comes all the way down.
Don't tile over the jets!
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I would definetly tile the back walls from the jaccuzi ledge and up about 6 inches or so. I would use a similar color as the vanity.
There is also a back splash tile kit that you can buy to further prevent water from getting behind the tub. You can buy this at Menards or Home Depot. It is like a J-Channel that you mount to the back ladge of the jaccuzi and the tile sits in this channel. It is Around $35. But being the walls are finished you don't have to do this.
Or just silicone the tub lip to the painted drywall. Then tile it and leave a 1/8 gap from the ledge up to grout it. Then grout that area then when dried clear silicone the top of that grouted areas against the jaccuzi. That should be good enough.
I did one last summer. Used a product called "Watertight" first. It's a green paint-on rubber emulsion made by an outfit called Laticrete Co., which creates a 100% moisture barrier and can be tiled over with reglalr latex fortified thinset. Got the product at a local tile store, about $100 for the kit, but worth it. I'll try to attach some pictures.
Edited 10/26/2006 9:10 am ET by Tuneman
I assume the tub sits on a plywood deck, and that the tub lip will be higher than the tile surface, Be sure to seal the lip of the tub where it sits on the deck, the product that "Tuneman" mentions sounds like just the right animal, and you might even run it up the wall 5" or so behind the bull-nosed backsplash. Good Luck!
Geoff
Most bathroom tile that you would use for this project will also come in bull nose. Run a row of backsplach tile and trim it with the bull nose. Looks sharp and keeps your drywall safe.