Wolfdog91,

Well, I've been down this road before. My son noticed that he thought his master bath floor flexed when he walked on it. After pulling a few tiles he found the both the one piece Fiberglas shower and the toilet both had contributed to water leakage. The wax toilet ring had deteriorated and the shower had a barely perceptible crack in the base, leading to this.




The only correct fix would be to remove all of the flooring and one piece shower unit.



The flooring framework was fine, as you can see. Replaced sub floor and used cement board instead of drywall where the shower walls would be. A new shower pan, and ceramic tile finished it up.



Definitely use cement board on the floor, screwed down. PossumMan is correct..... A Sawzall is a must, also with a short and long demo bar, the ones with the 90 degree turn in one end.

Lots of satisfaction when you're done.

Thanks for all the advice everyone, well looks like I got an excuse for a new tool . One of the perks of working at Lowe's is I can price all this stuff on my breaks

Hey..........there are a few things I need .............

Me too!

if you don't have a circular saw it is another very versatile tool you will want.

I miss the worm gear saw I had when I worked in construction

I have a nice Milwaukee with magnisium shoe but it is the blade on the right direct drive and not the worm drive with the blade on the left

solid investment of a saw https://www.lowes.com/pd/SKILSAW-7-...cular-Saw-with-Magnesium-Shoe/1000607587

sky hook https://www.amazon.com/SKIL-WDHK01-...w&qid=1594172262&s=hi&sr=1-1

this guy has some very good videos on skilsaw skills and I like the way he sets up his saw skyhook and long cord

Never could get used to left blade circ saws.

the longer handle on the saw leads to less turning in the cut and the worm drive seems to give better torque

it feels a little weird at first but then if you are a right handed person you don't end up looking over the saw to see where the blade is cutting but your right it does put the blade away from you.


looking at the current saw it looks like skill ships it with the sky hook built in now.

I guess you really can't teach an old dog new tricks.

I've been running a right blade circ saw for forty-plus years. Two years ago an employee wanted me to try his new left blade worm drive. We had to rebuild an apartment building/garage that a large tree had fallen on. I agreed to use his saw for the duration of that job which lasted almost three months. Another guy had a left blade Milwaukee cordless circ saw that I used on the roof a bunch of times.

Never did get used to either one and am back to using my tried and true DeWalt right blade circs.

Here's what my ex son In law did. He replaced all the doors In the house all the floors In the house were hardwood but one bedroom had been carpeted. So the new door was to long and wouldn't open so what did the idiot do he cut out a section of the carpeting so the door would open.. You can't fix stupid.