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You're speaking nonsense (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 8 points 7 months ago (14 children)

I’m confused, like is your grout coming off or is your shower made of drywall?

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  • [–] 11 points 7 months ago* (5 children)

    My shower was made of drywall, which I found out about when mushrooms started growing through the grout. I was able to demo the whole wall with a single pull because the drywall had basically disintegrated.

    That's why I had all of the drywall in that bathroom replaced with cement board.

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  • [–] 9 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    My shower was made of drywall

    Lmfao it's literally in the name. Who the fuck...

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Which is what is it is supposed to be, cement board, hopefully with a sealant on the wall before you put the cement board on but either way, then tile over top. Or cheap linoleum bullshit. It is really expensive to have it done.

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago

    Yeah, the tile guys quoted me on re-tiling the rest of the house, and it was like 1/3 the price of a bathroom. That's because a crew can knock out a house in very little time, while many bathrooms can only realistically have one guy working on it.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago (7 children)

    No it is some type of synthetic from the '70s. Like plastic-ish adjacent, all the old people knew exactly what it was when I got this place I can't remember.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    How have these survived on the wall for 50 years?

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (3 children)

    We've wiped them down almost every time. I forgot once or twice for a number of hours. The main side wall was pockmarked when I moved in from being wet too much already though, but not to the point the water getting through yet.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    But the humidity alone would destroy a non-waterproof material in a shower.

    This doesn't make sense.

    It will literally reach 100% humidity inside of your bathroom. That material doesn't need full contact to absorb water out of the air

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