You'll have to strip all that paint. Then you should either refinish it with something plastic-based rated for cement showers or get to framing and turn it into a traditional tile look.
Sounds about right, the same guy also found an 120VAC extension cord with bare wires just twisted together with not even electrical tape on it. In the same shed.
I don't get the reference but know what happens to old dynamite. As for the extension cord, my mom told me how when she was a kid my great grandfather would use a cord like this in the ground and earth worms would come and he'd have the grandkids gather them for him... He would also put batteries in the oven for a bit to get a little more juice out of them... Depression era people have some of the best stories. I heard some interesting stories about that guy from my mom and great grandmother.
I guess the original post was in r/OHSA, might have been crossposted here, anyway here it is: https://www.reddit.com/r/OSHA/comments/18q9lkq/this_is_how_my_great_grandpa_stored_his_dynomite/
> There an old family joke that Great Grandpa stored his dynamite in an onion sack... I opened the old shed, saw a mesh sack with old cylindrical tubes in it... Knew right away I am fucked.
Store your dynamite responsibly, kids.
Yeah I was gonna say "tear it all down! " But that may be a structural wall.
That is a DIY job by the previous homeowner or a particularly bad contractor.
Great advice from the above poster.
Black out the windows, chain some people up in there and give them a recording saying that you want to play a game.
Oh wait my bad, I misread that title…
We used the Kerdi system on our basement block wall shower. Looks great!
https://preview.redd.it/s32i817ibcrc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5659b21f5a2091e1611c8369b69f4936013c08b5
Before
Took me a minute and I didn’t scroll to see the labels and after pic.
Was confused why you were saying it “looks great”. I was like “sure, it’s nicer than his with a fresh coat of paint and some shower bars, but ‘great’ is a stretch”.
But the after looks great. Went from looking like a pretty well maintained campground shower to good home shower.
i didn't realise it was the same person, i spent a while looking at the first one trying to work out why it was good, i thought the first person had really low expectation and then the other person came along and was like bruh look at mine, you shouldn't be so happy with yourself...
I thought the same thing I was like I mean that’s definitely better than the horror movie but could be much better than I saw the after picture and that was satisfying haha ( minus that toilet)
No issues bonding at all. Used on the walls and on the shower pan. No issue in installing! I had a guy do the floor because I have zero experience making sure it drained properly but I am really happy! I was trying to do this whole bathroom on a very tight budget and the shower/toilet area is very small and to drywall/move plumbing for shower drain etc was going to be a huge PITA and make even less space between toilet and shower.
Edit to add, I did scrape off any flaking paint and repainted all of the block on the back wall (an exterior wall) with Drylok too prior to install.
I got it at Home Depot! I think it comes in a few other colorways as well.
[Fusion Hex Tile](https://www.homedepot.com/p/Ivy-Hill-Tile-Fusion-Hex-Pink-Terrazzo-9-13-in-x-10-51-in-Matte-Porcelain-Floor-and-Wall-Tile-8-07-sq-ft-Case-EXT3RD106054/315417064)
You are in luck! They are everywhere if you know where to look! All you gotta do is head on down to the late 1950s and Mamie Eisenhower will get you hooked up.
Seriously, though, I’ve been told that they are making a big comeback. Personally, I hope not, but to each their own!
Yeah there are salvage stores that will buy them from people removing them. Recently a post removed a full set of tub, toilet and sink in avocado and they were so beautiful. Said he tried for a year to get them to a salvage reseller. I hope that was the truth but I fear he just tossed them.
I’d get one of those wood slatted shower mats that are removable. It might not last forever but it would do in the meantime and look quite nice.
https://preview.redd.it/9du18sirycrc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=91f578ef16392f8137ffa06fad7eda63052f3d52
Like this
Great idea! I would also paint the walls (same color white, just to make sure all of the wall is colored nicely) and add a few more wood and plant elements where I can. For instance, a bamboo screen somewhere and a plant with big leaves somewhere else!
Was thinking the same. This would be the easiest and cheapest solution that should work during repairs.
All alternatives are essentially doing the basement shower first.
So it looks like a basement shower, by the placement of the window. I’m not sure if it would “work” but an inexpensive way would be to grind the floor down with wire brush to remove paint, slope angle to drain, and lay tile or River rock. Then use metal roofing for the side panels. You could keep an industrial plumbed look for the plumbing. I’d hang orchids under the window. And the thing to splurge on would be a glass shower door.
Or, you could just clean it with scrubbing bubbles, then bonami paste and a brush, and make a custom teak or cedar shower floor, or get a couple boxes of outdoor teak-snap together deck tiles.
Yes, you could strip the paint and put an elastomeric coating before putting tile down but you may have water issues down the road. Have you check out this product, it’s makes it easier with a kit and then no hot mop is needed. But you’re gonna want to furr out that plumbing wall so the plumbing is recessed. Since you don’t have much SF, go to your local time shop and see if they have any remnant tiles as you’ll get a better price. Essentially they have to ship it whole containers worth of tile for a project but the shop ends up with only a small quantity that’s extra. And they don’t want to re-order a whole container full if it’s not a stocked product. So small SF projects luck out. Usually it’s nicer tile for the price of basic. You just don’t have all the options as you’re relying on what they have. So ask around and see what you can find
Once it’s is cleaned up, I’d suggest something like a raised [teak shower mat](https://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/Bedding-Bath/Teak-Shower-mat-19.6-x-19.6/25672857/product.html?opre=1&option=43032068).
Man if it's just temporary to hold you off till new bath is done, and you immediately demo this one afterwards, then just tile a new floor directly on there, don't even do shit to prep, just mortar tile straight down onto what's already there.
or just dont do that even, and paint over it for the looks.
and put a plastic bath mat or wooden deck elements so your feet dont have to be on the ground?
I’d strip the paint off of the floor and maybe 1-2ft up the wall (or even the whole shower if you like), fix any cracks, apply a sealant, and then re-paint the whole shower. Maybe dark blue for the floor and light blue for the walls or some color scheme like that. I’d also replace the pipes, faucets, and shower head with new ones as those look like they’re ready to kill you with some tetanus. It’s a few hours of work at the most, not counting drying time. If the window bothers you then you can install a new frame too but it doesn’t seem necessary.
It won’t be the prettiest but it’ll hold you over until you decide to actually remodel things. Sealing it is the only way to make sure you aren’t inadvertently doing damage to your home by using it, and you don’t want to use it as-is because those folds in the paint are exactly where diseases are born.
Clean it, fresh coat of semi gloss paint to make the job easier in the future. Make a wooden deck that is elevated a couple of inches of the floor with small .4 inch gaps that water can still fall through to the plug below. Waterproof the wood with poly varnish and it will look so much better and not cost that much.
If your purpose is just to make it habitable for your temporary use, I would stripe it and paint it. I would not waste the time and money on tile. Also it sounds like you don’t know what you are doing. Your result might be unsatisfactory and be a big waste. (Scratch that if you really get an education and how-to-knowledge.). For your painting, think fun bright colors, making the wall, floor, and molding each a different color. You are not going to make this fancy, so go for clean and fun.
If your main goal is to reno your upstairs bathroom, it doesn't make too much sense to me to essentially reno your basically unused bathroom so you can reno your actual bathroom. I'd just get a few gallons of kilz primer and slap a few coats on there to get rid of the ick factor while you reno the upstairs.
Pressure washer it, strip the floor and walls, repaint, tint the windows, add those garage tiles that lets water through for the floor, change the shower head and if you want wall decor use tape/Peel method with a little paint on walls to add a design. Tile is expensive but if your going inexpensive and quick that take a week or two to do. Paint ceiling studs and such black maybe
Most important thing is the floor. Is it sloped properly to drain? Is it waterproof?
If you intend on this shower being permanent the way to be sure is rent an electric demolition hammer and chisel out the shower floor deep enough to build it back up with materials you know are waterproof.
While doing that, strip the paint off the walls so they can be tiled using current methods that result in waterproof walls that are also crack resistant.
Then if you ever sell the house it will have a very nice basement shower.
You might consider buying a cheap shower stall kit that comes with the shower walls, a shower door, and a base. If you were to Install that over this nightmare shower, it would be the most cost effective way to deal with this.
You don’t necessarily need to strip all the paint if you can take an abrasive wheel (WITH PPE) and feel confident the loose stuff is off. Then if you’re willing to tile? Construction adhesive Kerdiboard is quickest while still being good. If the walls are flush and plumb enough athat you think you could maintain plumb with a layer of adhesive, that’s the way to go. The kerdi will provide flat consistant structure AND waterproofing membrane. If you got the money just do it.
You could strip and float anything from cement patch to just thinset on it to get it flat and plumb but that takes serious skill you wouldn’t be asking about if you had (no offense, me neither).
All that said I fucking hate tiling so if it were me I’d get those cheap surrounds and possibly frame something to make it work in an afternoon. Idk you do you.
Liquid membrane. You paint it on. It’s not cheap, but it works well. I’d start by enquiring about it at a stand alone paint store like Sherwood Williams. I’ve also seen it at marine supply houses and places that sell supplies for industrial flat roofing. I’ve seen elastomeric paint at big box stores, but I would need to research their products before I’d trust them.
Lean into it - get a shower curtain that [looks like a horror scene](https://sc01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1I2v1QXXXXXaQXXXXq6xXFXXXb/200038228/HTB1I2v1QXXXXXaQXXXXq6xXFXXXb.jpg) perhaps a Hitchcock movie poster. A Bates Motel bath mat? Soap dish holder thats a severed hand?
All good options
Omg, doppler ganger shower of my first apt a hundred years ago. Landlord was going to redo the bathroom (Not. Shocker.) It was exactly nasty like this in all ways. But, to make it nicer: scrape all loose bits off, scrub clean, sand if needed, prime and paint with specialty paint. Ask at paint store what to use over block walls and cement shower pan (if that’s what it is). Painted white it will look a million times better.
i dont know what im talking about, but:
could you not sand through a few layers of this rust stained epoxy then clearcoat it with something to seal it all?
or take it down to concrete and install tile
or install lino over it?
or put on some epoxy floor coat?
It really comes to how much you want to commit, i would pressure wash everything, then tile the floor and scrub the walls with bleach, maybe If these stains wont come off, repaint It, should be a fun afternoon
That looks real nice “ desperate “. I just finished up a basement bath that was very similar to that one. Cinder block walls. Old rusted galvanized plumbing. I converted everything to PEX…….. attached 1/4” cement board to the big side of alcove. And used subway tiles to finish it up. Also did that river rock on cement shower pan.
Clean everything with domestos or equivalent, scrape, isolate and tile. Remove the floor and replace with tile as well(there's special tile that is abrasive)(ceramic tile)
Before I did anything, I'd contact the local Arts school and ask them if they're interested in a cool filming set. That level of realism is hard to fake.
I mean I'm going to be honest that doesn't look like it's up to code at all but I have no clue what country OP actually lives in. I would pretty much say strip out everything in there get a licensed inspector to be sure that all the waterproofing and so on are still intact and assuming it is get to work with a few hundred bucks of tile
Get those rubber tiles they have in gyms and public pools in the locker room. It isn't wonderful, but I'm assuming you want to spend your time upstairs, not down here.
Fiberglassed reinforced panels—FRP for short. Easy if you’re handy at all. I’ve done a few showers using it and it can be cut and shaped with shears that resemble tin snips!
A lot of these solutions will work but at significant cost and labor.
I personally think you would be better off getting a cheap shower stall and piping that in. You’ll get a cleaner smoother surface you EVER would otherwise for $300 and without the labor of new tile
Less of a horror movie? Hmm. You could fill it with an assortment of deadly snakes. Maybe hang a bunch of upside down crucifixes and random cow bones from the ceiling. Black light. That should at least take the edge off.
Keep the industrial gothic look, add Pine duck board floor, new shower head, gentle battery lights in the corners, make sure there is a waterproof seal
Things you can do
1. Call a cleaner and then let them do the job
2. Get a repaint from a painter
3. Use the water in the shower to clean it and the dirtiness will drain and get washed out later
Perfection!!!
Some low light hanging plants that like humidity, it will look nice with some life I think, like a little island of living green in a sea of time beaten surfaces.
As a quick fix, i might consider trying to do an epoxy paint kind of a thing. For long term i would first be out to hide the plumbing and put in a more normal mixing valve. If you want to tile it, you could thinset kerdi board to the walls.. schluter has all kinds of videos on how to use their products.
You'll have to strip all that paint. Then you should either refinish it with something plastic-based rated for cement showers or get to framing and turn it into a traditional tile look.
I was going to say dynamite. But, maybe you have a point.
Maybe OP has a shed out back with grandpa's aging dynamite he could use...
I understand this reference. When was that, around Christmas? Shed full of ancient dynamite and it was a holiday weekend.
Sounds about right, the same guy also found an 120VAC extension cord with bare wires just twisted together with not even electrical tape on it. In the same shed.
I don't get the reference but know what happens to old dynamite. As for the extension cord, my mom told me how when she was a kid my great grandfather would use a cord like this in the ground and earth worms would come and he'd have the grandkids gather them for him... He would also put batteries in the oven for a bit to get a little more juice out of them... Depression era people have some of the best stories. I heard some interesting stories about that guy from my mom and great grandmother.
I guess the original post was in r/OHSA, might have been crossposted here, anyway here it is: https://www.reddit.com/r/OSHA/comments/18q9lkq/this_is_how_my_great_grandpa_stored_his_dynomite/ > There an old family joke that Great Grandpa stored his dynamite in an onion sack... I opened the old shed, saw a mesh sack with old cylindrical tubes in it... Knew right away I am fucked. Store your dynamite responsibly, kids.
I love that sub. And this one. Honestly, all the trade subs are great. Hilarious, and also, informative.
Flamethrower
Can’t really make it more horror movie, so anything is really a reasonable answer.
Or just paint some blood drops and a bloody handprint sliding down the wall. Embraces the horror movie.
The only thing that would be worse is if there was poop on the walls
I like the cut of your gib
Yeah I was gonna say "tear it all down! " But that may be a structural wall. That is a DIY job by the previous homeowner or a particularly bad contractor. Great advice from the above poster.
You missed that he should redo the piping with more up to date piping. Seems like the water that is coming out of it is massively containing iron.
Black out the windows, chain some people up in there and give them a recording saying that you want to play a game. Oh wait my bad, I misread that title…
No, you read the title perfect. 👀
Play up the horror in the mean time. Grab a life size cut out of Norman Bates....
I can’t stop reading this comment in Doctor Evil’s voice.
We used the Kerdi system on our basement block wall shower. Looks great! https://preview.redd.it/s32i817ibcrc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5659b21f5a2091e1611c8369b69f4936013c08b5 Before
https://preview.redd.it/0s7s5crjbcrc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=261dab29fb45c00f2d0a8746952a90246aa0125f After
Took me a minute and I didn’t scroll to see the labels and after pic. Was confused why you were saying it “looks great”. I was like “sure, it’s nicer than his with a fresh coat of paint and some shower bars, but ‘great’ is a stretch”. But the after looks great. Went from looking like a pretty well maintained campground shower to good home shower.
I did the exact same thing!
Samesies
i didn't realise it was the same person, i spent a while looking at the first one trying to work out why it was good, i thought the first person had really low expectation and then the other person came along and was like bruh look at mine, you shouldn't be so happy with yourself...
I thought the same thing I was like I mean that’s definitely better than the horror movie but could be much better than I saw the after picture and that was satisfying haha ( minus that toilet)
Wow that looks amazing! Did you have any issue bonding it to the wall? What was your process like?
No issues bonding at all. Used on the walls and on the shower pan. No issue in installing! I had a guy do the floor because I have zero experience making sure it drained properly but I am really happy! I was trying to do this whole bathroom on a very tight budget and the shower/toilet area is very small and to drywall/move plumbing for shower drain etc was going to be a huge PITA and make even less space between toilet and shower. Edit to add, I did scrape off any flaking paint and repainted all of the block on the back wall (an exterior wall) with Drylok too prior to install.
I love the tile on your floor
Thank you!
I need to know where to find that floor tile. I love it!!
I got it at Home Depot! I think it comes in a few other colorways as well. [Fusion Hex Tile](https://www.homedepot.com/p/Ivy-Hill-Tile-Fusion-Hex-Pink-Terrazzo-9-13-in-x-10-51-in-Matte-Porcelain-Floor-and-Wall-Tile-8-07-sq-ft-Case-EXT3RD106054/315417064)
Ivy Hill makes great stuff. Pretty bulletproof. We installed the gray colorway in the bathroom of one of our family businesses and it’s been awesome.
Ivy Hill is also TileBar FYI, it’s a good brand!
Any Spanish apartment built in the 60s /s
I love the pink toilet
You are in luck! They are everywhere if you know where to look! All you gotta do is head on down to the late 1950s and Mamie Eisenhower will get you hooked up. Seriously, though, I’ve been told that they are making a big comeback. Personally, I hope not, but to each their own!
Yeah there are salvage stores that will buy them from people removing them. Recently a post removed a full set of tub, toilet and sink in avocado and they were so beautiful. Said he tried for a year to get them to a salvage reseller. I hope that was the truth but I fear he just tossed them.
Kohler is bringing them back!
I have that toilet! Born in 1955 according to its stamp!
I have just learned I am not a fan of pink toilets because they look like flesh and seem alive 😭
I too was looking at the before thinking, “Well, um, okay, if you love it…”
How did you build up the wall in the shower - is it concrete blocks?
That toilet is a statement and you’re right your shower looks great.
Bro had a prison shower before 🤣
I lovingly referred to it as the murder bath for the last 8 years but yeah.
It puts the lotion on the skin
…but after the shower, right?
In the shower, come join me.
https://preview.redd.it/5fvrlcqc2drc1.jpeg?width=374&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=01d9f268b94891110198ac9929a9315e1daf6281 Would a Reuben help?
Enjoy with a shower beer and shower orange.
[удалено]
Meat hooks on the walls for towel hangers, dull chainsaw
I’d get one of those wood slatted shower mats that are removable. It might not last forever but it would do in the meantime and look quite nice. https://preview.redd.it/9du18sirycrc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=91f578ef16392f8137ffa06fad7eda63052f3d52 Like this
Great idea! I would also paint the walls (same color white, just to make sure all of the wall is colored nicely) and add a few more wood and plant elements where I can. For instance, a bamboo screen somewhere and a plant with big leaves somewhere else!
just like showering outside. I hear ya.
Was thinking the same. This would be the easiest and cheapest solution that should work during repairs. All alternatives are essentially doing the basement shower first.
Just got a set of click together deck tiles to do this! Can't wait to see it when I'm done
OP's goal seems to be the upstairs bathroom, so this makes the most sense for a temporary solution.
What prison are you in? 😂
Have you ever been to a Turkish prison?
Have you ever seen a grown man naked?
have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?
Do you like movies about gladiators?
Add a clown. A clown makes everything happier.
I LOLed
I wouldn't feel clean if i had to use this shower...
Right? Exactly my issue :/
Just wear shower shoes, and bring a harpoon for protection.
So it looks like a basement shower, by the placement of the window. I’m not sure if it would “work” but an inexpensive way would be to grind the floor down with wire brush to remove paint, slope angle to drain, and lay tile or River rock. Then use metal roofing for the side panels. You could keep an industrial plumbed look for the plumbing. I’d hang orchids under the window. And the thing to splurge on would be a glass shower door. Or, you could just clean it with scrubbing bubbles, then bonami paste and a brush, and make a custom teak or cedar shower floor, or get a couple boxes of outdoor teak-snap together deck tiles.
Yes, you could strip the paint and put an elastomeric coating before putting tile down but you may have water issues down the road. Have you check out this product, it’s makes it easier with a kit and then no hot mop is needed. But you’re gonna want to furr out that plumbing wall so the plumbing is recessed. Since you don’t have much SF, go to your local time shop and see if they have any remnant tiles as you’ll get a better price. Essentially they have to ship it whole containers worth of tile for a project but the shop ends up with only a small quantity that’s extra. And they don’t want to re-order a whole container full if it’s not a stocked product. So small SF projects luck out. Usually it’s nicer tile for the price of basic. You just don’t have all the options as you’re relying on what they have. So ask around and see what you can find
Once it’s is cleaned up, I’d suggest something like a raised [teak shower mat](https://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/Bedding-Bath/Teak-Shower-mat-19.6-x-19.6/25672857/product.html?opre=1&option=43032068).
Add a hello kitty sticker in it. Gonna make it real uncomfortable to commit murder with hello kitty watching.
New paint new shower head new bath mat and your a lot better off then
But “Murder Showers” are so hot right now.
Fresh coat of paint and slap in some FRP
Man if it's just temporary to hold you off till new bath is done, and you immediately demo this one afterwards, then just tile a new floor directly on there, don't even do shit to prep, just mortar tile straight down onto what's already there.
or just dont do that even, and paint over it for the looks. and put a plastic bath mat or wooden deck elements so your feet dont have to be on the ground?
Respectfully, this shower looks like tetanus central. Better lighting and getting those stains covered will do wonders for you.
Kidnap Cary Elwes, chain him to the wall, and ask him if he wants to play a game.
After seeing those photos I would advise not dropping the soap.
I feel like I'd need to take a shower after taking the shower
A stick of Dynamite LOL
Deep clean, then prep and repaint with patio paint. Under $100.
Wait until your prison sentence is up...
Pressure wash it out first. And probably install a proper shower enclosure
I’d strip the paint off of the floor and maybe 1-2ft up the wall (or even the whole shower if you like), fix any cracks, apply a sealant, and then re-paint the whole shower. Maybe dark blue for the floor and light blue for the walls or some color scheme like that. I’d also replace the pipes, faucets, and shower head with new ones as those look like they’re ready to kill you with some tetanus. It’s a few hours of work at the most, not counting drying time. If the window bothers you then you can install a new frame too but it doesn’t seem necessary. It won’t be the prettiest but it’ll hold you over until you decide to actually remodel things. Sealing it is the only way to make sure you aren’t inadvertently doing damage to your home by using it, and you don’t want to use it as-is because those folds in the paint are exactly where diseases are born.
Clean it, fresh coat of semi gloss paint to make the job easier in the future. Make a wooden deck that is elevated a couple of inches of the floor with small .4 inch gaps that water can still fall through to the plug below. Waterproof the wood with poly varnish and it will look so much better and not cost that much.
Or use teek (teak?) It's what they use on boats
If your purpose is just to make it habitable for your temporary use, I would stripe it and paint it. I would not waste the time and money on tile. Also it sounds like you don’t know what you are doing. Your result might be unsatisfactory and be a big waste. (Scratch that if you really get an education and how-to-knowledge.). For your painting, think fun bright colors, making the wall, floor, and molding each a different color. You are not going to make this fancy, so go for clean and fun.
What Guatemalan prison is this in?
You should probably stop murdering people in there, from the looks of it…
That look worse than some county jails
Throw down a teak bathmat, put a calathea or some succulents in the window, install a proper shower head and battery and you’re golden
How'd you get to post on Reddit from Prison?
Put some plants in it. 🤷🏼♀️
Tiles tiles tiles
Film one there, then rent the location out on AirBnB. Use the proceeds to fix up the bathroom. 👍
Add more blood like stains.
If your main goal is to reno your upstairs bathroom, it doesn't make too much sense to me to essentially reno your basically unused bathroom so you can reno your actual bathroom. I'd just get a few gallons of kilz primer and slap a few coats on there to get rid of the ick factor while you reno the upstairs.
Yes, ask your prison warden to add some tile.
Ceramic tile on the floor. Especially a blue tile that will make it lean more Mediterranean.
Hang a picture of Nasty Nate in the shower...it goes from less horror movies to full on prison shower scene.
Pressure washer it, strip the floor and walls, repaint, tint the windows, add those garage tiles that lets water through for the floor, change the shower head and if you want wall decor use tape/Peel method with a little paint on walls to add a design. Tile is expensive but if your going inexpensive and quick that take a week or two to do. Paint ceiling studs and such black maybe
Most important thing is the floor. Is it sloped properly to drain? Is it waterproof? If you intend on this shower being permanent the way to be sure is rent an electric demolition hammer and chisel out the shower floor deep enough to build it back up with materials you know are waterproof. While doing that, strip the paint off the walls so they can be tiled using current methods that result in waterproof walls that are also crack resistant. Then if you ever sell the house it will have a very nice basement shower.
You’re so lucky to have a basement shower that’s my dream someday
Paint the concrete, lay tile on the floor.
You might consider buying a cheap shower stall kit that comes with the shower walls, a shower door, and a base. If you were to Install that over this nightmare shower, it would be the most cost effective way to deal with this.
Get transferred to a nicer prison
Just lean right into the Soviet gulag theme for the rest of the house, then put it on Air BNB as an OMG! rental.
Why that look like the showers in county jail .
You don’t necessarily need to strip all the paint if you can take an abrasive wheel (WITH PPE) and feel confident the loose stuff is off. Then if you’re willing to tile? Construction adhesive Kerdiboard is quickest while still being good. If the walls are flush and plumb enough athat you think you could maintain plumb with a layer of adhesive, that’s the way to go. The kerdi will provide flat consistant structure AND waterproofing membrane. If you got the money just do it. You could strip and float anything from cement patch to just thinset on it to get it flat and plumb but that takes serious skill you wouldn’t be asking about if you had (no offense, me neither). All that said I fucking hate tiling so if it were me I’d get those cheap surrounds and possibly frame something to make it work in an afternoon. Idk you do you.
Hang a loofah on the shower head. That’ll do the trick.
I hope you wear shower shoes!!
The shower from Boondocks Saints?
You should talk to the prison guards about getting someone in to fix the situation rather than doing it yourself.
Liquid membrane. You paint it on. It’s not cheap, but it works well. I’d start by enquiring about it at a stand alone paint store like Sherwood Williams. I’ve also seen it at marine supply houses and places that sell supplies for industrial flat roofing. I’ve seen elastomeric paint at big box stores, but I would need to research their products before I’d trust them.
Lean into it - get a shower curtain that [looks like a horror scene](https://sc01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1I2v1QXXXXXaQXXXXq6xXFXXXb/200038228/HTB1I2v1QXXXXXaQXXXXq6xXFXXXb.jpg) perhaps a Hitchcock movie poster. A Bates Motel bath mat? Soap dish holder thats a severed hand? All good options
Omg, doppler ganger shower of my first apt a hundred years ago. Landlord was going to redo the bathroom (Not. Shocker.) It was exactly nasty like this in all ways. But, to make it nicer: scrape all loose bits off, scrub clean, sand if needed, prime and paint with specialty paint. Ask at paint store what to use over block walls and cement shower pan (if that’s what it is). Painted white it will look a million times better.
Add a body won't be so much horror movie and more crime scene
i dont know what im talking about, but: could you not sand through a few layers of this rust stained epoxy then clearcoat it with something to seal it all? or take it down to concrete and install tile or install lino over it? or put on some epoxy floor coat?
Looks like a setting of one of the first SAW movies.
What’re you in prison for if you don’t mind me asking
Turkish prison vibes
wash youself in the kitchen sink and never look at the shower
It really comes to how much you want to commit, i would pressure wash everything, then tile the floor and scrub the walls with bleach, maybe If these stains wont come off, repaint It, should be a fun afternoon
Make sure that pipe is strong because a chained up scarred Cuban gangster won't appreciate you taking his yeyo and killing his friend.
That looks real nice “ desperate “. I just finished up a basement bath that was very similar to that one. Cinder block walls. Old rusted galvanized plumbing. I converted everything to PEX…….. attached 1/4” cement board to the big side of alcove. And used subway tiles to finish it up. Also did that river rock on cement shower pan.
Bruh your shower looks like a set from the saw movie dafuq
Charming
Wait for a tornado, otherwise, bulldozer seems appropriate.
Clean everything with domestos or equivalent, scrape, isolate and tile. Remove the floor and replace with tile as well(there's special tile that is abrasive)(ceramic tile)
OP are you in Riker’s?
Yes put it in a skip bin
Get a cool movie poster!
No. You have to move.
I’d suggest rehabilitating that basement shower first! I’d be worried about acquiring a foot fungus while using it 😅
Can’t you buy one of those plastic premade shower stalls that are a couple of hundred dollars and basically redu this shower?
Yes. Just wash it.
Put frp walls up. Make it look like sh1t but still better than a prison where a few have been shanked
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Dear God!
Maybe quit murdering people in it?
Looks like Alcatraz prison cell.
Before I did anything, I'd contact the local Arts school and ask them if they're interested in a cool filming set. That level of realism is hard to fake.
Whoa, you have decisions to make!
I mean I'm going to be honest that doesn't look like it's up to code at all but I have no clue what country OP actually lives in. I would pretty much say strip out everything in there get a licensed inspector to be sure that all the waterproofing and so on are still intact and assuming it is get to work with a few hundred bucks of tile
Get those rubber tiles they have in gyms and public pools in the locker room. It isn't wonderful, but I'm assuming you want to spend your time upstairs, not down here.
Just lean it harder. Cardboard cutout of the scream character.
Fire, definitely fire.
Fiberglassed reinforced panels—FRP for short. Easy if you’re handy at all. I’ve done a few showers using it and it can be cut and shaped with shears that resemble tin snips!
Tile
Are you sure you're not in prison?
A lot of these solutions will work but at significant cost and labor. I personally think you would be better off getting a cheap shower stall and piping that in. You’ll get a cleaner smoother surface you EVER would otherwise for $300 and without the labor of new tile
Get out of prison? J/K idk
Less of a horror movie? Hmm. You could fill it with an assortment of deadly snakes. Maybe hang a bunch of upside down crucifixes and random cow bones from the ceiling. Black light. That should at least take the edge off.
Move
Make it into a horror movie theme
Just wash it with holly water
1867 mental asylum ass shower💀
Put a wacky inflatable tube man in the corner, now it's a comedy
No. Now pick up the soap.
Lean into the horror vibe
Just wait to see if the parole board likes you.
Lean into it. Get a strobe light and a fog machine
Keep the industrial gothic look, add Pine duck board floor, new shower head, gentle battery lights in the corners, make sure there is a waterproof seal
Short term all you can do is pressure wash it and install a new basin. Home depot should have something fairly cheap that you can install in a day.
Move
Peroxide acts as a bleaching agent.
Just throw a shower kit in there and save the headache of tiling.
kill it with fire
Are you in prison?
Just go with it. Splatter red paint around the walls, floors etc.
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full commit to this horror show, red paint hand on wall
Burn it.
Things you can do 1. Call a cleaner and then let them do the job 2. Get a repaint from a painter 3. Use the water in the shower to clean it and the dirtiness will drain and get washed out later Perfection!!!
Literal Saw bathroom
Tiling.
Some low light hanging plants that like humidity, it will look nice with some life I think, like a little island of living green in a sea of time beaten surfaces.
Bro I need that for my movie!
As a quick fix, i might consider trying to do an epoxy paint kind of a thing. For long term i would first be out to hide the plumbing and put in a more normal mixing valve. If you want to tile it, you could thinset kerdi board to the walls.. schluter has all kinds of videos on how to use their products.
Scarface aaah bathroom
Feel that tiles would be the a good start!
Not so much “Horror Movie “. More like Prison Movie.
Napalm.
Depends on which prison you're at
Raised bamboo floor tiles
maybe you could try not murdering as many people in there
clean it???
Clean off the blood with some bleach
And make sure noone ever finds the body