Fixing one of my bathroom's shower has been on my mind for years, but I didn't have time and gut to break it apart until now. I have read many bathroom remodel threads and asked multiple questions, thanks to Trekkor, Widebody911, Look 171, and others. Still I have more questions to ask.
The first reason why I need to do this is that the tiles crack bad. One of the crack that worry me the most of the horizontal crack, red highlight, on the bottom. I imagine either the wood studs are damaged/sank, or maybe it's just that the house settled?
My plan:
1- Subfloor definitely needs to be off and redone.
2- walls: my plan was to pull the whole walls off to look at the studs and redo it completely, but after the tiles off (all day work), I found that the concrete is in good shape except I punch a hole around 5" diameter. Since it is in good shape, I don't want to destroy it and redo it again if I don't have to. So I think I will punch the concrete off the mess little by little from bottom up around a foot or two. Pull up the mess and repair the studs if I have too. Then nail the mess back on the studs and flow/patch only that section.
Do you think that is acceptable or I have to pull the whole wall off and redo everything?
