Bathroom Remodeling in Manchester, CT

Bathroom Remodeling in Manchester

Bathroom remodeling in Manchester confronts concealed moisture damage that has accumulated behind walls and under floors for decades. Green Manor's 1950s homes were built with a single full bathroom — typically five feet by eight feet with a cast-iron tub, pedestal sink, and toilet, tiled with small mosaic floor tiles set in a full mortar bed and wall tiles above the tub with no waterproof membrane behind them. This tile-directly-on-plaster installation method was standard practice in the 1950s, and while many of these bathrooms still appear functional, the absence of any waterproofing membrane means that 70 years of shower spray have been migrating through the plaster and into the wall framing behind it.

When we demolish a Green Manor bathroom, we find conditions that range from minor surface mold on drywall to severely rotted wall studs and subfloor joists that have been saturated for years. The Hockanum River corridor adds ambient humidity that compounds interior moisture problems — homes along Union Street and North Main Street with bathrooms on exterior walls show consistently worse concealed damage than comparable homes on higher ground in Highland Park. Every Manchester bathroom renovation we undertake begins with complete demolition to framing, allowing us to assess and repair structural damage before installing modern waterproofing systems that prevent the same deterioration from recurring.