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    icandoit Posts: 46, Reputation: 2
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    Mar 13, 2006, 02:32 AM
    New mold resistant fiberglass sheetrock
    Hi,

    I am redoing my basement bathroom and am ready to put up walls and ceiling. I've purchased the new fiberglass water resistant sheetrock for all of the walls and ceiling. The shower is a one piece fiberglass unit and the ceiling is low due to the overhead plumbing for the upstairs facilities. After I screwed in the sheetrock on the ceiling I stood back and could see just how low it really is... probably somewhere between about 6 1/2 to 7 feet.

    So, now I am wondering if I should use durock there in stead of the sheetrock. I do plan on tiling the ceiling later on. I know it will get wet from the shower spray but being on the ceiling I figure most of the water will drip off and will not have a chance to soak into the sheetrock.

    Wrong way of thinking? Should I go with the cement board?

    Anybody have any thoughts on the subject?

    Thanks... Randy
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    Mar 13, 2006, 05:35 AM
    Don't worry about it. Your using water resistant sheetrock, right? Its on the ceiling. Paint it w/ mold/mildew resistant bath paint until you get to tiling it.
    It'll be fine.

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