no. just no. no green board in a shower!

you need to educate yourself on properly waterproofing a shower surround. bare minimum is a cement board with properly taped seams. Redgard over that would be better.

I understand you wanting rustic, but this metal sheet is ugly. sorry. it is. you need to waterproof the surround before doing anything else. then just do some regular shower tiles. metal and wood isn't something that needs to go in the shower.

why don't you browse through these rustic bathrooms on here and see if you like anything

[https://www.houzz.com/photos/rustic/bath/budget--%24--%24%24[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/phbr3-bp~t_711~s_2111~a_18-85-86)

were you the people that did the wood plywood boards and painted them, about a month ago in here??

You need cement board, which must be taped, and then Red Guard over. No green board! You can only do that under acrylic, swanstone, etc.

The minimum isn’t cement board. Cement board isn’t water resistant at all. You must have something over it, and Redguard will be better than a membrane here.

Flashing won’t work, either. You can’t treat this like a roof anymore.

Having done that...I say go for it! I have no idea how it will wear, but you won’t rot the house, it will be easy to remove if you end up hating it, and it’s not like you’re dumping money into this harebrained idea. It looks cool. The worst that can happen at that point is not much.

nope not me... just my first venture here. Yes, sorry should have been more detailed. Plan is green board with wonderboard, seamed and painted with drylock. Wish I had discussed my plan a little better. Seems I may be the laughing stock....

No green board at all. :)

As for the rest of your plan...I predict there’s an 80% chance this will be a cleaning nightmare, but why not give it a shot? There’s no risk and little expense.

Thanks!!! Nothing great ever came from fear of flying right? When you never see your idea done before, it is either a really bad one, or has a huge fail option, but that's why you post it and see what the experts think! ! I just don't want it to look new.... I guess that's why I should have left it old....hmmmmm generic tile seems easy to clean yes... subwaytile... so 1940's. back to the drawing board....

Sorry, gross. That shower will never, ever be clean. You haven't upcycled the roofing; you've downcycled the new bathroom.

And your tub is the wrong kind for that use. You need a tub with flanges on the three wall edges to go up behind whatever wall covering you use--a three-wall-alcove tub.

try the plank wood look tile that looks like rustic, reclaimed wood.

this is tile. and you could have done the metal on the outside like they did here.

or use it for the wall behind the sinks or on the ceiling

some have done it in the shower, but the color you have is weird!

agreed.... cleaning was the hard part... tile... i hate the idea of tile.. ok, so the good part about this it that it is sitting against a not at all finished bath still needs insulation and drywall..... far from installed. the front side is painted green, but the back is that exact galvanized look (different isn't always better?) I love the idea of the wood tile...... that may be the plan.... much more rustic and not as much of a cleaning nightmare, and more change from the rock..... thanks... super helpful, wood that works in a shower.

Oh no! The tub! I didn’t see that. You need to order a flange kit—MAAX makes one that I’ve used. You then will have to fur out your walls. You’ll have a rot disaster otherwise.

Oh, Beth, very nice! Not my style, but I always admire something well done, and some of those are cool.

Now to give Sophie and Patricia simultaneous heart attacks:

I kid, I kid.

Beth that blog is awesome.... ok..... planning continues... it's either going to be a massive fail, or going to be awesome.... or wood tile.. the crazy husband that is up in the woods building this needs to chime in... you gave awesome advice and gave me some awesome options.... they even spend an amazing amount of time talking about cleaning.. that's funny...

So you hate the idea of tile - well 99% of the baths are tiled - I wonder why?

That corrugated metal may work for a bathtub surround - but not a shower. No way to keep that clean. or waterproof - since you need to fasten it to the walls with screws.

here is a thought..... do your shower the real way. with a relatively inexpensive tile that you can live with... and find a way to mount the roofing from a cleat on the walls around the top... dont tile to the ceiling... sheathing the real tile walls. no water damage can happen, and when you get tired of cleaning shampoo and conditioner off of the roofing you can take it down and still have a real tile shower and tub.

you need to keep an eye behind the metal that you arent getting mold growing, i expect.

this isnt something i would do, but lots of people do things i wouldnt do, every day, and live to tell.

I like the idea of incorporating the old metal in there somewhere but not in the shower. The above comments are all the reasons why. How out using it on the ceiling?

Aren't you glad you asked now !!

I have seen several variations of this bath in Frank Lloyd Wright houses, combining brick, wood and sometimes marble in the showers. I wonder how this holds up. I've seen finish damage to the wood paneling, but I wonder about underneath

Shiplap mahogany and a feltpaper rainscreen behind brick isn’t quite the same water risk as rusted holey tin. I still wouldn’t want to clean the dead skin cells and soap out of that brick, but it probably won’t rot the walls if it was detailed properly.

Getting creative with things that Rot out your house is just stupid when you very clearly are ignorant about proper construction techniques.

Well, here's what I think: I think from a structural standpoint it's a disaster. From the tub not having flanges, to the greenboard, to the complete inability to waterproof it - it's a disaster. You don't have even a clue about construction - and that's has to be the foundation for any creative use of materials. This entire enclosure will mold and rot.

From a design and architecture standpoint it's hideous and demonstrates a total lack of fundamental design. This is like when when kids "cook" by just randomly dumping things together in a bowl and mixing them up - without any understanding of basic cooking.

From a functional standpoint it's terrible. It can't be cleaned and the mold and rot will stink in no time.

No wonder so many FLW houses are abandoned...

The wood will rot without being regularly refinished like a ship’s deck. And the grooves! That man hated his clients. Must have. That’s the only explanation for his stunts.....

Gorgeous and utterly insane.

Wow, rusty metal paneling for wall covering. Definitely Rust-ick.

The plank wood tile looks good.

The green roofing will make the shower feel dark honestly. Almost feel like you are showering in a port-a-potty. Not a fan. Not to mention how are you going to overlap it to make sure it drains into the tub instead. It looks like it mounts to the wall outside of the tub with no flanges to keep water in.

And yea, cement board with redguard (or other brand name same function).

The lack of a flange at the tub wouldn't be a technical problem if the walls were waterproofed with Schluter Kerdi and brought over the tub.

I like the recycling angle and the funk of a cabin has to be preserved, but cleaning will probably be problematic.

How old is that metal roof? Any chance it has lead in it? Find that out before you do anything else. Lead tests are cheap at HD. Assuming it's safe to use, why not use the metal roofing material as panel inserts on cabinet doors, frame around a mirror, inset around a reclaimed window, backer for the tp roll and towel bars? Choose tiles that look like wood for the tub surround, use the roofing in other places to pull the look together.