I would tile to the ceiling but was just in a similar situation and did not. The ceiling in my bathroom was not even and I did not want to take a chance on seeing an uneven line next to my last row of tile. I actually have my bull nose piece just above the window. I used bull nose in my window jambs but now would have preferred not to. Steve

Hm, I had been wondering if you'd taken the past surround *down* or just put the new surround over it. If you've *taken it down* and you didn't see any rot behind the sheetrock when you removed it, then I'd venture to say that you're safe. There was *no* black or otherwise unpleasant anything where the low point was? Checking downstairs will eliminate the other one possibility, which would be that the rot went straight down and didn't communicate upwards at all into anything you removed. Which would be odd, but I guess possible. Maybe you just had *really good* sealing. We don't.

Ameriwall has a tub surround with a 72" back wall. It can be cut down for a smaller tub. Might be others, that's the first one I found. 7230TA

I'm a DIY-er, and I tiled a 3'x4' shower (walls and ceiling) with 4x4s and 6x6's with a couple decorative bands and some inset glass tiles in about 20 hours total. I tiled the 8'x10' floor in 6 hours total, including laying the Ditra but not the grouting. I don't consider myself very speedy, particularly on walls. Is your guy working 8 hour days?