Shower walls prep for tile
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Comments (2)You could also cut your own using a table saw, slicing "shims" from a 2x4. By the time you're done, if this tub's big enough, you could almost pay for the table saw with the money you'd save from not having to get that extra layer of cement board!....See MoreTile shower prep/pan help, please
Comments (10)If the $500 is within your budget and you're unsure of your skills, then the easiest might be to have the "local guy" do a deck mud preslope and drain, install the membrane, and then the tiling base of mud on top of the membrane for the $500. But only use him if he will do a deck mud preslope BELOW the membrane, so the membrane that then gets placed on top of the preslope will be sloped, resulting in a sloped membrane. If his plan is to install the membrane flat on the floor and then do a sloped deck mud base on top of that, that's a no-go. You need a sloped membrane, not a flat one. Regardless, if you use him, that's $500. All you'd have to pony up for is for cement board for the walls; Durock or Wonderboard. Screws to fasten the cement board to the wall studs, and mesh tape to tape the cement board seams. Maybe $100 for everything. When the cement board is up and the seams are taped and thinsetted, then you can waterproof the cement board with the RedGard that you already have. Then tile. Like terricks wrote, if you wanted to use Kerdi over a mud base, you'd need a $75 Kerdi Drain. Deck mud for the sloped pan would be $50-$100 in materials. Just sand and portland cement. I have some photos of Kerdi over a deck mud base on this thread, skip down to about halfway through the thread. Although I use Kerdi over cement board, you can do Kerdi over regular drywall. There are places that sell Kerdi "by the foot" or even partial rolls. Rolls of Kerdi are a meter wide, or about 39-1/2" wide, partial roll pricing is around $2 a sqft. Or you buy a whole roll and resell the unused remnant on craigslist or ebay. There have been hybrid methods, Kerdi floors with RedGard or HydroBan walls, and even Kerdi Drains with HydroBan floors and walls. You need to be careful when going hybrid, in transitioning from one material to another. Your least expensive build would be to do a deck mud slope on the floor, cement board on the walls, then RedGard the entire thing. You;d need to read up on the RedGard instructions on how to detail the RedGard to the drain. But in this case, you already have the drain and the RedGard, so your only additional expense would be the cement board for the walls, as well as cement board fasteners and mesh tape, and any reinforcing fabric you'd need to embed in the RedGard. Plus the portland and sand for the preslope. So there are several options, but they're a blend of cost versus DIY ability....See MorePrep for granite on shower knee wall
Comments (1)Yes and no. It shouldn't matter too much, being that it'll be slab stone on top, but this should have been waterproofed, first. Any time you have a horizontal surface in a wet area it should be waterproofed....See Moreprep wall for tile and extra big tub with shower guard
Comments (1)You're not going to find a larger tub with an integral tile flange meant for use with a tub/shower. So, you'd have to do something aftermarket, which has more of a chance of leaking. Especially if there is a tub deck involved to pool water onto. Generally, what you're proposing is pretty sub optimal. Yes, the walls need to be waterproofed, and you need to understand the different pros and cons of each of the possible systems before you start the project....See More- 11 years ago
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