Help! Can A Just Tiled Kerdi Shower Niche Only Be Redone?
Made a poor decision or had a bad tile job or both but already chipped off a penny piece of tile in what has turned out to be an awful niche job and I am horribly upset and not sure about options.
The contractor overseeing small hall bath remodel job subbed out the tile work for the area around a tub/shower and the floor. He installed a Kerdi niche - none was there before - and I picked penny dot tile for the niche to give him a bit of texture.
I told him to put the 12x12 penny tile in the entire niche but I had no idea how terrible, rough & unfinished it would end up looking.
My contractor had said he would come back when the tiler was done today but he didn't and when I came back and looked at the job I was so disappointed.
I also saw what looked like a black mark on the tile right above the niche and got a sponge to see if the mark would come off & accidentally pulled off one of the "dots".
My husband is upset with me that I told the tiler to put the penny tile all around the niche (back, sides, etc) & said it should only have gone on the back & the wall tile around the sides & bottom.
The contractor told my husband he will take care of it and talk to him tomorrow.
Can anyone please tell me what realistically our options are at this point?
Sorry the images are so awful but the recessed lights are covered in paper as we are having painting done this week.
The wall time is Urban Landscape Brighton White. https://www.flooranddecor.com/porcelain-tile/urban-landscape-brighton-porcelain-tile-912101380.html#q=urban+white&start=1
The penny tile is just a white mosaic
Suggestions are greatly appreciated. I am so upset about how this turned out.
Thanks.
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Comments (8)Okay-- If you're going to use a PVC or CPE liner, then the Kerdi is unnecessary. The only thing you would need is a vapor barrier behind the cement board, which would consist of either 6 mil polyethlene, or 15 pound tar paper, the bottom of which would get tucked into the top of the pan liner. One other thing-- before that liner goes in (and this is a step even alot of pros miss) you MUST form a mortar slope for UNDER the pan membrane. The reason is that water that gets through the tile, grout, and mortar will get to the liner and if it's not sloped, it'll just sit in the pan, and "ferment". It has the potential to get extremely unhealthy. As long as the liner is sloped, though, water will follow gravity to the weepholes at the base of the drain and exit the shower pan, drastically increasing the life of your shower. As for the niches, frame them, and then cement board them as you will the rest of the shower. Once that's done, you can use one of the roll-on or trowel-on membranes available, such as Custom Building Product's Redgard, or Laticrete's fabric reinforced 9235, or Hydroment's Ultraset. You coat the entire niche, as well as 6" out onto the wall in all directions from the niche. Piece of cake!! :-)...See MoreBeveled Tile Shower Niche help
Comments (2)Hi Ana - We are putting in 4"x10" beveled subway in our bathtub surround. The back of my niche (14"x14") will be lined with penny tile, but the sides, top & bottom will be lined in a glossy white tile (4"x17.5") trimmed to fit. Since we're using a light grey grout, I chose the Schluter (Anodized Alum) for the edge of the niche. Like you, I didn't want chopped up pieces of tile lining the niche. Wish I had photos, but we're still a couple of days out from tiling....See MorePebble tile in shower needs to be re-done
Comments (38)Michelle, being suprised to learn about foam shower preslopes and the perils of rock, you chose a 2x2 marble and now are learning about that being yet another problematic decision. You may consider next time , hiring a qualified tile professional. You have hired someone that knows not what theyre doing, and certainly unable to educate you of the how and why of tile installations. Mix and matching products in a shoddy approach to building. My point, be careful and take a lot of pictures when the handyman takes apart your shower and attempts to reninstall. Id hope you have documentation and Passed an initial flood test and will also do a second flood test. You could be tearing the whole mess out in No time. $$,$$$$.$$...See MoreUnhappy with shower niche. Is it just me?
Comments (37)I haven't read all the replies but I agree with Joe that the idea of contacting an attorney, if someone mentioned that above, is a poor one. The litigation results aside, you'll blow through more money going that route then simply ripping the niche out and doing a "do over". I disagree that "It's not bad". That said, in the past I've complied an annual quote list from the forum posters and one of them by a homeowner you might find of interest. He wrote: "During our first build, we noticed that one of the newly-installed master bathroom windows was both inoperable and off-center. Weary of the process and eager to get into the house, we didn't raise the ruckus we should have. That damn window has been driving me bonkers for fifteen years. Fifteen years, people. Fifteen years... age 36 to 51, every day, the window has been there...” Unless you get it fixed one way or the other, every time you take a shower that niche will be there....See More
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