Kerdi Shower Part Three
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Comments (22)Hey Cabinlife, thanks for starting this thread. Bill, I've was reading your advice -- and Mongo's -- back when we were wrapping up the kitchen and contemplating the bath. Unfortunately it's taken us so long to recover from the kitchen that my sieve-like mind now has to dig up all your old threads and re-learn! And as I don't know if we're up for DIYing and per Flyleft Kerdi installers are rare in these parts, I'm gonna need to get to that learning. Can I hijack this thread for a sec and ask about your "low- to-ground window in shower" remark? Because we've got an existing l-to-g wood window that we're looking to swap for a glass block install when we rip out the tub -- among everything else! -- for a shower-only thang, and Mr Vix wants to take it even lower -- about where your neo-angle one is. [Beautiful work, BTW.] Can you set me/us straight on practicalities? For you pic lovers/a laugh: PLS NOTE THIS IS NOT MY HANDIWORK THX [ha!]...See MoreBond Kerdi to Tub for Tub/Shower combo???
Comments (4)once you install the cement board (so that it sits above the tub flange), fill in that channel with thinset, and let it harden. once hard, go ahead and install your Kerdi, so that it's sitting no more than 1/8" off the tub. Then you can seal it with Kerdi-fix. That's the "book" explanation. If it were me, I'd use the same color siliconized latex caulking as my grout and seal it with that. Reason being that then you wouldn't have to worry about the color of the Kerdi-fix sticking out from under the tile....See MoreKerdi Shower
Comments (152)Posted by Yumpin Jim1mckenna@yahoo.com Thnk you for all theinfo great stuff. I am doing Keri for the first time I am confused about the thin set . The tile place I bought from sold me Maipei Karabond Premium Grade Dryset Mortar for the kerdi, North American adhesive Premium ahesive prmix for the tile on the walls. (all of it Not to cheap) they also wanted to sell me another thinset for setting the floor that is 1x1 mosaic tile. not sure if I have the right stuff or not. Can you tel me what I should use. For the job? to set shower Pan,Kerdi,wall tiles witch are 10x13, and floor tiles witch are 1x1 Mosaic. agin thank you muuuch...See MoreKerdi Shower Part Deux
Comments (52)Kerdi Update: I've gotten a couple of emails regarding the newer "Kerdi-DS". First, emails. I often get emails sent to me through the G'web email system, and because of the sender's setting on his/her G'web account, those emails can not be replied to. So don;t think I'm rude for not replying to your question. More often than not, it's literally impossible for me to reply to your email due to your account settings. Kerdi-DS. What is it? It's simply a thicker version of plain ole Kerdi. Kerdi is 8-mil, Kerdi-DS comes in at 20-mils thickness. Why is -DS now getting attention here in North America? Because TCNA has changed their recommendations for membranes used in commercial or heavy use steam showers. Recommendations for residential use steam showers have not changed at all. What or who is TCNA? TCNA is the Tile Council of North America. You might see references to TCNA when it comes to installing tile. TCNA publishes "best practice" guidelines for tile installation. You have an organization like TCNA which is fairly nimble when it comes to changing recommendations for installing tile. Then you have "building code", which only gets updated every few years, and updates are subject to influence from various interest groups; be they trade groups (plumbers, electricians, etc) or large corporations that make building materials. TCNA will often make tile/shower/bath recommendations that improve building practices several years ahead of those changes being implemented into state or national building codes. Blah blah blah. So what is this about? We have water barriers, which limit the penetration of liquid water. Then we have vapor barriers, which limit moisture vapor penetration. At a minimum, a water barrier is needed in a shower or tub surround. A more robust barrier, or a vapor barrier, is needed in a steam shower. Protection from vapor penetration has been typically defined by a product's "perm rating". Previously, if a product had a perm rating of less than 1.0, it was considered a vapor barrier. Example, a topical membrane that I use often is Hydroban. Hydroban has a perm rating greater than 1.0, so it can be used as a waterproof membrane in a shower, but it won't suffice as a vapor barrier in a steam shower. A product like RedGard has a perm rating of less than 1.0, so it can be used as a waterproof barrier in a regular shower, or as a vapor barrier in a steam shower. Kerdi? "Regular" Kerdi, the "standard" 8-mil thick Kerdi, has a perm rating of around .90, so it can be used as a water barrier in a regular shower, or as a vapor barrier in a residential steam shower. TCNA has revised their recommendations for vapor barriers used in heavy use or commercial use steam showers. Health clubs, spas, etc. Whereas the old recommendation was to use a material that simply had a perm rating of less than 1.0, for commercial installations like listed above the recommendation has been......See MoreMongoCT
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