Schluter to Drywall Transition
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Help! Which goes 1st the drywall or the Schluter shower pan
Comments (10)NEITHER!! STOP! 1. You need to do some Reading about showers and baths foundational issues. PLEASE do yourself a major favor, and spend $40 on a couple of books found at your local Hardware Store... Waterproofing, or Tiling techniques, or Bathroom remod's. etc. 2. You do NOT use drywall (ANY type) in a shower enclosure. Period. You could use Georgia Pacific's "DensShield" (which I guess is a 'type' of drywall - so I am contradicting myself...) DensShield is specifically meant for shower enclosures, and tiling over. It has an expoxy surface, over a fiberglass composition core... 3. It would probably be better to use a cement board product - and then put a membrane (either painted on or rubber type) over the cement board. You tile on top of that. Cement Board is not water impervious - but it is - NOT damaged by water. You put it up, waterproof it, and go... 4. All of these products are put up and put on - AFTER the shower base pan is installed. The shower base pan has a 'lip' at the sides. The DensShield, Cement board, whatever - go on after that - so that they fit on top of the 'lip' This allows water to run down the wall and into the pan, and not have any opportunity to run BEHIND the wall... 5. NONE of these systems are actually WATERPROOF. They all use the principle of water taking the path of least resistance, and gravity, and direction of water flow... Houses are not submarines. Your roof does not allow leaks - only because of the direction of water flow. Take a hose and spray water up under your roof tile, and you can probably find a 'leak'... Same principle here in showers. You always consider the direction of water flow... We don't want water flowing BEHIND the wall... 6. Regular Drywall, and 'wet' drywall (Greenboard) are no longer recommended, smart, or code approved for any shower enclosure. When your lucky - you might get Greenboard to last 10yrs. Regular drywall - perhaps 1 year. Again - do yourself a favor - and go get some books....See MoreAdvice needed! How to address transition from tile to drywall.
Comments (2)Shower pan was hot mopped. Cement (or something that looked like cement to me) was put on bottom of wall and the bottom of the denshield had silicone or something like that put on it before the cement was put on. All the screws had silicone put over them and the seams were siliconed and taped....See MoreOutside corner - Tile to drywall transition design
Comments (8)Thanks Catbuilder!! I think you're right on the RedGard coverage. The spec rating is 55 sf/gallon and I covered about 66 sf. However, RedGard is not required in my area/climate and the high risk areas (corners/seems) got a much thicker coating. I am going to wrap the corner with a drywall bead and run the bullnose up to the corner. Agreed on the bottom leg, which is very thin on that side of the tub. My plan is to use the rest of the RedGard in the bottom of the bucket and wood molding. I could use tile but it's so thin. Do you have a suggestion?...See MoreTransitioning between vaulted wood ceiling and regular drywall ceiling
Comments (8)<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><md>Thanks PPF for the suggestion! I appreciate someone actually giving me some practical advice. I will pass this on to the contractor. Wow Jan, you’re quite the positive one aren’t you?! I wasn’t asking for your opinion on the overall design of my house. I’m quite pleased with everything I’ve done in there! And I AM friends with a great electrician, but he hasn’t installed any of the lights in the living room yet. Nor has he finished installing all of the kitchen lights. Plus, I took this picture in the middle of the night last night so it looks much darker than it actually is in there. Thanks for your thoughtful input though. Patricia, it looks like flooring because it is flooring! I couldn’t find any “ceiling” boards that I liked or were wide enough, so we got creative. It’s acacia wood and it looks beautiful. I just wanted help with a trim piece, not redesigning/deconstructing my room!...See Moreartemis78
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