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Stephen

Stephen

Who Dares Wins
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Demo'd our upstairs bathroom this weekend. It was very early 90's and had a super deep and narrow jacuzzi tub which also happened to be leaking slightly.

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Installed a new 350lbs cast iron tub yesterday. Man that thing was a beast to get in there. I'm glad I never skip leg day! (And have friends willing to help)
 
Stephen

Stephen

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This weekend I installed all the plumbing. Man, I love those SharkBite couplers! Allowed me to reuse a bunch of the old copper that was still in great shape and not solder, which I'm terrible at.

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Then it was on to drywall. Most people hate hanging drywall, and maybe it's because I do it so infrequently, but I don't mind it. Measure three times, cut once!

Currently I'm mudding the joints that are not in the shower area. Then it will be on to waterproofing the area where the tile will go. I plan on using RedGuard, which I've heard good things about.
 
frieed

frieed

Jeepless in Draper
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Draper, UT
Stephen said:
Currently I'm mudding the joints that are not in the shower area. Then it will be on to waterproofing the area where the tile will go. I plan on using RedGuard, which I've heard good things about.
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Take a look a the Schluter Kerdi waterproofing membrane also.
www.schluter.com

Schluter®-KERDI | Waterproofing (KERDI) | Schluter

Schluter®-KERDI - Bonded waterproofing and vapor-retardant membrane
www.schluter.com www.schluter.com

Basically a membrane sheet that is fuzzy on both sides. You use thinset to stick it to the walls and to stick the tiles to it after it is applied.
 
Stephen

Stephen

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frieed said:
Take a look a the Schluter Kerdi waterproofing membrane also.
www.schluter.com

Schluter®-KERDI | Waterproofing (KERDI) | Schluter

Schluter®-KERDI - Bonded waterproofing and vapor-retardant membrane
www.schluter.com www.schluter.com

Basically a membrane sheet that is fuzzy on both sides. You use thinset to stick it to the walls and to stick the tiles to it after it is applied.
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I looked at that. Significantly more expensive and it seems people have mixed results with it's longevity. I had a couple people recommend the RedGuard stuff to me.
 
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Pike2350

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Salt Lake City
Looking good. I prefer Pex, but that's because those Sharkbite fittings add up in price.

I think I do it overkill. In any shower/wet area, I use concrete board (latest was a Hardibacker), mud with thinset over the alkali resistent tape, add Redguard (or other roll on waterproofing membrane....the shower downstairs will get Mapei Aquadefense), then tile.

I still use greenboard for the walls in the bathroom, even though it is all overkill.

I did use the Redguard uncoupling mat over the concrete floor....it worked fine (so far). Easy to work with....but it's main purpose wasn't waterproofing, but crack prevention.
 
TRD270

TRD270

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SaSaSandy
Stephen said:
I looked at that. Significantly more expensive and it seems people have mixed results with it's longevity. I had a couple people recommend the RedGuard stuff to me.
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Used both can’t speak to longevity to either as we sold the house. So basically this post is useless 🤣

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If I recall we used Kerdi on the floor/first foot up and red guard on walls. Other bathroom was all Kerdi can’t find a pic. Think we only used it on the floor because we had leftover from other bathroom.

We had significant water damage from before basically had to replace all the wood in the area so we were paranoid.

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Hickey

Hickey

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Grantsville, Utah
I was talking with Cody not too long ago about a certain marriage tactic that needs to be employed from time to time that is quite powerful, and must be wielded with great care.

“Letting your wife have what she wants” seems like a deadly recipe. Most men would shy away from this perilous journey, and I promise you it is a journey. There is a time when she will be so certain that she is right, and you’re so certain that she is mistaken. You must consider the value of her having to realize that you weren’t just right, you were REALLY ****ING right. So right, that it’s worth letting her spend thousands of dollars on tile and associated construction materials, having her house be a construction zone for 2-5 years, and having to deal with it all yourself.

It’s worth all of that to hear her say in a barely audible voice, 2 months into the project, “I will sell this house before I ever consider doing more tile again”

The war on tile is long, but the first battle was won in just a couple months. I ****ing told her we didn’t have time for this shit. 😄
 
N-Smooth

N-Smooth

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UT
I talk my wife out of stuff all the time. You guys need to do a better job showing your lack of competence- fake or real.
 
nnnnnate

nnnnnate

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WVC, UT
I need to go mow the lawn and pull some weeds, the yard is looking rough. "It is?"

I don't want the TV over there because then we have to have cables running across the room. "What's wrong with being able to see cables?"

I don't want to give Sam (2 year old) goldfish in the car, he's going to make a mess. "But he's hungry."

For my wife to settle enough to accept me, there is enough collateral blindness that things bug me before her. Case in point...I cut holes in the wall a week ago to hide those damn cables even though I had laid out the perfect spot on the "right" wall with extra everything for the TV when we were building the house.

Sigh.
 
Mouse

Mouse

Trying to wheel
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West Haven, UT
Looks like a great job. Last time I tried using those levelers, they were very difficult to use (I used the store brand) - how do you like them? What brand are they?
 
Hickey

Hickey

Burn-barrel enthusiast
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Grantsville, Utah
Mouse said:
Looks like a great job. Last time I tried using those levelers, they were very difficult to use (I used the store brand) - how do you like them? What brand are they?
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I'm not sure which brand they are, Lory found them online for considerably less than Home Depot had them. They're the only levelers I have experience with. They tend to put side-load pressure on the tiles and make them twist, especially our smaller 6" tiles. You have to go back and check your alignments a few times to make sure a tile hasn't twisted.
 
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