Schluter Shower Installation (Part 1 - Planning And Pan Prep) -- By Home Repair Tutor
Schluter Shower Installation (Part 1 - Planning And Pan Prep) -- By Home Repair Tutor
Schluter Shower Installation (Part 1 - Planning And Pan Prep) -- By Home Repair Tutor
Here’s the question: Exactly how do you do a Schluter
shower installment? Well, in today’s video clip we’re mosting likely to show you detailed how
to develop a curb walk-in shower utilizing the Schluter shower package. The most recent shower that we set up
ended up wonderful; it looks outstanding. And behind the tile is every one of the Schluter that maintains
whatever waterproof. So in today’s first video clip, which is video clip
number 1 of 3, we’re mosting likely to show you what remains in the set, how do you set up the preformed
shower particular niche, cut down the frying pan, the curb, and also completely dry fit the drain.We have actually obtained
Schluter Shower Installation (Part 1 - Planning And Pan Prep) -- By Home Repair Tutor
Schluter Shower Installation (Part 1 - Planning And Pan Prep) -- By Home Repair Tutor
a.
lots of actually wonderful tips for you. And also in video clip number 2, we’re going to show you just how to.
water resistant the walls. And also in video number 3, we’ll show you how to end up everything.
off by waterproofing the frying pan and the curb. So allow’s study video number 1 as well as get.
you started. Okay, so today we’re mosting likely to install the.
Schluter waterproof shower system. Generally, the project that we’re dealing with we’re.
mosting likely to be doing a 4×5 shower. So I obtained a package– you can buy these in different.
kits that have a whole lot of primarily whatever you need to construct a walk-in shower– so.
I obtained a 48 inch by 72 inch Schluter shower system. So just to go rapidly what this requires in the package is that it includes a tray– this.
is a preformed tray– for the base that you can lower to any size within factor to.
fit your space. So you have the pre-sloped tray. You’ll have KERDI membrane, primarily.
our substrate, which we’ll reveal you below in a few minutes, is going to be drywall,.
so you just have a KERDI membrane layer that you will thinset over your substrate, which is.
mosting likely to be drywall.So that’s going to water-proof the walls. It features the drain. set. Essentially with your attractive tile drainpipe, and afterwards it has their very own trademarked drain system. that goes in with the slope drain system.
And inside that box they have a shutoff cover,. which will fit some rough-in valves for your shower
, not all. And also it’ll come with edge. items that you’ll be waterproofing the edges of the shower with. As well as then in this 4×6 shower, it’s mosting likely to come with 2 curbs.So I’ll be able. to cut this down. This is 8 feet worth of aesthetic, so I’m going to suffice down to 5 foot. So I’m truly not mosting likely to be using one as well as 1 foot of the other. And afterwards 2 KERDI. bands. And this is simply to discuss all the joints of the wall material
. So it’s generally. all the same product as the sheeting.What did not can be found in the package is a trowel for. the thinset.
This is in fact a KERDI Schluter trowel. It’s an 1/8 inch by 1/8 inch square.
notch trowel. Now you don’t have to necessarily buy this, however it’s an excellent suggestion since.
it’s the appropriate amount of thinset to apply the KERDI. But you can 3/16 x 1/4 inch v-notch.
trowel if you prefer to go by doing this. A number of accessories that you acquisition.
in addition to it is a niche.This was a 12×28 specific niche, and it has a portable shelf that you’ll.
have the ability to floor tile and also implemented. And we additionally purchased a corner bench that we’re mosting likely to.
be setting up in the corner. So this is all premade essentially. We’ll show you how to.
install that, but you’ll be able to just easily place this in area and you’ll have.
a bench in the shower. We purchased this preformed specific niche, however we’re.
going to do something a little various with it instead of simply having it in a regular.
wall surface cavity. We’re actually going to place it right into the corner of the shower even if.
of the method that this shower is set up. This is an exterior wall, and afterwards this one’s.
an exterior wall. So you can’t actually put a specific niche in those locations. And we have a mixing.
valve below, and we’re going to have like a handheld shower system on here.There’s.
Schluter Shower Installation (Part 1 - Planning And Pan Prep) -- By Home Repair Tutor
Schluter Shower Installation (Part 1 - Planning And Pan Prep) -- By Home Repair Tutor
not a great deal of room here either. So what I wanted to do is put it in the corner however.
have this ceramic tile continue into the specific niche rather than having it bump out and also hafting the floor tile.
similar to this edge. So what I’m mosting likely to do is change this niche to fit up against this.
wall surface. So all that I’m mosting likely to merely do is reduce the entire edge off of.
the niche since this is KERDI Board that they have right here, and also this is half inch. This.
will certainly go in line with my drywall. Now we got our particular niche in, we simply require it screwed.
in. You don’t need any extra support underneath it here. It’s truly type of.
easy; just place it right into the wall surface tooth cavity, and as long as you have a stud to secure your.
particular niche to, you’ll be fine. The one point that I did include was another 2×4 on the other.
side here to catch my drywall because this undoubtedly takes up the whole 2×4 when you.
reduce it out. I sort of like having to put the niche in.
first and afterwards putting a drywall up.It simply type of makes it a little bit less complicated, particularly.
in this situation. I actually had to take some drywall off to be able to obtain this into my.
stud bay. So we’re simply mosting likely to make use of the Schluter.
washing machines as well as screws basically for the KERDI board. I had actually these left over from a prior.
project. And also I’m mosting likely to anchor it into my 2×4 on this side of the wall.Now when.
Schluter Shower Installation (Part 1 - Planning And Pan Prep) -- By Home Repair Tutor
I place this drywall, I’m mosting likely to have that KERDI membrane layer discussing the entire location.
within right here. We obtained our specific niche in. We have all our substrate.
up our drywall. So we’re going to start placing the Schluter system with each other. Now,.
you do not have to complete any of this drywall. And in fact, in a great deal of means, it’s probably.
better not to finish it to produce any accumulation.
And also you really intend to have the KERDI membrane layer.
adhering to the actual drywall and not drywall mud. So don’t end up the location within the.
shower that you’re doing. We’re mosting likely to begin out by putting the.
tray in position to reduce it and place it in area. And the main factor is since when I blend.
up all my thinset, I don’t wish to be attempting to figure out how I’m mosting likely to cut my tray.
to fit this area while that thinset is still resting there. So essentially the order of procedure.
is simply obtain your pan fitted, and afterwards we’re mosting likely to do the KERDI on the walls, as well as after that.
we’ll put the shower tray as well as set up the shower tray on the last portion of the set up. Yet you want to obtain every little thing established before you blend that thinset so you don’t need to.
waste any kind of material.So allow’s get the dimension of what we have. below. Therefore we have 58 3/4, and also we’re going to be appearing … well, allow’s simply take. a consider where the center of our drain is. This is sort of a various configuration. Basically. I had to furr out this wall surface after I had the pipes collection since this wall was actually.
irregular, and I needed to get a good, flush wall. This is an outside wall, as well as there.
was a roofline behind it. Anyways, I needed to put a great, level straight wall in front.
of it. So we’re actually 22 inches to the facility of our drain.So I would certainly
like to have.
my drain focused within this entire area. So we’re mosting likely to actually simply appear.
44 inches on that shower tray so that this drainpipe looks centered within the location. As well as.
then our curb would be on top of that, which is 4 1/2. So in general we’re mosting likely to resemble.
48 1/2 inches and also full size on this shower. So allow’s ration the 44 inches as well as simply.
see what this resembles. And also we got 59 1/8. So we have to do with 3/8 of an inch off from the.
back to the front. That’s one point regarding these frying pans. You’re.
not mosting likely to be regarding 100% tight to the wall surface due to the fact that you’ll be able to load thinset and.
place the KERDI Band around it. So you have a whole lot of wiggle room.This does not have. to a precise butting the
drywall. It would be great to do that. You don’t really always … I imply, if you’re within 1/4 inch, I would certainly state you’re possibly good sufficient. Whereas. other systems, you have to be exact, like there’s no fussing about with if you’re. unsquared or anything like that. So let’s simply reduce this frying pan down. Allow’s. just take a look at where we go to regarding centering this, too. So we’re 29 1/2 from. the pipes wall, and also 29 1/2.
So we’re pretty focused within this room. To make sure that’ll be. simple. So allow’s go ahead and also open our shower tray and cut that. Okay, so we obtained our tray. Allow’s proceed as well as put this with each other so we can measure what. we require on it.
Generally it’s kind of a finger groove that you sort of demand to put.
together. And as you can see, I kind of somehow nicked this and broke that. However do not fret.
regarding that; we’re just going to be filling that with thinset– this little of location– as well as.
some of this we’ll be able to remove anyways.I mean truly, this preformed base is actually. just like type of a substrate that is already pre-sloped. Regarding having various nicks. as well as things like that, it’s not really
going to threaten the incline. Now if you truly. cracked the edge off where you’re mosting likely to need to completely dry pack something, then that’s. going to be a trouble. However little dints here
and also there, these resemble … below I type of … just bringing it up, I kind of damaged it. It’s not mosting likely to be that huge of an offer. This is basically like an overview for the shower slope. So you obtained these little center marks on our drain system right here. So like we’re stating,. we have 22 inches from the back wall to the facility of our
drainpipe. So I simply note that. So we’re essentially taking 2 inches off of the pan. And also simply to be symmetrical, we do. the very same thing here. So I recognize I’m taking 2 inches off of that also.
So currently I likewise. include on here 29 1/2 inches from the center of my drain pipe.So let’s most likely to the
facility. of the frying pan. Make a mark. And exact same for the opposite side.
So even if your drain was off-set. somewhat due to the fact that of whatever reason with your blockages and architectural participants, or
maybe. the plumbing technician or you didn’t have it set properly, it’s truly very easy to be able to just gauge. this and also make the … specifically when you purchase a bigger frying pan similar to this, you can practically.
simply cut this to fit anywhere the drainpipe area is reasonably. I imply, say if I was 2 inches off-center, I’ll have the ability to make this pan work.So there’s. a great deal of area for mistake when you acquire among these sets. It doesn’t have to fit your. task perfectly. There’s always modifications that you can make to it. I’m mosting likely to make use of a T-square to obtain a straight cut. Now you could … a number of ways you. could do it. You can reduce this with a round saw if you wished to. You could put it on. a table saw.There’s all sorts of various ways you can tackle cutting
it, however I’m. simply mosting likely to utilize a routine energy knife. So I obtained my cut mark there now.
Then I’m. going to go ahead and also reduce our 2 inches off. The opposite side.
Just something to describe here. On this side, I cut around 6 1/2 inches off.
Currently. that’s not mosting likely to actually make much of a difference. Yet you have to think of. it that considering that this is pre-sloped, you’re thicker on
the outdoors border of your pan. than you are down below. That’s undoubtedly what makes the
slope. So if I were to reduce. state like a foot off of one side of this, what you’re going to end up with is your frying pan. on that particular side of the shower is going to be lower than state the nearby side of that cut.
So considering that I only took 2 inches off of right here, and also I took 6 inches off of here, I’m in fact.
practically lower below than I am here.So if you were to put a laser degree on this,. I would certainly be a fraction off level. Similar to this would certainly be reduced than this side. Since considerably. becomes worse as the a lot more you removed. So just maintaining that in mind that
if you reduced off more. than a foot, that when you go to tile on your base, that you could need to skim out your. thinset a bit to compose the distinction of that density. But hopefully, many of. the moment if you’re greater than a foot, you ought to be able to get a smaller sized set that would certainly. fit that area because they do have a variety of various sizes. I indicate if you’re reducing. a foot off, after that it could be best to choose a smaller dimension set. And simply to include to that, just since the outside perimeter may be a difference in. level doesn’t imply that whatever ' s not mosting likely to still drain to the center of your. pan.Everything’s still pre-sloped. It’s just that if you reduced a lot off of one side,. you’re mosting likely to finish up being lower at the beginning point. Everything’s still mosting likely to. be pre-sloped; every little thing’s still mosting likely to work correctly. It’s just mosting likely to. be an issue of when you place that first row of ceramic tile around the edge of your shower, there’s.
mosting likely to be a little bit of a void on one side than the other once you get into taking a. foot to
16 inches to 2 feet off or something like that. So I’m mosting likely to make some adjustment cuts to it, type of a little angle on the side. here. So I’m simply mosting likely to reduce back, just the method I kind of cut this at an angle a little. little bit. So I’m going to cut this back so this fits firmly.
I’m going to do the exact same point. on this side. I’m simply going to
cut this back a little. Like I stated, this does. not need to be like an entirely exact cut since you’ll be able to make a great deal. of points up with the thinset KERDI Band.So that’s my unsquareness over here. I’m. simply mosting likely to reduce versus the wall surface over right here to get this to fit down well. This is why you type of wish to
do this prior to you blend your thinset. When
points are a. little unsquared, you kind of need to keep going over it till it fits perfectly. Okay, so I just have this … the pipeline really simply kind of suit here.
So let’s go get. our drainpipe and see just how that looks. So I only reduced a 4 inch opening in right here; I should. have understood much better. I’m in fact simply going to reduce the rest of this out here because you. truly require a 4 1/4 inch opening, be perfect on there.But I would return in time and also make.
that a 5 inch hole so you’re not combating your drain piece on that particular. Scratched part of that joist out.
Okay, with the pan completely dry fitted, I’m just.
mosting likely to line this up with my pipe listed below since we have no access below. I’m simply going. to gauge down to where … In each fitting, there’s constantly a little hub where you can. place the pipe level against. Which’s usually 3/4 of an inch to an inch right into the pipe. So. that’s basically what I’m determining.
So you can see right here, it resembles a little ledge.
where the pipe is not mosting likely to go in any further. To make sure that’s what you wish to measure to on. either side of the fitting. The P-trap on the inside, and also then you desire to determine to.
right here. We put it back. So we got about … You understand you might wish to offer yourself an.
eighth inch legroom due to the fact that you do not intend to make it expensive where you’re raising.
this.You do not wish to make this lifting up also high above your shower frying pan. You desire.
this to fit pretty perfectly. So I ‘d most likely just take a 8th inch. So best to that.
measurement, we obtained 4 1/2 inches, so I’ll make it 4 3/8, as well as having even more than a fifty percent. inch of pipeline on the other side is going to suffice. Take a 8th inch off so.
you’re not battling anything. Due to the fact that I desire straight cuts, I’m going. to put this in my trim saw and also simply reduce this pipe. I’ll make a wonderful, straight cut. One. piece of guidance on using a trim saw with any kind of kind of plastic: You truly require to have a. good, strong grip on your pipe, and you obtained to ensure that the blade is up to complete. speed.So turn on your blade to full speed prior to you sufficed since if the blade captures.
on this, this simply whips it best out of your hand; it can be actually fairly dangerous.
Just.
make certain you have an actually great, solid hold. And I ‘d truthfully probably suggest obtaining.
a much longer piece before cutting that. Perhaps get like a 1 foot item before cutting it. Evaluate your foam in there and ensure that they’ll rest well in there due to the fact that you don’t. desire this to be rising out. And also when you obtain your glue, it’s going to make the suitable. go in a bit further. Yet if you determine properly, and you took that additional eighth inch. off, because right now it
‘s kind of holding up a bit. Once I obtain some adhesive. therein, we’ll be in good condition. And also I’m also thinsetting this frying pan to include a little. bit of bite. Simply make sure whatever’s clear on there also. So now we got this entire frying pan established, we’re mosting likely to go in advance and also begin placing the waterproofing. together.So we’ll take the frying pan out briefly. Before you go just immediately putting the. KERDI membrane layer up, you kind of wish to prepare in advance as well as precut this to the size that you’re. going to require. Now the set that I acquired is really bigger than this
space. I had. bought a 4 foot by 6 foot set; this is 4 foot by 5 foot. So I’m really mosting likely to have.
a bit extra membrane than a normal package. Yet it is a great suggestion to prepare this out,. seeing to it that you have enough insurance coverage all over you need because a lot of the packages. are simply going to be simply above the shower head; they’re not going to have sufficient to. go to the 8 foot ceiling. Maybe you have 10 foot ceiling, so you’re going to bring tile. right up.You’re not mosting likely to always have sufficient KERDI to rise to a 10 foot ceiling. So map it out and try to make the most of the amount of area that you can get waterproofed. Personally,. in this 8 foot space, I would certainly prefer to have that waterproofed up there
. But if I don’t. have sufficient material, just as long as I’m above the shower head, that suffices. So allow’s go on and also measure this out. So we’re mosting likely to have 48 inches, primarily,.
because we’re reducing our pan to 44 inches. And afterwards we’re going to have that.
aesthetic that’ll be around 4 1/2. So I guess technically, we’ll be 48 1/2 inches is where we’re going. to end our waterproofing for the shower. So I’ll simply gauge over the 3 foot 3, that’s. the dimension of these sheets. Okay, and also after that you intend to overlap each sheet by this quantity,.
like you can see exactly how where they began the gridline; that’s 2 inches. So anywhere.
that you set up the membrane, it needs to be overlapped a minimum of 2 inches.You can.
go moreover if you desire, however it needs to be the minimum. So let’s go ahead and also.
measure over 2 inches from the side. So we got 11 inches. So 2 foot 2 is where our other … since we’re going to in fact simply fold this full sheet into the corner and bring.
it out.
So we’ll determine over one more 2 inches for the overlap. And after that we’ll come.
over the edge, 3 foot 3. So we got 3 foot 3 right here. And also after that we’re going to have 2 inches. overlap on that too. 3 foot 3, same idea.And so it looks like our end cut. is mosting likely to have to do with 8 inches to cover … or 10 inches, I should state, since you’re. mosting likely to overlap 2 inches. So 10 inches of overlap. So essentially you require one, 2, 3,.
four full sheets, and we’ll see just how high we can get it to go.
And also in this cutoff, many.
likely we’ll have enough from our shower pan. With these two rolls, we have 50 feet worth of KERDI membrane layer. And also we really have an. 8 foot ceiling, so I ‘d be more suitable to do 8 foot areas. So 4 times 8 is 32 feet. And after that for the shower frying pan, we are going to need the one sheet there, with that said 2 inch. overlap.So essentially 7, and afterwards we would certainly increasing over the visual, twenty four. So primarily.
just state simply 2 sheets of this for the floor. So 10 feet. So you’re mosting likely to want 10 feet. of the membrane layer for the flooring. To make sure that leaves us 40 feet of membrane layer for the walls.
So we.
only need 32 plus that 10 inch strip, so we’re mosting likely to reduce … so we’ll have the ability to run.
the membrane right up. So each case is mosting likely to be various as much. as how much you can rise, but just
attempt to plan ahead. So we’re mosting likely to go in advance. as well as reduce these to 8 foot strips.
We’ll obtain four of them at first as well as do these wall surfaces. Okay, so allow’s gauge 8 foot items.As well as having the gridlines on it kind of makes it
good and also very easy for like a straight cut. Okay, so we obtained 2 curbs for this package, and
we need to reduce it to fit to size.So we got
11 1/16. The visuals are pretty large, I imply they’re 6 inches tall. I really feel that’s a little big; it’s a little huge to walk over. Essentially on the within of the shower you have like 4 1/2 inches of depth. I would certainly choose to reduce this down at the very least 2 inches, so you have like a lower aesthetic to walk in. Since you need to think, “Are you going to have ceramic tile on top of this?” You’re going to have floor tile on the floor also, so it’s going to be the same difference when you’re.
done.But still
, I don’t see any reason to have basically 4 inches of room on the.
inside. Now relies on your pipes code, some locations are going to call for to have a.
4 inch essentially allowance for the visual. Yet I’m going to reduce this whole thing down,.
and also you can do that pretty quickly in a number of means, and we’ll show you just how to do that. Let’s just cut the complete distance right here initially. So you obtained 11 1/8. So 11 1/8. So allow’s go on as well as utilize an energy blade on this too. So we’ll simply have to straighten out.
out a few of it. It doesn’t need to be that snug. And also honestly, I’m simply going to reduce.
a little bit even more of it off due to the fact that I desire to obtain thinset up versus the wall, so it.
does not have to be that snug. All right, that’ll work. So I’m simply going to run this through the table saw; I assume it’s mosting likely to be the.
simplest method to obtain a good, also cut on it.So 4 inches; we desire to cut it down 4 inches. So I think that’s a more practical elevation. So concerning 2 1/2 inches on the inside, as well as that’ll.
be less to step over. Okay, so one of things undoubtedly before.
you mount this pan … The pre-slope is all mosting likely to rely upon the levelness of the subfloor.
listed below. So if your subfloor is uneven, the frying pan is not going to be pitched appropriately to.
the drain. To make sure that’s one point you most definitely intend to make certain that you double-check previously.
you go mounting this frying pan, to make sure that there isn’t any kind of progressing that needs to be.
done within your area.So simply get a complete foot level. As well as I’m remaining reasonably,. I suggest we’re practically spot on on here. If you’re within a 1/4 inch of level, I assume. you’re pretty excellent. But simply ascertain your levelness prior to you put our pan down. Remember we’re going to video clip number 2 right here where we reveal you how to water-proof. the walls in the shower. As well as if you’re doing a complete washroom remodel and also you desire help. keeping that, most likely to our complimentary guide right here.It’s remarkable.
It’ll show you step-by-step. what to do on days 1 via 10 of a 10-day washroom remodel.
So once again, you can grab the. guide right here. Entirely totally free and also superb. All right, we’ll see you in the following video clip. Many thanks for viewing this, and we hope you have a terrific day.