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Randy, what is the thickness of the mud under and
above the membrane when I am installing my
shower pan?
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How To Install a shower pan
When you adjust your drain, adjust it about 2 inches above the floor,
Then measure the distance to your wall, and give 1/4 inch of fall per foot this is standard for shower pan installation.
The thickness below is according to the prepping you need,
I would use mortar for this rather than cement.
It could be as thin as 1/4 inch.
Dear Randy,
I have a question or two.
A friend gave me several boxes of tile made up of very small peices held together for my shower stall installation,
by metal wire. Is this type of tile any good? How do you cut it? Are there any special
precautions about grout, thin mix and such?
I want to Install a shower stall using tile throughout. How do I taper the floor for proper draining?
What problems are there
when installing the tile in the overhead of the shower?
Where do you buy tiles and supplies? Are certain brand names better than others?
Many thanks!
Wally
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I would have to see the tiles you are talking about,
yes some are better than others,
these tiles sound like the small mosaic tiles, if so they are porcelain tiles and the
Quality, is much harder than ceramic.
Making it a better tile than ceramic because it's the same all the way trough
Not just glazed on the surface, and it is baked at a higher temperature for a longer amount of time.
But if they are the small tiles they will be a little hard to install.
Because of cutting and such.
But then again I would have to see the tile to know for sure.
I just don't think several boxes will be enough unless they
are very large boxes, it will take at least 70 sq. feet of tile
To do a small shower stall installation.
And also you need to consetter your trim for this tile ,About the draining and the shower floor,
There is just no way I could explain that in an email
or even a conversation, it's just to technical.
You can look at my new video for free, check it out.
Let me know, Randy
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I was considering your video about how to install a shower pan.
And I would like to know do you cover mixing the floor mud over the shower stall floor pans?
And also the curb building.
Yes the video on how to install a shower pan and the mud work
is what you need.
If you want to see a DIY shower pan liner video
then this is the one.
Shower pan installation is the main topic although
I also cover installing ceramic and grouting.
You will learn how to install shower pan.
Hey ,
I am tiling a floor in a cabin built in 1948.
My problem is part of the floor is unlevel.
What is the best way to level the floor.
Name clark
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Floor leveling could be a very large task,
There are floor leveling companies that
do only that.
They jack your house up and level it from underneath.
As far as just a room goes, now a tile setter could
do that or you could get a carpenter.
In most cases a tile setter would put down a Mud Bed.
This is done with felt, metal lath.and sand mixed with cement.
I would say most of the tile setters today don't even do this
type of Muddling anymore because they are the new school
generation.
They were never trained to do it, and some way got by without
learnning becase of so many new methods on the market.
However they found out that some of the skills could not be
replaced with backerboard, and other new underlayments.
So a lot of your tile setters will subjest that you call a carpenter.
In order to level a floor using floor mud looks very complicated,
but I teach some of this in one of my videos, the website
is http://tileashower.com
By looking at the video demo I have for download, you will get
some ideal what it Intel's.
How ever there are more ways to do this task, I just can't explain
in an email.
If you will call me I will explain in more detail.
Randy
Looking forward to your video. On how to install a shower pan, I'm planning to use the Kerdi drain and other Schluter materials to build the shower over the mud base that I'm hoping to learn to build. Please email video download instructions to: aldefurianni@comcast.net
Thx!
Comment;
Your Video On How To Install A Shower Pan Is On The Way.
Thanks, Randy
Randy:
I just watched your video how to install a shower pan and I am excited to get started on my
project. Your explanations were great!
One question, if you don't mind:
My drain is already set 12" from one roughed-in corner of a planned 32" x
40" shower pan that will be set on a basement floor. The placement was set
earlier to accommodate a manfactured pan that had that required that drain
placement. I've scrapped that idea in favor of creating the pan myself but
do not want to dig up the floor again for obvious reasons.
Given the prescribed fall of 1/4" per foot, and assuming a level screed
around the perimeter, how would you reccommend I set the fall?
If I use 1/4" per foot from the furthest perimeter point to the drain, it
would mean that the fall would be approx 1/2" from the nearest point to the
drain.
In this instance, would it make sense to have the perimeter screed fall to
the point that would allow for the proper 1/4" fall to the drain? Or is 1/2"
fall per foot in that corner not a big issue?
Thx for your input and the great video!
Al DeFurianni
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Al ,
If I understand you right you are concerned about the amount of fall in the mud shower floor because
it will make the tiles harder to install with such a fall.
And you are right to be because it can be a problem if you use large tiles over 6".
With that shower floor falling that much I would use a small tile, like a 2x2 or even a 1x1.
These floor tiles work real well on a mud floor shower such as this.
In fact they are what should really be used in a shower floor. because they are often made of porcelain and are less slippery and are easer to slope.
Randy
"I'm Handing Out The Complete Source For Shower Pan And
Shower Stall Installation And The Mud Work."
"You Will Learn Trade Secrets Installers Have Used For Over 50 Years."
you just can not go wrong when using These Methods.
Hello Randy I am building a new shower from scratch and I have been looking at
pre made shower pans VS custom cooper pan and tile.
The problem is all the pre made pans I find 60 x 36 or so,
I would like something like 44 x48 is there someone that
makes a pre made pans in odd sizes?
You can get a glue at Lowe's
it's called welding two pans together.
And my video shows you all about shower pan install.
The glue fusses the pans together by getting a little warm,
it's a little like PVC glue, be care full gluing your shower pan,
after you install it, stop up the drain and fill the shower floor with about 2 inches of water
put a mark on the wall were the water stops let it set 24 hours and see if the shower pan leaks
Be sure the drain is stopped up well.
Plumbers have a drain stopper just for doing this.
Let me know, Randy
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Topic Is How To Install A Shower Pan And Shower Stall Installation.
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Hello Randy.
I have a question about wall tiling in a shower or around a bath tub.
Why do some contractors tile onto drywall? Is this code? I have been
noticing this in alot of new homes.
I thought that tilers installed Hardy Backer Board onto drywall and then install
tile on the cement board.
Your reply will be appreciated.
Thank you,
Tom Ulibarri
Hi Tom,
In some states the code is a little lacks,
But you should install your tile on hardybacker Board.
It's water resistant and will not rot.
And it cost about 55.00 to install a tub surround with it. Or For a shower stall installation
It cost a lot more to repair a rotted wall.
Randy
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Now You To Can Install A Shower Stall.
Hi Randy! We are building our own shower pan and at this point I am satisified
that everything is as it should be.
I am tiling the floor and I chose a mosiac tile for
the shower pan floor and curb but I am not surehow to
go over the curb with the mosiac.
It will bend over the curb and down to the floor but the grout
lines look funny.
Is there a correct way to install mosiac tile over the curb of a shower pan?
Thanks, Barb
You will need to build your curb to fit your tile,
Consider your tiles and the size they are and then look at the video
were I build the curb and size it to fit.
This way you will have a lot less trouble and no cuts on the curb.
Randy, www.tileashower.com
