Floor Elf Kerdi

The piece for the back of the niche will be the largest 24 1 2 x 12.

Floor elf kerdi.

Begin by cutting all the pieces to the appropriate size. Schluter kerdi wedi traditional etc. An acrylic shower pan is an easier installation than a tile pan. If you don t then you simply have a shallow swimming pool rather than a shower.

It requires no mud job or waterproofing membrane but it does require direct access to the studs of the shower. Cut away any caulk between the tub and floor with a utility knife. I saw your laticrete pan on a previous post and wondered how you selected it from all the others. One person should lift the front edge of the tub while another slides a couple of 1 x 4 boards underneath to get it off the floor.

If you are familiar with waterproofing a shower floor with schluter kerdi or any other topical membrane including liquids you know that you need a topical drain. Do you buy these at a big box store your local plumbing supply store or do you have an online source. You need as close to full coverage as you can get and the resin if it softens or comes off won t provide that. These differ from a regular clamping drain because they do not have an integrated weep system.

It s all fun and games until you have no place to store your rubber duckies. 6 apply a 10 inch wide strip of kerdi band along all floor to wall transitions using thinset mortar. 5 remove the tub be safe and have a helper for these next few steps. This hole must be the exact size and it must be in the correct spot.

Question about the fixtures. Don t have any idea what that means. The floorelf describes his process for installing a kerdi board niche in a shower wall. At a schluter workshop they said that after curing the kerdi onto the foam tray it has a strength of 500 sqin.

There are two ways to do this. Now if the resin dissolves in wet conditions and it covers a lot of the area of the back i d be worried. Kerdi band is a waterproofing membrane designed to bridge the seams in ditra. Slide the tub out of the alcove using the 1 x 4 boards as skids.

For the purposes of this post you will need 1 2 kerdi board 3 5 4 square feet for a 2 x 1 niche and a tube of kerdi fix. However i have discovered a way to create a niche very easily with much less work and time involved kerdi board. Kerdi fix is a urethane sealant made specifically for kerdi products and waterproofs seams. When using kerdi for your shower floor you need to make a hole in it for the drain.