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| Leaking Shower Repaired with Schluter Kerdi |
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This shower was leaking into the finished
basement and needed a proper fix - without building a whole new shower The cause - the pvc pan liner was damaged and patched during construction - the patches finally failed! |
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| Before.. Builder shower was 8 years old and leaking badly | Demo just the lower part of the shower.. |
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| Peeled off one row of wall tiles and floor tiles.. | Demo the sloped dry pack cement shower base.. |
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| 1st 2 patches discovered in the pan liner.. one was failed | 3rd and biggest patch that had failed.. |
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| Mould behind the cement board.. | Weep holes filled/blocked with drypack - no drainage for wet pan |
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| 2" shower flange adapted down to 1 1/2" right at top of flange.. | Crumbling and brittle cement board.. |
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| Tile shopping .. | Kerdi stuff! |
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| PL applied to glue and screw down more plywood.. | New plywood and new cement board.. |
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| More new cement board.. | The Kerdi shower base being cut to size.. |
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| Thinset applied to install Kerdi shower base.. | Kerdi sloped shower base is in.. |
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| The waterproofing begins.. Kerdi inside corners.. | Kerdi band - on vertical corners.. |
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| Kerdi band - on horizontal corners.. | Kerdi membrane - on walls.. |
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| Dry fitting the Kerdi drain to the plumbing below.. | Setting the Kerdi drain and connecting to the trap below.. |
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| Thinset applied to the base and the drain.. | Kerdi waterproof membrane installed.. |
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| Upper drain flange is in and then dry fitting the mosaic tiles.. | 3x3 porcelain mosaics installed.. |
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| Floor tiles are done.. | Wall tiles.. |
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| Grouted.. | Siliconed.. |
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| All done.. | All done.. |
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