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Kerdi - Walk In Shower
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Kerdi, Plus Lights, Plus ceiling
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To learn about Kerdi go to: http://www.schluter.com/8_2_kerdi_drain.aspx Click on the VIDEOS link and enjoy.
The first thing to keep in mind is that ceramic tile and especially the grout in between then IS NOT WATERPROOF.. I know shocking, but if you wonder why tiled shower mold, its because water is trapped behind the walls and under the floors.
Kerdi is installed right behind the tile, it provides a water proof barrier through out the entire shower up to and including the drain. So the ONLY thing that can retain water in a Kerdi shower are the tiles, the grout and the thinset. And, actually a Kerdi shower will dry out before it is used next because there is so little water trapped.
A shower built on CBU or mudded or whatever method used will be soaked constantly. That's why Durock makes the big deal about there product soaking in water constantly. Because with out a waterproof barrier, it is soaked all of the time.
You're probably wondering, you just drywalled this and now you're already setting tile? What about floating the floor, etc? In the case of ceiling gravity is NOT GOOD. Its called raining thin set, and its MUCH easier to clean that off of the subfloor than off of the floated floor.
we also installed all of these tiles at 45 degrees to the wall, for two reasons:
1. We don't have to worry about the grout lines of the wall tiles lining up with ceiling grout lines.
2. Its a little more interesting, but also a whole lot more cutting, then setting the tile square to the room.
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