The FloorElf describes the different qualities and grades of unmodified thinsets for use with Schluter kerdi and ditra products. It’s all fun and games until you. Kerdi is a pliable sheet-applied polyethylene waterproofing membrane and vapor retarder for use with tile; Eliminates water damage which can lead to mold and mildew; Features an anchoring fleece on both sides to anchor the membrane in unmodified thin-set mortar; Ideal for waterproofing in conjunction with tiled.

Waterproofing Just look at you! Sitting there with a hole in the wall of your shower. Windows Rt 8.1 Jailbreak Tool Download. What are we gonna do with you?

If you do not happen to be sitting there with a hole in the shower of your wall read and join all the cool kids. We’ll wait There, now you’re one of the cool kids. Now take your beer Pepsi off that niche shelf so we can waterproof it. You have a couple of different methods with which you can accomplish this. Liquid Waterproofing Membranes These products are usually readily available and fairly simple to use. Products such as and Laticrete’s 9235, Hydroban, Hydrobarrier, etc. Are all a thick, paint-like product which is brushed or rolled on to your substrate to waterproof it.

You should only use these products if you are using a cementious backerboard as your shower substrate, they should not be used over regular drywall. If you do have a cementious backerboard and choose to use one of these products for waterproofing simply follow the directions with whichever product you choose. Make absolutely certain that you get enough of the product in your niche to effectively waterproof it. The specifications vary but the best way I can explain it with a general rule would be the thickness of a credit card. Two or three good coats and you should have a layer on your substrate equivalent to the thickness of a credit card – that would be the correct amount. I use to waterproof niches this way until I started doing them with Kerdi.

Unfortunately I don’t have any photos of a niche I’ve waterproofed with a liquid membrane. Just make certain you have every (literally) pinhole and corner covered very well. For the remainder of this post I will describe waterproofing your niche with Schluter Kerdi Kerdi is now my preferred method of waterproofing a niche, bench, floor, wall, beer Pepsi cooler, just about everything. For those unfamiliar with Kerdi it is the orange membrane on the shower walls in all my photos. Bully Scholarship Edition Wii Pal Ita.

It is a thin polyethylene sheet which is installed directly to drywall and/or deck mud as well as other substrates, to make it waterproof. It is easily cut with scissors or a razor blade and can be folded, molded around curves, etc. And is installed directly to your substrate with regular (unmodified) thinset. A very versatile product. While there are countless ways to utilize Kerdi to make your niche waterproof I am going to walk you through the way to cut and install it using one single sheet cut to size for your niche. I say type there are countless ways because there is really no *particular* way which Kerdi must be installed. As long as every piece is overlapped 2″ your substrate will be waterproof – no matter how many pieces you use.

I just prefer a single piece cut to whatever size I need for the particular niche. So what size do you need for your niche? Here’s how to figure it out. Bus Stop. The badly created diagram to the right explains it better than I can with words, you can click on it for a full-size version. It is basically the width of your niche plus the depth (twice) plus 2″ (twice).