Floor Elf Kerdi

The floorelf describes his process for installing a kerdi board niche in a shower wall.

Floor elf kerdi.

Kerdi fix is a urethane sealant made specifically for kerdi products and waterproofs seams. 6 apply a 10 inch wide strip of kerdi band along all floor to wall transitions using thinset mortar. Begin by cutting all the pieces to the appropriate size. There are two ways to do this.

Don t have any idea what that means. You need as close to full coverage as you can get and the resin if it softens or comes off won t provide that. I am building a 2 foot high niche by 1 foot wide. Question about the fixtures.

Cut away any caulk between the tub and floor with a utility knife. Kerdi fix is a urethane sealant made specifically for kerdi products and waterproofs seams. 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. An acrylic shower pan is an easier installation than a tile pan.

Slide the tub out of the alcove using the 1 x 4 boards as skids. I ll read some on the floor elf thanks for that tip. If you don t then you simply have a shallow swimming pool rather than a shower. Do you buy these at a big box store your local plumbing supply store or do you have an online source.

I saw your laticrete pan on a previous post and wondered how you selected it from all the others. The piece for the back of the niche will be the largest 24 1 2 x 12. Schluter kerdi wedi traditional etc. This hole must be the exact size and it must be in the correct spot.

At a schluter workshop they said that after curing the kerdi onto the foam tray it has a strength of 500 sqin. 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. These differ from a regular clamping drain because they do not have an integrated weep system. Kerdi band is a waterproofing membrane designed to bridge the seams in ditra.

However i have discovered a way to create a niche very easily with much less work and time involved kerdi board. Now if the resin dissolves in wet conditions and it covers a lot of the area of the back i d be worried. It requires no mud job or waterproofing membrane but it does require direct access to the studs of the shower. It s all fun and games until you have no place to store your rubber duckies.