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Old August 16, 2009, 09:46 PM   #1
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Schluter Kerdi System for bathroom remodel

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So you guys can see the photos.

This one was a bathroom remodel. Wish I would have taken a couple of before and during pics.

Picture a blue bathtub and toilet. The tub area had a window covered with a piece of plastic, plaster and lath walls and nothing flat.

A week and a half later, new duraceramic floor, vanity, toilet and the shower with a bench, custom shelf and handicap bars. The ceiling over the shower is tiled as well.

Used a Schluter kerdi system. Modified the curb to keep it lower and narrower.
Small room 5x7.

These were taken before my final cleanup and grout sealing.

I'm just not good about taking pictures like some of you.
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Old August 16, 2009, 09:53 PM   #2
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So you guys can see the photos.

This one was a bathroom remodel. Wish I would have taken a couple of before and during pics.

Picture a blue bathtub and toilet. The tub area had a window covered with a piece of plastic, plaster and lath walls and nothing flat.

A week and a half later, new duraceramic floor, vanity, toilet and the shower with a bench, custom shelf and handicap bars. The ceiling over the shower is tiled as well.

Used a Schluter kerdi system. Modified the curb to keep it lower and narrower.
Small room 5x7.

These were taken before my final cleanup and grout sealing.

I'm just not good about taking pictures like some of you.
Very nice job Scott , how do you like the Schluter system ? Going to a install class end of the month to learn more about it.

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Old August 16, 2009, 10:05 PM   #3
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Re: Photo size test

I like it and recommend the system to all my customers.
The only downside is some build up in the corners. This one I used the foam curbs and tray with a stainless steel drain. The bench is a 17" Better Bench.

The diamond patterns were an after thought. Did a dry layout on the floor and showed the customer. They liked the idea and in it went.

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Old August 16, 2009, 11:18 PM   #5
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Re: Schluter Kerdi System for bathroom remodel

Thanks Jim, I was gong to ask you to move them for me anyways.

There were a couple of others pics in that thread too.

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There were a couple of others pics in that thread too.
That would be these. Sorry, I wasn't paying attention very well.
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Re: Schluter Kerdi System for bathroom remodel

Looks good, Scott.

I've been installing nothing but Kerdi in showers now for a little over two years.

What did you think of the ST and the curb?

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Re: Schluter Kerdi System for bathroom remodel

The tray and curb have some advantages and easier than mudding them but sometimes you still need to mud the pans and/ curbs.

Lightweight and thermal break are a couple of the advantages.
Curbs are a bit spendy but can be real timesavers.

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Re: Schluter Kerdi System for bathroom remodel

Did you have to move the drain to perfect center? That was the main reason I never tried to use them, besides the cost.

I guess I never got used to the idea of foam under a tile installation. Does the curb seem to be "crush-proof", so to speak? I've never seen one, and I've always wondered about that. $30 for a couple of 2x4's and a few sacks of mud also seemed more appealing than the cost of the tray and curb. What is the cost of them?

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Re: Schluter Kerdi System for bathroom remodel

scott, i'm about to remodel my bathrooms-never done tile b4...., so i look closely at pics to do with tile here, reason i'm doing it - want to do something different to see if i can......everything looks sweet just one q, pic with the light switch....is that a hard cut to do or did u prefer to cut straight? ....being a 1st timer should i keep all cuts straight>?..... have 2 bathrooms to do and i'll be chasin my tail cussin at every turn.

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everything looks sweet just one q, pic with the light switch....is that a hard cut to do or did u prefer to cut straight? ....being a 1st timer should i keep all cuts straight>?

Those pieces are 3"x13" bullnose trim pieces. Keeping them straight around the light switch wouldn't work because of the rounded bullnose edge. Even an amateur can make that cut just 45 miter cuts on the wet saw.

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Did you have to move the drain to perfect center? That was the main reason I never tried to use them, besides the cost.

I guess I never got used to the idea of foam under a tile installation. Does the curb seem to be "crush-proof", so to speak? I've never seen one, and I've always wondered about that. $30 for a couple of 2x4's and a few sacks of mud also seemed more appealing than the cost of the tray and curb. What is the cost of them?
That drain is not quite center. What I cutoff of the one side I patched in on the other side. I did add a little floor prep to ensure the slope prior to covering the pan with kerdi.

The foam tray and curb can be dented prior to the application of the kerdi and tile. Once complete though they are very strong.
The time savings is the big appeal and it is much easier to apply the kerdi over the foam than a mud bed with sand particles.

While I'm pretty good at doing mud pans they do take some time. Kerdi pan is very quick as long as the substrate is flat and level, if not mud pans are probably a better option.

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Re: Schluter Kerdi System for bathroom remodel

Schluter and Kerdi are great! Too bad I can't find an installer who believes in them.

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Schluter and Kerdi are great! Too bad I can't find an installer who believes in them.

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Specify Schluter and Kerdi in you PO, contract or work order. Does it really matter if the installer believes in it if you do and are paying for it?

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Specify Schluter and Kerdi in you PO, contract or work order. Does it really matter if the installer believes in it if you do and are paying for it?
If they don't believe in it, I don't think they attempt to use it properly. I've sat through demonstrations and known installers who swear by it and use nothing besides it. Getting the non-believers to adhere is a little harder.

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