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I just ran across the kerdi thread and have never used it. I was wondering if it would be a real benefit where you’re trying to make a curbless shower for universal access? Last time I did one of these, I had to go down 2 1/2″ at the far end of the shower to hold the mud : 1 1/2″ for the sloped base, and another 1″ on top of the membrane. It was a bit tricky to get the floor of the shower level with the rest of the floor where there wasn’t much water. Now I’m facing another mud shower and the owner would like it barrier free. I’ve got 1 1/2″ of flooring I can tear out, put some blocking alongside the joists and get the subfloor level with the tops of the joists. Now that would be a great place to put my sloping mud base, and then the kerdi, and wind up level with the floor thats not part of the shower. Is it hugely expensive? this is a 30″ x 60″ shower pan , with walls on 3 sides and a short pony wall at the water end. |
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Geoff,
Kerdi is not hugely expensive at all. Do it; you'll be happy. I recommend John Bridge's e-book on doing Kerdi. It was worth the $10 I paid, and you download it from his site as a PDF that you can print out.
Bill