Schluter, noble seal CPC or acrylic shower bases what do you think
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Schluter; I've only used the Kerdi Tray once, that was when I was renovating an old building in CT a few years ago. I added a total of 14 showers and since I made everything cookie-cutter, I used the Kerdi Trays in each bathroom. Fast installation, easy to do. No complaints. I owned the building and rented the apartments for several years until I sold q couple of years ago. Never had any problems.
Nobel CPC? Not familiar. Did you mean "CPE" membrane? If not do you have a link to "CPC"? If you did mean CPE, yeah, it's a good membrane. But I transitioned to Kerdi over 10 years ago and have never looked back. If you're referring to the Pro-Slope bases they are comparable to the Kerdi Tray.
Acrylic base. I really don't care for them, it's partly personal. To me they just exude cheap. For preformed bases I have used the Kohler Cast iron bases, those were pretty nice.
+1 for schulter floor and wall system. has a learning curve. just take your time.
For a non-tiled, pre-molded base I usually use Swanstone.
Jeff
What is Swanstone?
A composite material. Sort of, but not really, like Corian.
You can buy pans made of it in various sizes. If you're not going to tile the floor, its actually pretty nice.
But the pans can be heavy, depending on the size.
Exactly.
http://www.theswancorp.com/index.php?page=gallery&g2_itemId=144
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Edited 6/24/2009 9:17 pm ET by Jeff_Clarke
Thanks to you both. They look nice nice. I've never run across them.