General Tile Discussion

I am a DIYer working on two new construction showers where the contractors did the framing of the shower and used Glasroc as the substrate. I plan on using hydroban liquid membrane as the primary waterproofing as well as their antifracture membrane in the corners/changes of plane then screeting the walls to get everything square and plumb.

I have some concerns about the layering of hyrdroban (antifracture fabric) > thin set(screeting layer) > hydroban (waterproofing the field) > thin set> tile. I assume its better to have fewer layers of different materials binding to one another. My question is whether I should hydroban the whole shower(for waterproofing the field) before screeting or after.

Lastly, thanks so much for the videos, information and forum to help DIYers get this work accomplished. I really appreciate how Isaac explains the nuance of tile setting and his values around helping people. It’s obvious he…

my knee wall tile ends just below the top. This is based on a full tile just under the window. I have these 3/4 tiles that I could install. but it messes up the top of the kneewall which will have a granit (or equiv) slab. There will be glass block on top of the knee wall all the way to the cieling.

you can see in the window pictures that the tile will stop just above the window. 3/4 tile around the window and a slab at the bottom again. jollybead around the niches.

3rd.. I am trying to figure where I want the black line around the shower walls. I will have white tiles on floor with black design and black sanitary cove. same with the main area.

We have to tear out and re-do our large shower in our Master Bath. The 12 x 24 ceramic tiles on the wall are loose, you can actually push them in, this is not even in an area of the shower that the water hits, which is confusing....and we have found that water is leaking through the subfloor into the crawlspace from somewhere on the pan area. The pan is a traditional packed cement/rubber liner type. We are not happy, and we will have to do the work due to costs. We are both in our 70's but fairly handy - still, whew, it's a lot of work. I have some experience with tile - but not on a shower project. My husband is handy with tools and capable of tackling the real heavy work. As I said, we will be tearing it out, and I like t…

I'd like to thank Isaac and his support resources for helping my wife and I on our bathroom remodeling project. We did the planning, design, and work ourselves. Tile Coaching sessions were instrumental in the success of the project throughout these phases.

The project was complex and lenghty. During the demolition, after removing the old fiberglass shower, the vinyl flooring, and 1/4" plywood underlayment, we found significant subfloor damage and mold. We removed the walls surrounding the old shower, 3/4 of the subfloor, had to do mold remediation, and structural reinforcement to the joists.

To start the rebuild, we leveled floor joists and recessed them where we installed the new custom Tile Redi curbless shower pan. Isaac was right on when it comes to the simplicity of installing and sealing Tile Redi pans. We built a new wall for the shower plumbing and a knee wall for the shower. …