Dry pack thickness
Hi! Homeowner / heavy DIY'er here! I'm about to embark on a bathroom remodel - couple questions.
Bathroom (35sqf) is on concrete slab and we'll need to do some cuts to run plumbing for shower, relocating toilet etc. Plumber will cut slab only for the stuff he needs to make things work. I'll be doing everything else. We want to do a curbless shower so will need to cut a bit into slab for depth. I was planning on doing some grid cuts and then chizzle away.
Slab will end up being kinda rough so was planning to just use some thinset for bonding and drypack on top, since as I gather I can get away with a rough slab under it, right? Is there any minimum thickness of drypack i need to have? Trying to not cut too deep into slab.
Now waterproofing - planning on Ditra Heat in shower and floor. Initially I though Schluter Kerdi system for everything but seeing so many issues with it (and considering I'm just DIY) I might be better off going a simpler route of Hydro Ban? I'm slightly confused though when I should do Hydro Ban - after I do heat? so slab / thinset / Ditra Heat / thinset / Hydroban / thinset / tiles? Or should I just stick to Kerdi with some modified thinset?
I'm planning on going at least 2" up the walls with waterproofing and also having a small threshold in case...
Still learning and researching - but definetly thanks for all the YT knowledge bombs Isaac!
It's a failure thing. The sensors do all the thermal stuff.
I'm a best practice kind of guy.
But since you said Flofx, I want to defer to Coach possibly on this one.
I've never done ditra heat on anything but linear drain with single flat slope.
Hey Coach. Have you ever put ditra heat in a bowl shaped pan before?