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Building a Custom Shower Niche from Scratch

February 28, 2017 by DIYTileGuy 62 Comments

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The Ultimate Guide to Building a Preformed Custom Recessed Shower Niche Part 4:  Building a Custom Shower Niche from Scratch This post covers: Cement board, foam board, and Hardibacker Cutting into wall framing  Waterproofing LOTS of photos! Sometimes there's no good way around it. Building your … [Read more...] about Building a Custom Shower Niche from Scratch

Filed Under: Installation, Niches, Tips & Tricks, Tutorial, Waterproofing Tagged With: aquadefense, cement board, featured, fiber cement board, hardiebacker, hydroban, kerdi, kerdi board, niche, redgard, Sheet Membranes, valueseal, waterproofing, wedi

How to Modify your Recessed Foam Shower Niche

January 3, 2017 by DIYTileGuy Leave a Comment

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The Ultimate Guide to Building a Preformed Recessed Shower Niche Part 3: How to Modify your Recessed Foam Shower Niche In this post we cover: Situations where you would consider modifications A technique to check if your foam niche is still waterproof Method and tools to customize a foam … [Read more...] about How to Modify your Recessed Foam Shower Niche

Filed Under: Installation, Niches, Tips & Tricks, Tutorial, Waterproofing Tagged With: hydroban, laticrete, niche, noble

How to Build a Recessed Shampoo Shelf

December 20, 2016 by DIYTileGuy 3 Comments

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The Ultimate Guide to Building a Preformed Recessed Shower Niche Part 2 Building, Installing, and Tiling a Recessed Shampoo Shelf In this post we discuss: How to cut an inset niche into the wall What tools to use to build the recessed shampoo shelf Blocking (framing) for a recessed niche How to … [Read more...] about How to Build a Recessed Shampoo Shelf

Filed Under: DIY, Installation, Niches, Products, Tutorial Tagged With: bullnose, featured, laticrete, niche, noble, tools

How to Design a Preformed Foam Recessed Shower Niche

December 6, 2016 by DIYTileGuy 13 Comments

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The Ultimate Guide to Building a Preformed Recessed Shower Niche Part 1: Planning and Layout In this post we discuss: What types of prefab recessed shower niches are out there Which preformed shampoo niches are best Shower niche design ideas Why you should plan for a shower insert before you … [Read more...] about How to Design a Preformed Foam Recessed Shower Niche

Filed Under: Installation, Niches, Tutorial, Waterproofing Tagged With: bullnose, laticrete, Layout, niche, Noble Company, schluter

Installing a Recessed Shampoo Niche in an Exterior Wall of a Shower.

September 22, 2015 by DIYTileGuy 28 Comments

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Here's the dilemma. The customer wants a recessed shampoo niche. But once the walls were opened up there's no good place to put one. There are either wires and pipes in the way or the stud bay is too narrow. The only good place to install one would be on an exterior wall which would leave a big … [Read more...] about Installing a Recessed Shampoo Niche in an Exterior Wall of a Shower.

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