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Shower Waterproofing Crash Course

September 27, 2017 by DIYTileGuy 273 Comments

Shower waterproofing systems

4 Shower Waterproofing systems for tile showers Waterproofing a shower. This seems like common sense, doesn’t it? Well, a lot of showers that are built these days still have no shower waterproofing whatsoever. Or they have poor or improper waterproofing. This post contains affiliate links. The … [Read more...] about Shower Waterproofing Crash Course

Filed Under: Products, Waterproofing Tagged With: cement board, custom building products, durock, fiber cement board, hydroban, kerdi, kerdi board, laticrete, membrane, redgard, schluter, Sheet Membranes, Vapor Barriers, waterproofing, wedi

Is Hardibacker and Durock cement board waterproof?

February 14, 2017 by DIYTileGuy 78 Comments

Durock cement board waterproof

Reader question:   Hi there. I recently finished grouting my tile surround in my shower. I posted photos on Facebook and somebody questioned whether I had waterproofed the Hardiebacker 500 board. Much to my dismay, I had never even heard of this... Anyway, I went to the James Hardie website and … [Read more...] about Is Hardibacker and Durock cement board waterproof?

Filed Under: Reader Questions, Waterproofing Tagged With: durock, featured, hardiebacker, permabase, Vapor Barriers, waterproofing, wonderboard

Kerdi no longer acceptable for tile steam showers

February 3, 2013 by DIYTileGuy 8 Comments

tcna steam shower

TCNA tightens steam shower requirements In 2013, the Tile Council of North America (TCNA), the organization that sets the guidelines for tile installations, is rumored to have made a modification to their specifications for constructing tile steam showers. It's all about perm ratings- and Schluter … [Read more...] about Kerdi no longer acceptable for tile steam showers

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