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Kerdi line drains have been known to blow apart. I overlay my fabric and topical to prevent any failures.

In Germany this is how they test membranes at the test institute. In Europe they aren’t allowed to use mortar for waterproofing. Ask them why? Answer-“because it isn’t waterproof” I’ve seen water wick outside a curbless after a 2 day flood test. We gotta get past this notion that thinset is waterproof. IT’S NOT A WATERPROOF ADHESIVE! Never has been. Never will be. I’ve ran several tests on this. All the schluter supporters will say “ it’s not meant to submerged” The biggest side step in the tile industry. Saturation you guys! A heavily used shower become saturated over a little time.

Mower and inside corner wrap

My preferred method of building showers. Layers of anti fracture fabric with a high quality liquid membrane. Always mud curb no wood in curbs!

I see a lot of jobs fail due to lack of coverage! You gotta set the tile. It requires pressure and back and forth movement!

Here’s got to polish on a radius.

Carrying on with this tedious install

I don’t like all the mud squeezing out everywhere. So I set the drain the day before I tile

Getting this backsplash started. Usually once you get going it get better!

The pebbles were lower than the floor tile. So here’s a little trick got to fix that. Thanks for watching

If it’s vein tile I always wrap the corners!

This was you can slip the box in and done deal

I never set sheets off pebbles. Always pull them and set the piece by piece!

How I usually get piece of mind when installing a schluter system! I coat it with a high quality topical. You can say “that voids the warranty”I stand behind my work! I am the warranty for my work

Some nerd stuff

I ran a whole series of videos on sealant vs all set. To install the banding and corners. In every test the sealant crushed the thinset. Zero wicking from sealant. Mortar wicks water!

So many say use an 1:8 v notch. Here’s what happens

Here’s a quick breakdown on running the banding and corners. Personally I don’t care for schluter systems. I think they have great marketing. But the products are soft and there’s too many pieces.