Doing a new master bath. Of course, doing all my own cabinet work as I am a woodworker. Anyway, going to do a zero threshold shower. Down to three competing waterproofing systems:
Schluter/Kurdy board. The orange stuff made famous buy Homes TV show. Well understood. Seems to work. Watch for build-up in corners. Pan requires reframing floor as it is a couple inches thick.
Laticrete. Very similar. A little cheaper, but not significant. New only a year ago. Same issue with the floor. Slightly better permeability, but not significant for a shower. Would be for a steam room or a comercial install. A little stiffer wall board.
Vim. A bit more expensive, but the molded pan only requires removing and re-blocking the subfloor. Not trimming the joists, sistering and blocking. They don't have a wall product, so would use the Laticrete board system.
Going to use RedGuard on the rest of the bath. Good luck in the past. A zero threshold is likely to splash water across more of the floor, so I want it water-proof, not resistant.
Does anyone have any real positives or negatives for the three systems? Any gotchas, catch-22s etc?
Any view on if the new Spectralock 1 is really as good as epoxy grout? Epoxy grout it no fun to do.
Schluter/Kurdy board. The orange stuff made famous buy Homes TV show. Well understood. Seems to work. Watch for build-up in corners. Pan requires reframing floor as it is a couple inches thick.
Laticrete. Very similar. A little cheaper, but not significant. New only a year ago. Same issue with the floor. Slightly better permeability, but not significant for a shower. Would be for a steam room or a comercial install. A little stiffer wall board.
Vim. A bit more expensive, but the molded pan only requires removing and re-blocking the subfloor. Not trimming the joists, sistering and blocking. They don't have a wall product, so would use the Laticrete board system.
Going to use RedGuard on the rest of the bath. Good luck in the past. A zero threshold is likely to splash water across more of the floor, so I want it water-proof, not resistant.
Does anyone have any real positives or negatives for the three systems? Any gotchas, catch-22s etc?
Any view on if the new Spectralock 1 is really as good as epoxy grout? Epoxy grout it no fun to do.