The Plunge Test ensures your shower drain actually works before you bury it in tile I spent three days grinding concrete on a job last month just so the floor wouldn’t click like a castanet. Most guys skip the leveling compound because it is expensive and messy. They think the underlayment will hide the dip….
The 1/8 inch that ruins everything Stopping a shower door from leaking onto drywall requires a perfect marriage of threshold pitch, sweep alignment, and subfloor stability. If the threshold is not sloped inward toward the drain, water will migrate via capillary action. Even a microscopic gap in the silicone or a loose hinge can saturate…
I spent three days grinding concrete on a job last month just so the floor wouldn’t click like a castanet. That same job had a shower niche that was leaking like a sieve because the installer used regular drywall screws to tack his cement board. It was a disaster. The water had traveled from the…
I spent three days grinding concrete on a job last month just so the floor wouldn’t click like a castanet. That is the reality of the trade. Most guys skip the leveling compound. They think the underlayment will hide the dip. It won’t. I have seen it a thousand times where a guy thinks he…
Most guys skip the leveling compound. They think the underlayment will hide the dip. It won’t. I spent three days grinding concrete on a job last month just so the floor wouldn’t click like a castanet. That was a laminate job, but when you transition into the bathroom, those same lazy habits turn into a…
The 1/8 inch that ruins everything Most homeowners assume a wet ceiling in the kitchen means a plumber needs to swap out a pipe. After twenty five years of pulling up moldy subfloors, I can tell you that the culprit is usually a microscopic failure in the shower assembly. I once spent three days grinding…
Why Your Shower Niche Should Never Be On An Exterior Wall Most guys skip the leveling compound. They think the underlayment will hide the dip. It won’t. I spent three days grinding concrete on a job last month just so the floor wouldn’t click like a castanet. That same level of neglect is exactly why…
The Flashlight Trick for Finding Micro-Cracks in Your Shower Liner I spent three days grinding concrete on a job last month just so the floor wouldn’t click like a castanet. Most guys skip the leveling compound. They think the underlayment will hide the dip. It won’t. I have sawdust under my nails and I smell…
I spent three days last month grinding a saturated concrete slab because an installer thought a thin layer of underlayment would hide a slow weep in a shower pan. It didn’t. The moisture migrated from the shower curb into the adjacent hallway, rotting the subfloor until the floorboards clicked like a castanet. This is the…
I spent three days grinding concrete on a job last month just so the floor wouldn’t click like a castanet. That is the reality of the trade. Most guys skip the leveling compound and think the underlayment will hide the dip. It won’t. I have spent twenty five years on my knees with a moisture…
