Bathtub to Shower Best way less Money 

Awesome to hear. Thank you for sharing that with me. If I made somebody have a better day that’s awesome.

Well thank you it’s always nice to have a happy client and thank you for all the fine food that you served us at your home.

Yes, Jackson is an awesome worker

Yes, the black strips can be confusing, but are very important

You would have to see how it sets on there. It’s hard to say I would actually have to buy the product and place it on there and if not, return it to the store.

@@eddyrampersaud6458 you're welcome yes instructions can be very confusing at times because they're written by college educated people and mostly read by blue-collar people like me that don't understand college written instructions lol maybe that's not the case for you but it is for me

No the end walls need a one by four placed. If you watch the video, you will see where the one by four is placed it cannot be just solid flat OSB.

Never mind just opened the box and see now. Thanks

Thanks for the reply. I truly appreciate it

anytime Im here We can talk ya through it like landing the 747 @@PADetail

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@@amir990level2 good glad to hear

That would be cool 😎

If I hadn’t started my plants 🌱 I would come do it for you

The OSB board lays on top of the studs it is secured to the studs

Thank you having trouble with these walls I agree with you that theses systems are awful and you have to add so much to it

Also nice fishing in the video made me smile

@@shawnmccune Glad you enjoy it. Take time to have fun. Yes they’re putting all the work on the installer with the prices of the products aren’t coming down.

I think you should probably stick to the pan that comes with it, but I’m not sure what you mean by a curve pan

That’s dirt cheap. I would want double that and then some.

What I thought but she tight 😅 tyvm for your help. You have been a fantastic help and video was very helpful.

@@TheBlockBlunder Good to hear.Run from cheap skates

Yes good point they are rarely correct that’s why you were there

Ahe told me she had did one before. Come to find out she lied to me

@@TheBlockBlunder yep lots of liars out there. So she duped you into installing it?

The one by four is three-quarter inch of course and the OSB I believe was 7/16 I don’t believe there was anything that was 7/8 of an inch. I think for the OSB board if you’re right around a half inch you’ll be fine

Your welcome yes they are difficult on paper to see the end result

I think the people that write the instructions or overeducated they need to have people like me right instructions I can do a much better job with less education

Sorry, are you having problems installing it?

Well, thank you

Is the joiner strip a wate of time ?

Yes, I wouldn’t think that would be a good fit

I made it work. it's a terrible experience

@@TheBlockBlunder I bet

@@781coolmind I guess that would depend on what you're comparing it to your budget matters? actually it's not a bad shower easily ask last somebody 20 years with no problems or hiccups under normal use

@@Worldwidegiantgrowers I installed one. and thank god I found your video.. because I couldn't believe. what I was working with.

@@781coolmind it's definitely making you reinforce it with the OSB and the one by four not an ideal product in my opinion

Where do you live? what is your experience level? Are you insured these are all factors and how much to charge are you installing the shower valve?

Just walls around the tub, no shower pan. I have the carpenter experience you need since only skills you need to install this over ridiculous price junk 😅. I have it installed now. I think I under bidding them, tho. I only changed 600.

Yes, Jackson is a huge feather in my cap and I really enjoy him. Thank you for watching.

Ceramic tile done properly is three times as much work double the money if you're doing it for sometimes triple. Ceramic tile is much harder to clean.

1 x 4 stands vertically exactly where your shower door would screw to the wall. Dry fit the end panel and you can mark on the wall and floor(base). exactly where it falls use a level it should be level up and down

Sounds like the rollers are not both in the same place. Check the rollers

I do work on the road if you have lodging & hot meals for a working Jack & Bubba team

Tub surround glue I don’t remember the brand it was blue tube, blue and white tube

Tub surround glue it was a white and blue tube. Don’t remember the brand. I’m bad on that.

Awesome to hear it was fun making the video hanging out with Jackson and now I’m helping others get their job done. It’s a win win 🥇

Yes it’s all put on the installer(home owners)saving manufacture millions $$ Thank you for commenting

Not sure I haven’t heard nothing about that. I can’t understand how the door would sag unless maybe it was improperly installed. I mean it’s not a hinge door it’s on rollers. How does a rolling door sag? would need more information to draw conclusion.

The door rolling door does have some adjustments on it but if not, tighten down properly could loosen up it’s kind of a tricky thing Glass doors rubber plastic you don’t wanna overtighten, but you don’t wanna under tighten kind of like a toilet

The ends are screwed to hold it in place so I don’t know if the glue held or not because I don’t think the screws would let it come off anyways. And with the connector strips the back panel snaps in place also so I don’t know how important the glue truly is. We use whatever glue was recommended in the instructions I believe it was Loctite. I don’t have the greatest memory. But that looks like the Loctite in Jackson’s hand, gluing the back wall.

I bought loctite tub surround adhesive and it worked great! The pl3 failed to bond.

@@govee257 yes, I don’t think PL3 is recommended

@@Worldwidegiantgrowers the instructions just said adhesive and I just grabbed some general construction adhesive...should have thought about the surround material.

@@govee257 yes Tub surrounds are very easy to damage with the wrong adhesive

It’s really not that bad lots of pieces behind the panels. Lots of lumber.

Yes, they’re putting more and more on the installers each and every year to reduce the cost at the factory of manufacturing

Definitely the best video of this type of shower unit.. I did have 1/4 space between back and side wall joint.. You indicated to correct , with a shim? not sure if i need to shim the whole OSB panel out by 1/4” , or shim out the corner?

@@Ivanskrakow Just the corner should do if it does not move when you apply pressure to the panel

@@Ivanskrakow you could shim it like in three or four locations just to make sure there’s no give in the panel

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Well easier to do when you have two bathrooms but if you only have one bathroom it can be a tough decision. I had an 84 year old woman who did not want a bathtub anymore she wanted to shower(NO TRIP HAZARD) but she was going to have a bathtub installed for resale value she thought.So after she was gone so her kids wouldn’t have to take a hit. Her children told her mom you get your shower don’t worry about us. Good kids Good common sense. And love for their mother

@@Worldwidegiantgrowers yes ,amen💯

@@tammieabdy-lott6647 I dont think it affects the resale value of the home.If someone likes your house they will buy it either way

Awesome trip it was

Im glad you liked the Fish Clips I mixed in.

Yes, you do both ends would be the same one by four and OSB

Did you get it done ?

@@Worldwidegiantgrowers ok great thank you and not yet I got the sidewalls up but of course I'm missing of the connector strip for the back panel so I'm waiting for one to come in the mail

That stinks. I hate it when missing or broken parts slow down your operation.

Where are buying your doors?

Is there lumber in the wall to secure to??

@@Worldwidegiantgrowers The whole system was from Home Depot.

@@Worldwidegiantgrowers yes

@@jeffsiarto-VoiceActor Not sure why you’re having issues it might just be poor quality. They do sell a lot of low quality stuff in a big box stores

Thank you for viewing. Thank you for commenting.

Well, if I understand, you’re trying to tighten up the seam for the back panel and you would put the shims wherever you are putting the screws if you shim it out along the outer edge and then you’re going to fill that in with drywall mud as hot mud .hot mud the perimeter like I show in the video Shims would go at the screw locations

@@Worldwidegiantgrowers at first I thought I needed to shim out the osb and all of the studs , which didn’t work , than I saw that you can flex the corner a little 1/8” to make up the gap and put the shim behind the upper flange . Thanks , your video helped , plus I need to start reading the instructions:-)

Yes, you can shim the panels themselves up to a quarter of an inch possibly 3/8 of an inch as long as you don’t pass the surface of the drywall it will fill-in with the hot mud

Believe it was just a fraction under a half inch

OK I'm about to install the one for tub

Thank you Greg Im glad you liked it

Well thank you thank you very much

It’s not three-quarter inch I believe it was like a half inch it might be a fraction under half-inch

Second thought I believe it was half-inch I think Home Depot sells both half-inch and they also sell 7/16 youwant a half inch

@@Worldwidegiantgrowers . That's what I picked up I can dodge a return the 7/16 will work I'll lay a cigar fat bead of PL and be generous with it. Appreciate you getting back to me. The instructions are non-existent on this.

Yes seven sixes will work we will just need to put your glue little heavier Glue the studs under the OSB and then glue again on top of the OSB that will make up the difference

I just did the install with 7/16 as 1/2 is made of unobtainium in my area. The 7/16 worked well.

Yes, I believe it was like 7/16 or half inch crazy how they micro measure this stuff. I think either one will work it’s not that sensitive.

@@Worldwidegiantgrowers Thank you for the quick response.

Thank you for posting a comment. It’s always a pleasure to help a brother Like Jackson says we are all we are all brother and sisters because we all come from Adam and Eve.

They come with the walls part of the package.

@@Worldwidegiantgrowers Hi there and thanks for the video! can you tell me how you shimmed the end panels? I know that probably sounds ignorant, but I need to make adjustments to the placement and am not a contractor. Thank you in advance for your kind reply.

@@jerrybrockman3115 I just backed out the screws on the end panels in slip a shim behind and then screwed it back down give me a eighth of an inch off each and to make up for the quarter inch

@@jerrybrockman3115 how much distance do you need to bring it in?

@@Worldwidegiantgrowers Thank you for your response!

It’s not a matter of strength to me as far as a weight load I do not want the pan to ever move if it moves that’s gonna be a recipe for disaster so regardless of the weight limit I mortar them in. But I’m an overkill kind of guy I’d like to do things top notch. I have had people call me to their homes in their bathtub is moving because it was not mortared. When I tell them I can pop off the bottom tile pull the tub reinstall the tub put the tile back on and we’re talking like $1500 to do so. They cringe and typically I don’t get the job they just live with the mess

@@Worldwidegiantgrowers Bubba, thank you for the reply and I understand. I also like to do things right the first time. So, what time of mortar did you use and did you put it down and then put the pan on it wet and bed it down?

@@andysparks7381 Yes it really helps to level it also. you want to use a sand type mortar not concrete. Yes you put it down wet and then you level and secure your pan to the wall walk away call it a day. Go fishing and come back the next day and walk in it

@@Worldwidegiantgrowers Gotcha. Yeah, sand topping mix, sand and cement.

@@andysparks7381 I just use some tile mortar that I had left over some Laticrete 4XL I’m sure that will suffice I had a half a bag .it’s free why not use it

You would have to ask American standard. This is their recommendation.

Most likely it is stronger cement board would be weaker between studs Also convenience if they make the job more difficult to install cement board is very difficult to stall for most people that would cost them sales. I’m just hypothetically guessing.

What do you think of 30# felt paper stapled over the osb too, then the the glue

@@historygradstu I would not do that. If you’re worried about the OSB getting wet, I would primer with an oil base primer and let it dry and make sure you do the edges but I don’t think there’s no need to do that. I think it will be fine. You should never leak that way.

Who are you talking to? And why are you being disrespectful?