The Schluter Curb Hack! 

You could use any type of 1/2" backer board for this because the entire curb will be covered in waterproofing. We usually use what's most readily available but honestly prefer some type of hardi backer or cement board for the top. .

Yes sir! Short curbs are great for old folk

how much. weight can it take? 200ibs?

Cool let me buy one.

Go board would be good to use to build a curb or build out the rest of the curb and something like Hydroban sealant would be good to seal and waterproof. I would band the curb though. Keep in mind that Kerdi fix is not waterproof

Happy to help, tile on!

yes and thanks!

Not into the curb. Into the (usually) stone slab curb cover only that is siliconed in place to the top of the curb.

not sure what you are trying to say

@@LandbergTileTV the items are too precious for something that is invisibile.

Lol

We use anchors and lately we stuff the holes with wood shims (split up shims) hammered in. This allows our impact driver to bite if that makes sense.

@@LandbergTileTV do you have a brand choice that catches behind the hollow wall without boring a 3/8 or bigger hole?

Waterproof as long as you band it. We have been doing this for years now

You simply cut/rip down the quartz or whatever you want to install for the width.

That will work, and yes, you band the curb like the pan etc.

Thanks! appreciate the sub

thinking the same thing.... wondering how do they attach the shower doors too the foam???? longer screws to reach the subfloor?

@@throlyhd9448 probably anchors

Sorry, I don't.

2" rigid insulation board?

Kerdi board panels

Great idea if you have one

different strokes for different folks

Always get those cardboard shimms and flatten the wall as best as possible. You can wet shimm with kerdi as well. A six foot long niche will require proper framing or you could use a foam curb and make a 6 foot long shelf instead .

@@Trucker-Belly cardboard shims? I'm not sure what that is

@@Relaxokay359 furring strips from home depot.

Wet shim (thinset)

@@Relaxokay359 they are called sheetrock shimms. Did you ever finish the shower project?

Yes you can

yes it will

Thanks! we make our curbs rough width around 2.5 - 3" No, we have not tried using the curbs as a foot rest

@@LandbergTileTV thanks for quick response and the measurements. Trying to do this on a budget and not have 2 curbs left over that I have to store somewhere. Thanks again

Lol

We've installed over 100 with no problems whatsoever.

Appreciate the support brother!

Exactly what I was thinking but I’d wrap the 2x4 in kerdi board

Cement board isn't water proof. You would have to coat it with red gurad or some other type of water proofing

@@Relaxokay359 GabeGT said ‘if I am going to wrap the curb in Kerdi anyways’. To @GabeGT, the main point of using foam board is to save time, not necessarily material cost. But he’s showing how you can save both in this video. He made 4 curbs in way less time than a single 2x4/cement board curb.

@@markoshun idk. Think it'd be just as quick

@@jeffsingleton88 Ok, but he did 4 in an 8 minute video.. Even without the magic of editing it wouldn’t take me long to do either.

Lowes big box stores stocks white, beige and gray usually.

@@LandbergTileTV Thanks!

Woods not stable...

@@nailbndr9869 gotcha

lol, the foam in the curb is so dense you couldn't even bite a piece out with your teeth

The curb seems fine but how it fits in with the shower pan and being anchored to ground by thinset, liquid nail, ???? Just sketchy. Trying to reinvent the wheel, hot mop has been around forever and is solid. Started in the tile trade in 96 and got licensed in 07 and have seen 2 hot mops fail in that many years. I personally have tore out 5 schluter shower installs that have failed myself. Schluter just writes checks to homeowners showers that have failed they don’t even care, they make so much money selling that crap. Also like to float walls to get them plumb and shower pans square not just glomb some shit on a wall and throw tile on it. I guess I’m officially one of the old guys now set in my ways

@@chrispryor9721 go watch 'Tile Coach" on how many hot mop showers he has failed videos on.

@@MV-wb2cz sounds like coach needs a new Hot mop guy

@@chrispryor9721 lmao no, it's not his jobs that failed but in California it was done years ago and lots of the showers are failing that he has to go and tear them out and rebuild them using newer methods.

You can't get Schluter boards anymore

Thinset

Can't teach old dogs new tricks I guess. Different strokes for different folks. Foam is the future and it is what it is.

The must have to use with the self leveling spacers is the little tile cart that has the knee pads in it with the seat 😂 oh and you have to have celine dion on max volume while working

lol

that also works

lol replaced 26 Schluter curbs?

@@LandbergTileTV Funny or not. 26 replacements.

@@mikek3951 you should put a post up on why a Kedi curb fails, a lot of installers would want to know why.

@@LandbergTileTV The ones I have replaced mostly over time had become soft. You shouldn’t step on curbs but people do. Some the bond to the floor had separated. I had called mfg on a few and was informed by all accounts it seemed to be installed correctly. I don’t make the product I just fix issues people have. Personally I don’t like any of the foam products. Curb. Bench etc. I’ll stick with solid wood. Waterproof. Deck mud. People however can use what they want or request. I just simply have redone 26 of them.

Were all 26 in the same neighborhood or condo complex? Just wondering if all were installed by same person and done incorrect. 🤔