QUOTE=trekkor;5998375]No!
It's some new fangled method that is for people that do not want to do it correctly.
You cannot rely on thinset for waterproofing.
I do not trust their product and will
NEVER use it.
Trekkor I grant you that it's a new product ...at least here (North America) but it all makes [sense as opposed to many of the attempts I have ripped apart. The most effective method that we have used before was pouring a sloping concrete base and concrete curb with a rubber membrane under and up the walls (the hardi backer or other suitable wall board "flashing" the top of the membrane). In the Schlueter system, all of the joints or screw holes through the wall board are sealed with a tape and thinset.....and in theory could be primed with a Mapei product before tiling. To me, it seems about as bullet proof a job as I have seen.... but hell I'm open to new methods to improve quality. What do you do? I'm assuming you're in the business. I'm not a tiler, but I am a builder and we set up the tiler so all he has to do is tile. We are in the process right now of ripping out a one year old high end shower (that we didn't do) I have to say, it LOOKED great. Nice tiling job, beautiful custom shower enclosure (glass-glass corner) and very expensive Italian porcelain tile. The tile started lifting and I peeled off a couple to see how it was done....not good, wood curb, badly terminated membrane on curb, mastic adhesive, regular drywall behind the wall tiles.... the owner is choked to say the least. Pays to do it right the first time. So buddy, why so negative about the Schluter system?
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