Yes make sure you clean the surface. Well, maybe even take belt sander. If it's glossy tile take a belt sander knock the glaze off the tile to get the adhesive to make a better bond.
Recently the leaks came out the gap between tiles and cement broad around the conner of the baseboard next to the shower tub. Have been looking for almost a month and still can’t located an entry point from the leak. Temporarily placed the shower curtain around the wall to prevent the leaks. Opened the dry wall behind the shower, all pipes seem ok without seeing any leaks, but the stud towards to the cement broad got moisture. Thinking Instead of knock off the entire tiles and walls to redo the shower, I was thinking to directly apply shower walls to the tiles but not sure if it will address the issue for a long run. Unfortunately I am in NJ and hard to find a trust contractor to do the work.
@@Shirley5555 It does not sound like something you want to cover up. If you could make a video of what you're talking about and send that to me I could probably help you out with some good advice.
@Shirley5555 It's really hard to say it sounds like water is either getting under the bathtub lip and I have seen people accidentally buy a deck, tub and tile a deck tub tub which should not be done in the tub should have a lip on it. The cement board might not have been properly installed. Who did the tile work originally?
This was done 11years ago, it had a glass door installed above the tub. I checked the behind the wall and around the tub, did not see the water but the stud towards to the cement broad behind the leak aera got wet. How can I email video to you, Mark?
Yes, they do, and quite a nice supply of it more than you need adhesive and silicone. but always remember silicone is not paintable the outer edge that borders and drywall should be done in a paintable tub and Tile caulk and will disappear after you paint your walls. never use cheap painters caulk in a bathroom or kitchen you get what you pay for
How do you seal the inside corners on the backwall, tinted caulk? You showed how you could see the redgard through the gap between the panels on the far wall but nothing about sealing that up.
Yes the kit comes with tinted silicone It cover the 1/4 gap fine.I tool it with my finger to in sure 3 point contact.mineral spirits if needed to clean any excess. I raerly need the spirits but best to have it on hand just in case you get a bad tube.
So, it's okay to have a 1/4 gap in the corner? My installer left the back panel loose, not glued properly, on the end with the big bag, 1/4 or a little bigger. I'm not sure how to get the glue under the board now with all the panels up.
@@cheryl9459 you should be able to silicone the gap tooling it pushing the silicone into the void clean the surface with mineral spirits. It should not leak even if the panel is loose that should help it so it should not move.
They were covered funny how after it dried you can’t see it but it’s there. if you’re talking about the higher areas where the drywall was not waterproofed those are areas where water will never reach that type of height in the shower. No need to do the drywall or the screws.
Why is these companies out here charging $10-25k to install this glued on plastic, i got a quote for $12,200. They try to give u an hour presentation to try to justify the cost which could NEVER be explained to me. A 1 day job costing 12k could never be justifiable to install plastic
@@thelog86 inflation I worked with several companies selling them at the time the cost for them were $5000 for a basic white no-frills to. I’ve sold one myself for $11,000 which had all the bells and whistles so they really shot up in price if they are getting that kind of. Cash 💰
This was just this past thursday mid tier without glass doors. I priced this exact product flexstone at lowes this weekend cost $1400 these companies are just out here gouging people.
love the video. I was on the fence about this product. I think you convinced me.
Installing another one today
So you left the existing tub behind by cutting it to the size of the bottom of the panels?
I'm not sure if I understand your question can you rephrase it?
Hello Mark, thanks for sharing the video! Can this Flexstone be installed directly on the trop of tiles?
Yes make sure you clean the surface. Well, maybe even take belt sander. If it's glossy tile take a belt sander knock the glaze off the tile to get the adhesive to make a better bond.
Recently the leaks came out the gap between tiles and cement broad around the conner of the baseboard next to the shower tub. Have been looking for almost a month and still can’t located an entry point from the leak. Temporarily placed the shower curtain around the wall to prevent the leaks. Opened the dry wall behind the shower, all pipes seem ok without seeing any leaks, but the stud towards to the cement broad got moisture. Thinking Instead of knock off the entire tiles and walls to redo the shower, I was thinking to directly apply shower walls to the tiles but not sure if it will address the issue for a long run. Unfortunately I am in NJ and hard to find a trust contractor to do the work.
@@Shirley5555 It does not sound like something you want to cover up. If you could make a video of what you're talking about and send that to me I could probably help you out with some good advice.
@Shirley5555 It's really hard to say it sounds like water is either getting under the bathtub lip and I have seen people accidentally buy a deck, tub and tile a deck tub tub which should not be done in the tub should have a lip on it. The cement board might not have been properly installed. Who did the tile work originally?
This was done 11years ago, it had a glass door installed above the tub. I checked the behind the wall and around the tub, did not see the water but the stud towards to the cement broad behind the leak aera got wet. How can I email video to you, Mark?
Do they include a color silicone for the corners?
Yes, they do, and quite a nice supply of it more than you need adhesive and silicone. but always remember silicone is not paintable the outer edge that borders and drywall should be done in a paintable tub and Tile caulk and will disappear after you paint your walls. never use cheap painters caulk in a bathroom or kitchen you get what you pay for
Thanks Mark 👍👍🎃
Thank you Greg for watching
GREAT VIDEO!! THANK U SO MUCH, THIS HELPED ME ALOT!
You’re welcome thank you for leaving a comment
How do you seal the inside corners on the backwall, tinted caulk? You showed how you could see the redgard through the gap between the panels on the far wall but nothing about sealing that up.
Yes the kit comes with tinted silicone It cover the 1/4 gap fine.I tool it with my finger to in sure 3 point contact.mineral spirits if needed to clean any excess. I raerly need the spirits but best to have it on hand just in case you get a bad tube.
So, it's okay to have a 1/4 gap in the corner? My installer left the back panel loose, not glued properly, on the end with the big bag, 1/4 or a little bigger. I'm not sure how to get the glue under the board now with all the panels up.
Big gap, not big bag. 😅
@cheryl9459 text me a picture of that 248-818-0104. I can help you fix that.
@@cheryl9459 you should be able to silicone the gap tooling it pushing the silicone into the void clean the surface with mineral spirits. It should not leak even if the panel is loose that should help it so it should not move.
1/4 inch pretty strong? Are you kidding?
@@daffyduck8244 it's actually pretty strong stuff and then when it's adhered to a wall, it will certainly do the job
Why weren’t screw heads covered with water proofing?
They were covered funny how after it dried you can’t see it but it’s there. if you’re talking about the higher areas where the drywall was not waterproofed those are areas where water will never reach that type of height in the shower. No need to do the drywall or the screws.
Why is these companies out here charging $10-25k to install this glued on plastic, i got a quote for $12,200. They try to give u an hour presentation to try to justify the cost which could NEVER be explained to me. A 1 day job costing 12k could never be justifiable to install plastic
@@thelog86 inflation I worked with several companies selling them at the time the cost for them were $5000 for a basic white no-frills to. I’ve sold one myself for $11,000 which had all the bells and whistles so they really shot up in price if they are getting that kind of. Cash 💰
This was just this past thursday mid tier without glass doors. I priced this exact product flexstone at lowes this weekend cost $1400 these companies are just out here gouging people.
Its all labor cost. The job was was tub/shower to walkin shower conversion. Just for the demo portion they wanted $1400