Hi everyone, I am new here and kind of in a pickle...
I have a bathroom renovation underwear, I gutted it entirely and installed a new tub. On the outside wall (which has a window) I installed a vapour barrier - poly, then put up densshield last night and taped all the seems then coated them with thinset. I plan on tiling everything. I read the instructions again today and did some more searching online and it says don't use vapour barrier behind it.... Am I hooped now, do I really need to tear it all down?
I read somwhere that Canadian codes still dictate you need vapour barrier no matter what on an outside wall. That was a ton of work last night and I'd hate for it to have to be all torn down and start from scratch again.
The other question I have is the window has an inset of about 9 inches in to the wall. So I will be tiling this area as well. From the bottom of the window to the inside shower wall there is a drop of about 0.5 to 0.75 inches over the course of the 9 inch recess. This should be enough of a drop in elevation to allow water that gets splashed up in to the window area to drain off and in to the shower area. With that do you think it would be wise to install a peice of kerdi over that lip (the transition between the bottom of the window well and the shower wall), or once its all tiled, with groat should it be much of an issue so there wont be any standing water there anyway because of the slight drop.
Thanks everyone.
I have a bathroom renovation underwear, I gutted it entirely and installed a new tub. On the outside wall (which has a window) I installed a vapour barrier - poly, then put up densshield last night and taped all the seems then coated them with thinset. I plan on tiling everything. I read the instructions again today and did some more searching online and it says don't use vapour barrier behind it.... Am I hooped now, do I really need to tear it all down?
I read somwhere that Canadian codes still dictate you need vapour barrier no matter what on an outside wall. That was a ton of work last night and I'd hate for it to have to be all torn down and start from scratch again.
The other question I have is the window has an inset of about 9 inches in to the wall. So I will be tiling this area as well. From the bottom of the window to the inside shower wall there is a drop of about 0.5 to 0.75 inches over the course of the 9 inch recess. This should be enough of a drop in elevation to allow water that gets splashed up in to the window area to drain off and in to the shower area. With that do you think it would be wise to install a peice of kerdi over that lip (the transition between the bottom of the window well and the shower wall), or once its all tiled, with groat should it be much of an issue so there wont be any standing water there anyway because of the slight drop.
Thanks everyone.