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[ZenOps]

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B09NY2TM94/

[firebane]

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Thought you were working in town?

Things changed and had an opportunity come up I couldn't say no too and took it.

[eblend]

Bought a couple pre-sloped shower bases. Plan is to have two transition free showers in the new house, and since these are the proper size and have the slope already built in, it saves me from making a slopped shower pan myself.

38" x 60" for my shower, and 72x72 for the wife....which is actually a few feet short of the actual wet room dimensions of 120x78...but part of it is a tub area and doesn't need sloping. Closest I could find to what I needed.

[DonJuan]

@eblend details plz? I need these for my basement build

[eblend]

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@eblend details plz? I need these for my basement build

It's basically a hard foam base with a built in waterproofing membrane on top. They usually come folded up and unfold into their final shape. The waterproofing membrane acts like a hinge for the foam underneath. They pair up with other sheets of waterproofing to form the walls ect and then can be tiled over. They make special wall sections too that can act as your structural wall portion, or you can just buy the thin waterproofing membrane to go over existing wall material. I bought mine on floorbox.ca as it's cheapest, but it's sold in Home Depot and other places as well for general system, but they might not carry all the different floor pan types in the store.

They do have a thickness to them obviously, depending on size, but the big of is like 1.5" thick at the sides, so in my case I will be pouring the shower concrete lower than the rest of the floor, and in a retrofit situation you would have to knock out the thickness of the floor with a jackhammer if you wanted 0 threshold.

This is general idea of what things look like when you start adding all the other pieces to the system

[bjstare]

TIL there's people that have separate showers from their spouses.

What's the deal, don't like boobs or something?

[eblend]

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TIL there's people that have separate showers from their spouses.

What's the deal, don't like boobs or something?

Only peasant don't have separate showers :P

Haha, but actually has to do with her and I working different shifts. I work during the day and wake up at like 6AM and go to bed at like 12, she works the evening shift and doesn't sleep until like 4 AM and sleeps until 10AM, so we use separate showers to not wake anyone up with noise.

[Swank]

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TIL there's people that have separate showers from their spouses.

What's the deal, don't like boobs or something?

She doesn't like my waffle stomp

[suntan]

I have heard that the Kerdi bases aren't that durable. Something to keep in mind.

[DonJuan]

Thanks @eblend ! Just what I needed. I knew these shower pads were way easier than sloping.

It's for a guest ensuite bathroom in the basement and for a regular bathroom shower also, hopefully it doesn't get used, like ever.

I'm in the @cjblair camp. Showering with wife saves water and saves the planet... because climate emergency.

[schurchill39]

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I have heard that the Kerdi bases aren't that durable. Something to keep in mind.

Really? I'd be interested in where you're hearing that from because the Kerdi systems are basically the gold standard for these types of showers and even though the bases are relatively new (2018 I think) installers have been retrofitting existing Kerdi system pieces as bases for years. All the guys I know that install them rave about them (minus cost versus just forming their own base).

I'm too poor for them so I just ran a MAAX base in my basement shower but if this was my main shower I would definitely go this way.

[msommers]

Finally caved. Hoping this encourages me to get back in the saddle this winter. Altitude Sports had a decent price plus 15% off signup discount.

[suntan]

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Really? I'd be interested in where you're hearing that from because the Kerdi systems are basically the gold standard for these types of showers and even though the bases are relatively new (2018 I think) installers have been retrofitting existing Kerdi system pieces as bases for years. All the guys I know that install them rave about them (minus cost versus just forming their own base).

I'm too poor for them so I just ran a MAAX base in my basement shower but if this was my main shower I would definitely go this way.

Concrete base is still the gold standard. They last forever.

Kerdi bases are styrofoam. They're hard but brittle. Also they cannot be trimmed at all - it destroys their integrity.

[Buster]

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Finally caved. Hoping this encourages me to get back in the saddle this winter. Altitude Sports had a decent price plus 15% off signup discount.

Cool. Let us know how it works

[bigboom]

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Cool. Let us know how it works

I love mine and bought it to increase my motivation but it didn't come back when I bought it. Still train 1-2 times a week during the winter so it's still nice with the heart rate match especially in the morning when it's cold and you don't want a full force fan on you.

[ercchry]

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Cool. Let us know how it works

Climb>headwind but both is the best, but also only if using zwift… hustle city is a hilarious app but doesn’t support the climb… on the account the whole world is flat in it

[msommers]

I don't think there will be a world where I can justify the Climb which costs nearly as much as my OG Neo. Neat device though

[Rocket1k78]

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Concrete base is still the gold standard. They last forever.

Kerdi bases are styrofoam. They're hard but brittle. Also they cannot be trimmed at all - it destroys their integrity.

Are you sure they cant be trimmed?

[suntan]

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Are you sure they cant be trimmed?

Yes, I know Schluter says they can. Schluter also says you can put Ditra over OSB and everything will be hunky dory no problem whatsoever.

[schurchill39]

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Are you sure they cant be trimmed?

They definitely can be trimmed. Right from Schluter.