Anyone tear-out a Kerdi shower yet?

[The Kid]

If you have, Im just curious as to how it went, what you found, any damage around the valve, etc...

[dhagin]

something you're not telling us?

[jgleason]

My shower is now 5 years old, a few years back I removed the valve trim to see if any water had gotten behind it. This post shows some pics - http://www.johnbridge.com/vbulletin/...48&postcount=4

[cx]

Hell, Jeremy, I'm only recently startin' to git to tear out some of my/our mud showers from 20-24 years ago. None for failures, I'm pleased to announce, only for aesthetic changes.

My oldest Kerdi shower is barely three or four, I'm thinkin', so I don't expect to see the tear-out of any of mine in this life. Y'all young guys stay tuned here, though, in case somebody wants to change one after I'm pushin' up posies.

[silvercitytile]

ive always wodered that too joe. if those foam rings worked. sad to say ive done hundreds of showers, but never showered in one that i did

just got my new house last august 2008 so those are next. all three
and the swiming pool too.

but never tore out a kerdi shower. sorry i went off track

[Trask]

I've torn out 2 of our own...Remodel not leak one was over mud the other over sheetrock..both were bone dry. I wish I'd taken pics it was pretty cool to disect your own work.

[madronatile]

Did you, or could you have re-used the mud base?

[gueuzeman]

gueuze

[The Kid]

No dana, nothings wrong. I just wanted to see what the status is on these things cause of the system being so young, i still am 100% confident that kerdi and the system are great, I wanted to see what yall had to say.

Tear-outs for updates and such should be a snap though eh? youd really just be riping out drywall.

[Hamilton]

Did you, or could you have re-used the mud base?

My guess would be they reshaped the whole bathroom, being Trask an all

Just from going through my own experience with Kerdi over mud....I know the
mud could be re-used. Next time I go that route I am going to recess the
mud in all the corners to recieve the kerdi band though. I would think that
should be possible to some degree even using sheetrock. Use the factory
ends in the corners because they are made for taping. Just a thought

[Trask]

They did reconfigure both baths.. I rarely have re-used pans..even if I'm sure they are good...Just too much to risk.

[Aquera]

one thing I was wondering - lets say you complete the job and then you need to rip some of it out after its fully cured, will the kerdi survive? Maybe using platinum to put on the kerdi and then unmodified for the tile would help ensure the survival of the kerdi in the event of a rip out... hope I never have to find out for myself, but I was wondering...

[tilelayer]

i would use platinum for the patch its a waterproof thinset

[natedogg]

I did have to remove a small section of stone from the kerdi after it had dried for a couple days. I made a mistake. I was using DitraSet and it came off the kerdi fairly easily and did not destroy the fibers in the kerdi itself. As long as you could keep the jagged edges of the broken tile or stone away from it, I think you would be okay. I am still kinda newbie though, so who knows....

[cx]

Originally Posted by tilelayer

i would use platinum for the patch its a waterproof thinset

Platinum what, Rick? I'm not familiar with any thinset that claims to be waterproof. Do clue me in.