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[Dave U.K.]

Very nice looking work Rob.....I'm impressed buddy...

And we all luv a cuppa.

[java]

Did someone say coffee?

Looks great Rob. I'm sure your painter hates you.

[ceramictec]

Dan (opiethetileman)

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ok here is aunt bea tugging her weight. there is 12 sheets 1/2 rock 9 sheets 1/4 rock 12 sacks of thinset 3 sack of grout 3 boxes 4x4 tile 160 sq ft 14x14 tile 130 sq feet 18 x 18 tile. And I drove it 54 miles to the jobs

that's a little too much weight and very dangerous to carry like that my friend.
you should load the weigh more over the axel...you have the tile almost on the tailgate.

I have my tool box set up on the inside with a quick release bolt set up.
I can open it, undo 4 bolts and lift it off. I would have put that
weight to the front and moved the tool box to the back and strapped that down.

I also have a small trailer to take some payload weight off.
I usually load thinset & grout in it since as you know it rains out of nowhere down here.
plus the weight isnt as much that way.

I snapped an axel at the pumpkin with an old F-150 shortbed I had in 1991.
loaded it up with a pallet of Edigougoghi tile and 2 miles up the road...."SNAP" over a
bump and the rear bumper was dragging.

[opiethetileman]

yeah alot of weight but I aint the smartest in the box ya know. I havent laoded it down like that before the moroons put it on a long pallet. but anyway

[dhagin]

Really nice Rob, both design & execution. Love the dark tops and splash, not to mention the step and tile at the archway-nice touches.

Oh, and I'll take a triple extra whatever.

[tilelayer]

Yeah you were way over your weight limit, that trucks weigh limit is a half ton. You'll get pulled over around here and weighed and its a big fine. Not worth it to me.

[custombuilt]

rick you never answered about what locks in the bottom of your durarock? I mean if you use 2x4 blocks. I use a piece of 1x so the pan mud will lock the walls in

[tilelayer]

a 2x4 measures 1 1/2"'s no? So we mud our shower pans thick sometimes over 2" and the bottom is solid and pack that mud thick. Plus, we notch the studs for the liner or back the walls out with lathe. Honestly we don't cbu many shower stalls anymore, just tub surrounds. Stalls we either mud or Kerdi we have sold Kerdi to most of our builders and they love it. When the outside floor is mud its thick too so its not like the shower floor has an effect on anything.

I didn't know your question was directed towards me. Sorry

[custombuilt]

Most of my showers have 3 2x4 stacked for the curb so after preslope I only mud the deck 1 1/2 inch (unless it is a really big shower) to keep a little curb height inside the shower incase of flooding.

Interesting the differences in technique though.... I would like to go kerdi but am yet to make the jump. Plus the drains are already installed and pressure tested when I get to the jobs-- maybe I need to wait for this four bolt attachment

[Scottish Tile and Stone]

arent you guys worried about the stability of the 2x4's for the curb? I frame mine with the 2x4's and drypack it when I do the pan.

[Chad Deiter Company]

I do mine with 2x4's too . Never had any issues.

[gueuzeman]

I guess I would be more worried about the stability of a mud curb not lagged in with 4" deck screws.

Dunno. More than one way to skin a cat?

gueuze

[Bill Vincent]

I've always done my curbs with 3 2x4's stacked. If I were to be worried about anything in that situation, it'd be the waterproofing. But I do it right, so I'm not worried.

[Chad Deiter Company]

I will say that with the Kerdi I'm leaning toward the bricks for the curbs as our fearless leader suggests.

[The Kid]

on a slab yes, but how would you bond the bricks to a framed floor?