Mastershower curved wall

[Louie]

I have a master shower tile installation project in the works. I began installing the 1/4 in. wonder board over the grenn faced gypsum board. I haven't started the tileing but in the comming several days I should be finishing up. You can get a look at the shower here. Tell me how much money does a shower like this is tiled for..It's 9'6" x 3'6" with an outside round wall and 12 8x8 glass blocks on that round wall..What do you guys think? Can I pull it off....?


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[Trask]

Louie,

Looks like a fun one. That radius shower floor looks like a barrel of joy to float off from the back corner to the drain.
I like to push for t&m on anything with lots of kinks in it. But if they forced a bid price I'd shoot the moon.I'd rather punt than lose money on my knees..god knows we never do that. They don't want a tile guy, they need an arteast..somehow that sells better. "Never underestimate the man that overestimates himself."

[John Bridge]

What are all the square holes in the radius wall for?

I can see a couple weeks in that shower, about $5,000 in labor probably.

[Bud Cline]

Trask,

Louie is doing his own shower if I'm not mistaken and the square holes are glass blocks, right?

[Louie]

Yes it has 12 8x8 glass blocks. I started wonderboarding all the walls. Started with the round one today. I finished floating the 4' mesh on all the unions...So far it's taken 5 sheets of wonder board. I will update you on my progress..


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[Bud Cline]

I think the glass blocks are a good design idea and I'm curious to know what your doing to waterproof them at their junctures.

[Louie]

What I did to water prooff them at their juncture? Well first after the wall was made I decked the outside wall with 1/2 in.plywood. After the wall was covered with felt paper on the outside I began making the cut outs for the individual glass blocks. Then I covered the inside wall with plastic moisture barrier making it long enough to fall over the showerpan liner.I made separate platic pieces for the holes. I laid them in the individual holes in a manner that would overlap the wall's plastic covering.
Then I installed the green faced sheetrock. I added a mortar bed underneath the 1/4 in. Wonder board and joined the junctures with 4" wide fiber and mortar...That's where I left off tonight..