The Most Inexpensive Shower Waterproofing System Ever!

In today's video, I show you my

system

for a very cost-effective waterproof

shower

. You don't have to spend a lot of money to make it great if you're a homeowner and you've been on the internet recently and researching ways to waterproof your

shower

, you've been inundated with products, my goodness, it seems like there's a huge niche for doing home renovations. shower yourself because, let's face it, the building code is really poor in many regions of the world regarding this issue, so where I'm from, we're allowed to use drywall and adhesives and stick tiles on the wall and call it a day. finished and I think it's embarrassing now that they've recently changed that they at least want you to use waterproof drywall but that's just garbage that's going to last a few more years so we have a lot of showers that last 5 to 10 years and then they fail.

The problem is that they are in new homes and they fail in homes that have really manufactured materials and excellent finishes, so people have ceilings that are stained with old water and walls where the paint is peeling and mold problems related to mold debris. the shower that is not even 10 years old. It has a stop and this is how it is done. So if you want to invest a ton of money and you're afraid your showers will fail, there are ways to do it, but if you want to do something, that won't cost you any more money than the tile itself and this is the

system

. with mold resistant drywall this has a mold inhibitor and it's really great because even if your system fails it will give you another twenty or thirty years before the mold grows so right there you have a twenty year shower and the way to make it even better is, instead of adding drywall compound and sealing these joints because the drywall compound will really give you problems, use Lapage two and one sealing adhesive, this is an adhesive sealant that we can use in traditional waterproof systems. orange membrane, so all the different boards out there, this is the type of sealant that they use, so they have rigid panels that actually use a sealant to seal the joints and that's supposed to give them a lifetime warranty so they can use. that here too, just stick it in the corner, put a healthy and decent bead on it.

This material is made for indoor use, so it doesn't emit many gases, so you don't have to worry about it smelling like exterior caulk. when you're done run your finger over that bad boy and press it down okay of course it helps if you install the drywall where the joints are tight if you have any leaks or holes I'll clean this up before you leave too . a lot more because those things are really sticking so now we have walls that are all sealed fabulously the way we're going to finish of course we're going to use a roll-on membrane now that they're ours more of a membrane outside .

There is a map product called Aqua Defense and it is a good product. We have it in one of the videos of our project, but today we are going to talk about Red Guard. Yes, this is great. It's at your local hardware store so you don't have to. go get it, you can just go to the local hardware store and buy a bucket, one of these will take care of your shower, no problem, but there is a way to put it and there are precautions that actually exist. fine print that

most

people won't read on the back of the label, so what I'm going to do is run through a couple of demos here for you and show you how to apply this now that we're on a project here today. and our client who is going to sell this house agreed to let us use this product because it is still pretty and pink and before the sun goes down I want to emphasize in accordance with the Building Code what I have here right now is already good.

I'm now ready to code the fact that I use a sealer in the corners and I said drywall mud. Now I'm above and beyond the code and as soon as I dip my brush here, I'm shaming the layer, okay, so here we go. It's like a paint, but it's very thick, okay, that's ridiculous, well, and it cuts into a roll like any other paint. Now that adhesive is there, I put that bead on it about 15 minutes ago and it sets incredibly fast, so it's very convenient. Work in this type of environment, it's fine and you just want to soap it up in the corners, be very liberal here.

Okay, if you're really from CERN and picky, you can paint on top. The truth is that

most

waterproofing

needs to take place in the shower is from here to there and then this whole wall is fine, outside of that you are really wasting your time, but for posture reasons, you might as well do

ever

ything right, you want to brush in the shower. drywall joints now these joints were pressed together when they were installed well and when you apply two coats of this material there it will create a joint and it will be completely sealed and waterproof as well and it's like friend When painting a wall in your house, touch the bottom, you cut the sides, they have a little more control with the brush than with a roller and once you frame this, you go out and grab your roller, okay?

I like to use a mini roller for the following reason, this material is so thick if you put a large hair roller in and fill it, half of that can will be inside the roller and you will spend all day loading and cleaning it. When you're done, this really isn't a lot of square footage and the truth is that if this takes a couple more minutes, it's worth it because these little mini roller refills at the end are only a couple of dollars each. . and I'd rather throw it in the trash than bother trying to clean it up this isn't about coverage it's about density you really want this to be thick you can't do it in one application so the trick to this program is to paint it and then paint it again and then if necessary paint it again.

You want it to be nice and thick. When you're done, you don't want it to look like paint. You want it to look and feel like a painting. Membrane you'll notice when I'm painting here, but I haven't done anything to fill the screw holes and I'll tell you why that's how I measure if I have enough. I have made a pass. I'm going to do. Another pass, I'm going back in time, when that screw hole is just a solid pink dot, then I know I have enough on the wall, that's just my little way of doing it, so now I'm going to finish the rest. of this haha ​​so I think when you look at this you'll see different shades now okay you're going to be pinks and reds and purples you really want to be careful here you want to wait until it's at least tacky before doing the next layer just you push it and you don't get another coat, so when you see that dark red fight, it's as fast as it took me to make the brush to roll this thing, it's ready for another coat, okay?

So that's all. cool pink, right, you see the dirt on the camera there, mixing the incident, okay, so we're going to add another layer now and I'm thinking it's probably best to do three, you just don't have any thoughts, I mean, if you're If you're going to spend $50 on the tub, you might as well make sure it's worth your money. There's no point in trying to save seven bucks and not applying the third coat, especially when it only takes a few minutes. Granted, this is one of those places where it just doesn't make sense to skimp because the value of your effort is simply multiplied, the seal will be 10 times better with three coats than it is;

It didn't just take me another 15 minutes, okay, so here we are. Now I'm just going to apply another layer. Listen

ever

y condition will be different: temperature, humidity, so when you are in your house and do your second coat, if you are really happy with it, you got excellent coverage, then be good, but if you need a third or a fourth then, Of course, go ahead and do it, you be the judge, but the point is that you want to have a nice thick coat, that's all there is to

waterproofing

in the shower the old fashioned way.

I've been using this technique for over 40 years, so don't worry about spending all that money on those fancy products if you just want a shower that will last 20 years and then your tiles will probably be very ugly by then anyway. news so this works great so listen up if you like this type of content and you like seeing old school type of stuff hit the like button and ask your questions below about waterproofing systems . We will answer them for you every single day We would like to keep in touch with our viewers, so we look forward to hearing from you and will talk again soon.