Installing this shower floor.

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Plumbing and setting the drain.


Video # 1

Explaining the infinite options available when placing your Canadian Soapstone drain.

Video # 2

How to install the shower drain when installing your custom Canadian soapstone shower.

NOTE: We only use the black drain flange and the 4” stainless steel grate.

Waterproofing and setting the soapstone.


Barrier-free showers are the future.


Video # 6

An animation of a barrier-free installation.

Video # 7

Soapstone can be sanded a huge advantage. Watch me smooth/blend the soapstone floor.

Video # 8

An actual barrier-free shower floor. 10.5 square feet @$165.00 a square foot Canadian currency. Cost - $1,732.50 + shipping.

Complex failures of the traditional shower floor


Video # 9

Shower failures.

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Too many installers are out there don't understand all the details that go into proper shower construction. This botched granite slab shower job was anothe...
I Tiled This Shower and It FAILED HORRIBLY!!!--- Find out WHYWhen you are in business for a long time, call backs are inevitable. Sometimes they can be your...
 

Video # 10

Shower failures.

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Video # 11

Shower failures Kerdi system

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I had one of my viewers reach out to find out why his beautiful granite slab shower is leaking. This video shows the forensic analysis of why and how this sh...
I was contacted by a homeowner to come out and look at his WEDI shower, that was built in 2007 by a certified WEDI installer. The company that performed the ...
 

Video # 12

Shower failure Wedi system

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Video # 13

Grout failures

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Laticrete Spectralock 1 is a pre-mixed grout with epoxy grout like properties that has been in development for years and has finally hit the US market. We ha...
In 2014, I grouted this shower and used Custom Building Products FUSION grout. At the time, I don't recall seeing any specific instructions regarding pebble ...
 

Video # 14

Grout failures Fusion grout.

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Video # 15

Linear drains suck!

and grout sucks!

Unless it’s epoxy grout.

Not the Tile Coach’s opinion. My opinion.

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Video # 16

With any shower pan you need to start with a level surface. The tile coach explains the “How to” very well.

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Video # 17

Another popular shower waterproofing system failure. RED GARD

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