Started on my first schluter shower last week and this whole series is a huge help! Have four more showers ahead and will be revisiting this series at each step. Thanks for the great content.

Thanks so much for the tips. I put the kerdi band in my shower this past weekend. I used a drywall knife and hawk, worked great. I definitely followed all the schluter instructions and your advice. Time for my water seal test.

A lot of great stuff here! Schluter has a good video about "Wet Shimming Over Studs" which as a potential solution for out of plane studs that don't require significant build up. Works on wood and metal studs. The message to me was it is all about the prep work, and that is truth.

Glad I found your video! Doing my first DIY remodel today, tore out a bathfitter fiberglass shower and will be tiling, and...the studs aren't flush!! I think I'm gonna sister 2x4's onto the existing studs! Thanks again, great video!

CLear and easy. I'm ready to go. I made huge mistakes first try with Ditra and had to pull it up and grind down All Set. Lots of work. Trowel size and V versus Square notch really, really important!

Pretty sure this is the system I'm going to go with. Thank you Thank you Thank you for all these great videos, I've tiled my homes in the past and now I'm gonna demo and build my first shower! Thank dude, you rock!

about to install the kerdi membrane in my shower, the tip of the drywall mudpan and knife is terrific. great idea. thank you a ton

Great tips guys , all your videos are filled with great info on tools , products and how to install . You’ve saved me so much time and money , thx and cheers guys 🍺.

Brother you just answered all my silly questions in the same video - you’re the man 👊🏼

Great tips. Just getting started with using Schluter systems and this helps out a lot

thanks for the helpful videos! looking forward to installing the kerdi system for my bathroom reno!

Excellent ‘hand-holding’ video - just what I need to prevent 4 x catastrophic mistakes. Thank you, and 👍

What a GREAT video. Excellent information. Thanks!

Thanks for the video - very helpful. You have absolutely massive hands.

great tips, thanks. Going to use the mud pan trick for sure!

You’ve given me a great confidence. I’ll show you my 1st curbless shower soon.

You're a great Schluter Tutor. Looking forward to getting my project started.

Great tips Steve. Installing a strip of Kerdi band over the screws is an excellent idea.

Great tips. It is great to be able to draw from your experience.

So helpful... great video... thanks so much!

Thank you for sharing those common mistakes, a great video!!

This is such fantastic information. Thanks for sharing this!

Appreciate your time. Valuable.

Steve has changed from being a shy and quiet worker to a confident presenter. Thanks for your videos.

Very helpful. Thank you!

I’ve been watching your videos and surely a great help. Keep em coming!

Thanks Steve! I watched several of the HRT videos and Sal’s too. Installed my kerdi membrane the other day for my shower and tub. Turned out great for my first time. Your guidance helped a whole lot.

Excellent - thanks very much!

Thank you great tips

Thank you very much for this information

Very informative video. Thank you.

This was really helpful..thank you friend

Great tips! thank you

Excellent explanation 👍👏👏👏 thank you for the info. This will help me to install mine. Have a great day!

Love this video. Great insight and extremely helpful. Thank you.

Good info, and great tom cruise tropic thunder hands

Great video. Thanks.

Great video. I can't get passed the size of those mittens!

Great tips, thank you

Very helpful you’re the man

Great video guys!

Nice tips! Thanks

Very informative.

I’ve never used this system, but great tips.

This was really useful!

Good tips, I never thought about using a pan for the thinset, although I use a hawk for drywall lol. But, good video guys as usual!!

Thank you

excellent job

Great stuff thanks

very helpful!

Thank you for another informative video!

Thoroughly enjoyed this video. Do you have a video on preparing a shower floor to receive a kerdiline drain?

Way to go Steve. Been watching and following for years. You have become a wonderful teacher and presenter getting close to your skills as an installer. We thank you!

Great idea on using a mud pan.

Great informative video

Dude has some HUGE hands! Good video. Thanks

Steve, always love your videos, you get messy and it looks sloppy compared to other who make it look easy and clean but when I'm doing a job and get covered in mud and dust then I know I'm doing it right lol.

Very cool

We discovered how "out of plumb" and flatness our wall studs were after removing the tub and surround preparatory to installing a new walk-in shower. Any pointers on how much of a "tolerance" is safe when adjusting studs for straightness? (Our studs were bowed, twisted, cut, etc., in our 46-year-old house).

Steve,I like the drywall pan idea.I think Ill save an hour on that tip.

Great video! I subscribed

Thank you for this excellent video. I am about to start my master bedroom shower and you hit on every point I need to know. I'm using Kerdiboard panels and now I'm worried about having enough fasteners. Thanks again.

Great video

I don't think I've ever watched so many videos on a particular subject as I have with Schluter Systems. Your videos are always on the top of my searches and by far the most helpful and easy to understand. Thank you for actually sharing all your knowledge about this product and installation in general. I am a contractor, but I've never installed tile. After watching hundreds of minutes of your videos, I feel confident I can knock this out. Thank you again, you're awesome. So, I guess it's time to put up or shut up. Here we go, wish me luck.

Another great tip to reduce build up and have sharp tight corners with the band is to use a margin trowel as opposed to 6" knife, provides a lot of detailed control and allows a person to get a those 90° incorners sharp and tight

Using a drywall knife is an awesome idea, thanks for the tip !!

10/10 video cowboy!

Excellent and simplistic video, this will help out a lot of installers!

Steve, really great tips, everything goes faster and better when you pay attention to the details of the install. Great tips.👍

I have installed the Schluter syst in our shower, along w/the kerdiband/non modif mortar. I am not concerned about the warranty due to this being my first attp and I sure I didnt do EVERYTHING acc to mfg recs. I am so much more paranoid about water damage. I am contemplating going over everything with AquaDefence.. What is your opinion?? Would also like to thank you guys for taking so much time to make these amazing informative/helpful videos. At this point I'm into Schluter for about 1300.00 (3X4 shower w/4' knee wall) so I am not worried about the 60.00 for aquadefence. Waiting anxiously for your response. Want this reno OVER!!!! :0

Love it! Pigpen giving "pro" advice.

Great tips. The Schluter system is SOOO expensive. I can't cost justify it on small, low budget jobs.

Excellent tips that everyone should take time to know before starting. It will insure your outcome looks & preforms properly. Thanks so much

Slaps my thigh, points at the screen....you guys are incredibly helpful and informative!

It was interesting to hear about manufacturer mixing instructions. Problem I find is they are not always clear, useful or correct. Schluter seems to be ok, but I had a grout which I followed the mixing instructions exactly, and before I was even halfway done, the bulk had set in the bucket and I ended up having to use a razor to chisel it off the travertine backsplash because it wasn't coming off with the sponge. I had to go buy a second container of the grout and mix it in smaller batches, which was not what the instructions said to do, so that I had time after applying it to wipe it off before it set. So... Are all instructions created equal? Doesn't *seem* to be the case, and it's difficult to know which ones are right and which ones you have to use your best judgement with - and you can't necessarily figure that out until you've worked with the product a bit. Also - I find it irritating that the instructions are for the full bag, when you don't need the full bag. Sometimes you only need 1/3 of the bag or less... Or maybe you have to do the floor in two stages or you want to tile the tub surround by setting up the first row and then coming back 24 later to do the rest, or you want to do it one wall at a time... So you have to guestimate how much you'll need and trying to back-calculate precise water mix ratios is painful. And if you made a bit too little and need one more cup ... but you need it quick! .... Lots of guess work.

Just did a bathroom with legit 2 studs on my back wall to start. And a chimney to contend with while framing it

i love the b roll shots, awesome guys! this is an incredible production!

Thank for the info. Would it be ok to roll some redguard ontop of all that ?

I’m getting ready to start my master bath Reno using the schluter system with ditra heat. I’m not understanding using modified or unmodified mortar. Also is there another mortar like mapei or alternate that would work thanks.

Fantastic, I have been training teams of people of varying degrees of tile installation skills only to find the more experienced installers trying to give their own ideas on how thinset should be mixed, not one person has referred to the manufactures mixing instructions on the bag!

I'm getting ready to re-do my shower with Kerdi. Very valuable advice. thanks.

Here's a tip, we like to use engineered studs behind all of our showers and cupboard installs. Be surprised how much twist and warp can occur in a stud that you installed that you thought was straight.

For a residential steam shower; would you suggest concrete board or kerdi board? I want to have 0 headaches in the future with any kind of waterproofing issues.

I love Schluter systems but I haven’t been able to get the boards for almost a year so I have switched to Wedi.

I used unmodified thinset mixed it haphazardly, mixed extra water in when if started drying out and generally broke all the rules and the only issue I had was getting the tiles back off when I wanted to fix a mistake.

Steve nice videos , Im wondering where you are located ?

Should you back butter subway tiles on schluter?

Is there a video that shows he project you show in this video? I am looking at the shots of the angled ceiling. We have a tiny dormer shower that looks like those photos, so was hoping there was a video on how to do that.

Will it help to wet the back of the Kerdi band like you would when doing drywall tape? To make sure the it is a good seal and you can use less mud, in theory.

Doing my bathroom seen few videos and using normal drywall if using kerdi is the ok to do?

Hello, question? Can I put the base first? Does it matters?

I've been watching and am a bit confused by where to sit the kerdi board on the lip of the base. The kerdi directions say to use furring strips to smooth out the lip to the studs. Then place the kerdi board over the flange, 1/8 inch from base. Which method is best?

Can also wet set the board onto studs

I've watched several of your videos in preparation to my Kerdi install. They were very helpful. Thank you. Since watching all of your videos I had an issue with my installation. I installed the wrong Kerdi flange. When I got home with all my products I noticed I purchased the wrong item. I purchased the adapter drain kit not the regular drain. I looked at the photo and they all looked like the same flange. I was the same price as the one I was supposed to get. I thought I just have extra parts I don't need so why deal with it. I installed it. Could not understand why things were not working out. I called Schulter and a rep for my area came out to my house and told me I installed the wrong part. It was the only part that does not go with the tileable grate purchased and I to fix the pipe install problem I would just need to get a rubber coupling to install the pvc pipe. I could just modify the tileable grate. My shower drainage would have a slower drain rate, but it would still work. Great I thought. What a relief I do not have to rip it out. Until I cannot find any store that sells a rubber coupling that will fix over the Kerdi drain. It is 2 5/8" All are too small or too big. I cannot find any videos on how to stretch a rubber coupling nor a video on how to remove a Kerdi drain upon an error made during the install. My thoughts have been lately to suck up the cost and remove the drain and shower pan, but that means new shower pan, new curb, more kerdi boards and I have already spent $2,000 on everything the first time for (2) bathrooms. I am going to call Schluter back next week, as this is the weekend. To see if they can give me any more advice, but until then do you have any advice. Where can I get an odd size rubber plumbing coupling? How to stretch out a rubber coupling from 2 3/8" to 2 5/8" or slightly larger? Or maybe just how to remove the installed drain without much damage to the Kerdi shower pan. Any advice would be very helpful. Thank you in advance.

Hi, I have a schluter shower TT pan that I want to install. Can I use modified thinset to affix it to the plywood substrate? And if so do I then use unmodified thinset for laying tiles and laying the kerdi band? Part of my questions directly relates to the point when you embed the drain. I was made to understand that everything above the pan must use unmodified thinset. If so, how do i deal with the excess modified thinset that pushes out when I'm embedding the drain? Does this adversely impact my installation? I would really appreciate if someone could get me in the right direction. Side note I'll be using either customs or a Mapie brand thinset.

Do you have to use kirdi fix sealant or can any sealant work I have Go board sealant?

So good sales pitch...buy more screws , buy more rolls.....only use our trowel.....lol

What do I do if my installer used a larger than 1/8 x1/8 notched trowel with my Kerdi-band? No tile installed yet.

I read that unmodified was to be used instead of the modified thin set So wich is best and why?

So the first side of the wall I did install the membrane I'm not sure I did it correctly, it's up, staying vertical and got it to where it has dried, but I'm not sure...any advice or something?