Anyone use Schluter membrane and heating system for bathrooms?

[canman]

I'm in the process of renovating two of our bathrooms, and came across this company. Looks well engineered, but pricey. They are selling a block of foam for a shower curb for CAN$67.00 which is insane. I want to add electric floor heat for the shower as well. A "complete" system looks like it will cost in excess of CAN$1000.00 for a 60 sq ft area.

schluter.ca | Homepage

 

[Oakley40]

I used the Schluter shower system in my walk-in shower. What's on the video is pretty much what I did. At Lowe's they're $480 or so.

Not having poured a shower floor before, I was concerned that I wasn't going to get the slope, thickness, and finish to get a good surface for laying tile. I did that shower about five years ago and I installed a new tub and tile surround in my other bathroom last year, but didn't use the Schluter. The waterproofing for a tub is much different than in the shower.

If I had to do it again, I would use it. Pretty simple really.

 

[Cruiser Jimmy]

Yes. This product was awesome. I used the shower pan foam and Kerdi for the shower. I put up matte white glass tile so my drying process was longer than normal.

For my threshold I put a 2 degree slope in because of the shower door. The area was ( sold the house) 3'X2.5' so i didn't want water coming over the threshold and getting the floor wet. The house has a crawl space.

I put in a heated floor for the bathroom space but not for the shower.

Interestingly enough I'm remodeling my mom's bathroom for her now and I'm putting in a concrete shower pan. Given the job again I'd do Schluter anyday. They have a great system.

 

[canman]

Thanks. Very nice. We're going to go ahead with the Keri-Schluter system (heating coil, thermostat, uncoupling floor mat, shower base and membrane). Wanted to install one of their longitudinal type drains, but that was another $700!

 

[dr_dobro]

Radiant Electric In-Floor Heating Systems | WarmlyYours

Great customer service when you encounter issues.
Tried many other on different jobs and for me they are the best !

 

[canman]

Radiant Electric In-Floor Heating Systems | WarmlyYours

Great customer service when you encounter issues.
Tried many other on different jobs and for me they are the best !

LOL. I must have their system in our front entrance because we have the same thermostat as they offer. I was hoping to use the same in our bathroom as I really didn't like the look of the one offered by Schluter. Now I will have to find out if it compatible. Thanks for the link. Are you Croatian?

 

[dr_dobro]

You are welcome!

That is a perfect guess.... How did you figure that out?
Well both of my parents are, in the other hand I grew up in South America.

 

[canman]

My father was Croatian. He has a sister who moved to Buenos Aires. Never met her or her family though.

 

[Cruiser Jimmy]

For the bathroom floor I used a product from Emerson called Warmtiles. Two things that I didn't like about it was the placement strips for the wires and the height up for the sub-straight. The strips were thin gauge steel. I think i remember cutting my finger on it and I was worried about cutting the plastic sheathing at the 180. The other thing I didn't like was they called for 3/4 of an inch from the sub-straight to the top of the tile. I achieved this by putting mortar down on the wires then hardiback then mortar again for the tile.
Thanks for sharing the link. Seems like a better system than what I did.

 

[PAToyota]

Not having poured a shower floor before, I was concerned that I wasn't going to get the slope, thickness, and finish to get a good surface for laying tile.

If you’re a pro doing this sort of work day in and day out, you can probably do other methods cheaper. But I have to say that it is a great integrated system that will provide a quality, professional result even if your skills aren’t absolutely top level. I spec them a lot because there aren’t a lot of professionals I absolutely trust.

 

[canman]

Progress has been slow as my back gave out three weeks ago. Had to reroute the shower drain and supply for vanity and shower.

 

[canman]

Have had nothing but problems trying to get the 3/4" NPT fittings to seal of
on the Hans Grohe shower valve. Must have had the damn thing apart half a dozen times. Used Sharkbite O-Ring fittings on the hot and cold ports which worked great as you are not supposed to do any soldering within 4" of valve. Switched over to a different type of teflon rape and it seems finally things are sealed. Had one solder joint let go at 1:30 in the morning after not leaking for 6-7 hrs.