Comments on: How to Build a Niche for your Shower – Part 1 http://floorelf.com/how-to-build-a-niche-for-your-shower Help with all your tile needs (and extreme jackassery!) Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:37:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Roger http://floorelf.com/how-to-build-a-niche-for-your-shower/comment-page-2#comment-8016 Roger Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:37:41 +0000 http://floorelf.com/?p=656#comment-8016 Hey John, 1/2" cement backerboard would be about the only suitable substrate for that application - water won't affect it. You can also use 1/2 kerdi-board if you have someplace it is available to you - but that's quite a bit to spend just for the shelf substrate. Hey John,

1/2″ cement backerboard would be about the only suitable substrate for that application – water won’t affect it. You can also use 1/2 kerdi-board if you have someplace it is available to you – but that’s quite a bit to spend just for the shelf substrate.

]]> By: John http://floorelf.com/how-to-build-a-niche-for-your-shower/comment-page-2#comment-8007 John Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:09:06 +0000 http://floorelf.com/?p=656#comment-8007 Hey Roger, I'm putting a double niche in my shower with the two niches separated by a tiled shelf. To tie into some other elements, the shelf on which the tile will be installed has to be exactly 1/2" thick. Is there a material you would suggest? My first instinct. Was MDF, but I've learned that my instincts are apparently terrible, so I thought I'd better ask the exlert. Thanks, John. Hey Roger,
I’m putting a double niche in my shower with the two niches separated by a tiled shelf. To tie into some other elements, the shelf on which the tile will be installed has to be exactly 1/2″ thick. Is there a material you would suggest? My first instinct. Was MDF, but I’ve learned that my instincts are apparently terrible, so I thought I’d better ask the exlert. Thanks, John.

]]> By: Jason http://floorelf.com/how-to-build-a-niche-for-your-shower/comment-page-2#comment-7992 Jason Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:23:41 +0000 http://floorelf.com/?p=656#comment-7992 Whew!  I feel better now, I really didn't want to have to rip it out and do it again. You are the man, period!  Thanks so much... I may have a few other questions as I go along, but so far after reading your website all day, you've answered a ton of them (caulking vs grout in plane changes, causes of cracks in tile, etc).  Thanks so much for your help, this website is the bomb! Whew!  I feel better now, I really didn’t want to have to rip it out and do it again. You are the man, period!  Thanks so much… I may have a few other questions as I go along, but so far after reading your website all day, you’ve answered a ton of them (caulking vs grout in plane changes, causes of cracks in tile, etc).  Thanks so much for your help, this website is the bomb!

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