Comments on: How to Create a Shower Floor – Part 3 http://floorelf.com/how-to-create-a-shower-floor-part-3 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-create-a-shower-floor-part-3/comment-page-1#comment-6901 Roger Thu, 29 Dec 2011 01:12:15 +0000 http://floorelf.com/?p=245#comment-6901 Hey Max, As long as it's type S or SA powdered lime it will work just fine. You can also use the 1:1 ratio and add four parts sand to it. Either one will work fine. Hey Max,

As long as it’s type S or SA powdered lime it will work just fine. You can also use the 1:1 ratio and add four parts sand to it. Either one will work fine.

]]> By: Max http://floorelf.com/how-to-create-a-shower-floor-part-3/comment-page-1#comment-6892 Max Wed, 28 Dec 2011 21:05:09 +0000 http://floorelf.com/?p=245#comment-6892 So... not exactly... [this] weekend... I went to the big box home center colored puke orange and couldn't exactly find what I thought I was looking for... so I came home and started reading instead of buying the wrong thing.  Turns out that place doesn't have anything specifically labeled "masonry lime" where they keep the cement products.  I have a bag of powdered garden lime out in the garage... will that suffice if it's Type S?  Will I have to worry about impurities or stability of the cement after it cures?   Alternatively is there a Portland cement mix from a major brand like Quikcrete that will have a 1:1 lime/cement ratio that I could use?  Apparently all my savings in doing it myself are causing my CPA wife a bit of issues in the mental health department...no sense of adventure... flaming dogs and out gassing unicorns aren't her bag I guess. So… not exactly… [this] weekend… I went to the big box home center colored puke orange and couldn’t exactly find what I thought I was looking for… so I came home and started reading instead of buying the wrong thing.  Turns out that place doesn’t have anything specifically labeled “masonry lime” where they keep the cement products.  I have a bag of powdered garden lime out in the garage… will that suffice if it’s Type S?  Will I have to worry about impurities or stability of the cement after it cures?   Alternatively is there a Portland cement mix from a major brand like Quikcrete that will have a 1:1 lime/cement ratio that I could use?  Apparently all my savings in doing it myself are causing my CPA wife a bit of issues in the mental health department…no sense of adventure… flaming dogs and out gassing unicorns aren’t her bag I guess.

]]> By: Roger http://floorelf.com/how-to-create-a-shower-floor-part-3/comment-page-1#comment-6725 Roger Sat, 17 Dec 2011 00:30:15 +0000 http://floorelf.com/?p=245#comment-6725 You should be able to just chip out what you need to get it repaired correctly. The 'seam' is called a cold joint - it does not create any problems in a small application such as that. A 40 foot long cold joint in the middle of a floor - not so much. :D No bursting k9's or flatulent mythical creatures... You should be able to just chip out what you need to get it repaired correctly. The ‘seam’ is called a cold joint – it does not create any problems in a small application such as that. A 40 foot long cold joint in the middle of a floor – not so much. :D No bursting k9′s or flatulent mythical creatures…

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