![]() ![]() With non-load-bearing interior walls sometimes you can cut a section of a stud out and have it be no big deal. Oftentimes, when you see an interior wall that is 2×6 construction it’s a bearing wall. In fact, most of them are just there to divide the space up. Not all interior walls are holding up your house. Load-bearing walls are interior walls that are holding up your house. Same thing for a load-bearing interior wall. I don’t recommend cutting any studs on an exterior wall. After all, it is custom, right? Before you do this here are some things to keep in mind: Sometimes there’s a temptation to cut the wall studs in a shower wall to accommodate a custom shower niche. Make sure you understand what you are doing if you decide to cut into the framing Cutting studs in the shower Niche location framed in with blocking on all four sides.Tile layout and niche placement figured out.Tile backer board installed (at least most of it).Much like the other niches types of niches, you’ll need to have these steps done: Examples of liquid waterproofers are Redgard, Hydroban, and Aquadefense. Liquid waterproofing is much easier to use for this than trying to hassle with all the cuts and folds of a sheet waterproofing membrane.Įxamples of sheet membranes are Kerdi, Durock, and Valueseal. To waterproof over the cement board, I recommend either a sheet membrane or a liquid waterproofing membrane. These products are not waterproof so they will need an additional waterproofing membrane over them. ![]() Niches can also be made out of cement boards like Durock and Hardibacker. Schluter requires additional banding over the seams and penetrations for their Kerdi Board products. It does need to be installed like the instructions. GoBoard foam backer board from Johns Manville ![]()
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