Claude
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Hello,
My first post: I was wondering if anybody can give me some opinions on this forum. I have recently purchased a house in Luxembourg. I have tried to contact local professionals but I was not able to get a satisfactory answer from any of them.
I am installing a walk in shower on the top floor of a timber structured house. The room contains a floating, cast asphalt screed over an OSB floor fixed to the beams underneath. Dry walls are installed already in the corners of the floating screed, but are actually resting on the floating screed itself (which basically is extending to the adjoining rooms on the otherside of the walls)
I have cut a 1200X1200 square off the floating screed in the corner, with the plan to drop in a Jackboard or Wedi tray. i have also removed the drywall gypsium sections on these existing walls with plans to replace with Jackoboard of equivalent thickness. I am hoping that in this manner i will be able to successfully bond and seal the tray to the adjoining walls.
My worry is the following: I have the walls resting on the floating screed. The Wedi or Jackoboard tray has instructions to fix firmly to the OSB floor, hence it will not be floating. I am wondering whether this will eventually result in problems.
So far I see the following solutions:
1. Remove the walls completely and reinstall directly onto the OSB substructure. This will be a massive expense and i'd like to avoid if possible.
2. Drop in the jackoboard tray and ensure the seals between this and the surrounding floating screed is well flexible.
3. Have the Jackoboard tray float together with the screed. This goes against all instructions I found so far, but I'm wondering if with the structure I have, if this is actually the best solution.
thanks in advance for any advice!
Claude
My first post: I was wondering if anybody can give me some opinions on this forum. I have recently purchased a house in Luxembourg. I have tried to contact local professionals but I was not able to get a satisfactory answer from any of them.
I am installing a walk in shower on the top floor of a timber structured house. The room contains a floating, cast asphalt screed over an OSB floor fixed to the beams underneath. Dry walls are installed already in the corners of the floating screed, but are actually resting on the floating screed itself (which basically is extending to the adjoining rooms on the otherside of the walls)
I have cut a 1200X1200 square off the floating screed in the corner, with the plan to drop in a Jackboard or Wedi tray. i have also removed the drywall gypsium sections on these existing walls with plans to replace with Jackoboard of equivalent thickness. I am hoping that in this manner i will be able to successfully bond and seal the tray to the adjoining walls.
My worry is the following: I have the walls resting on the floating screed. The Wedi or Jackoboard tray has instructions to fix firmly to the OSB floor, hence it will not be floating. I am wondering whether this will eventually result in problems.
So far I see the following solutions:
1. Remove the walls completely and reinstall directly onto the OSB substructure. This will be a massive expense and i'd like to avoid if possible.
2. Drop in the jackoboard tray and ensure the seals between this and the surrounding floating screed is well flexible.
3. Have the Jackoboard tray float together with the screed. This goes against all instructions I found so far, but I'm wondering if with the structure I have, if this is actually the best solution.
thanks in advance for any advice!
Claude