Daavewaard
Member
I have read recently that home builders installing exterior siding are often adding a drain plane behind the siding so that when water gets behind the siding it has both a way to dry out and exit.
Consider that water situation compared to the common shower and the shower pan. Please help me understand that when I install that gray heavyweight rubberish barrier (available at Home Depot) under the shower pan or tile bed, and I carefully fold it and extend it's sides up the wall quite a bit, it is meant to catch any water that might get past the shower pan or through the grout, yet there is nowhere for the water to drain from there. Am I correct in assuming that while the rubber barrier protects the house framing, it creates a nice place for water to accumulate and perhaps nuture ever more bad elements? Am I correct in assuming that when the rubber barrier is full of water it will then overflow onto that valuable framing?
Is there any new method being used for showers, or is there anything better on the horizon? Thanks!!
Consider that water situation compared to the common shower and the shower pan. Please help me understand that when I install that gray heavyweight rubberish barrier (available at Home Depot) under the shower pan or tile bed, and I carefully fold it and extend it's sides up the wall quite a bit, it is meant to catch any water that might get past the shower pan or through the grout, yet there is nowhere for the water to drain from there. Am I correct in assuming that while the rubber barrier protects the house framing, it creates a nice place for water to accumulate and perhaps nuture ever more bad elements? Am I correct in assuming that when the rubber barrier is full of water it will then overflow onto that valuable framing?
Is there any new method being used for showers, or is there anything better on the horizon? Thanks!!