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I installed a shower drain for a mud shower pan. Found it was out of level before I put in the deck mud for pre-slope. So I removed it and asked a friend, a plumber, and the dude at home depot for advice. (going on top of ply) Now, I am being told that "I am doing it wrong" The Plumber says...

If the existing polyethylene is serving as the only air barrier on the interior side (no wallboard?) the last thing you would want to do is to compromise it's air tightness. The framing behind the fiberglass shower has, from the floor up, 4 feet of sheet rock on the attic side. Above that there...

I just took apart my bathroom and am in the middle of a bathroom remodel. I removed my fiberglass shower and behind the shower was insulation behind a vapor barrier. My understanding that a vapor barrier behind a fiberglass shower is going to create a mold issue (vapor barrier behind vapor...