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Long story short, I have a PVC shower pan installed with the mortar bed installed over it. I ripped out my shower curb and plan to make it into a curbless shower. I would like to seam the shower pan to a fluid-applied waterproofing membrane I plan to install over the concrete in the remainder of the bathroom. The problem is how to transition from the PVC liner to the liquid membrane without the curb. What I have read so far leads me to believe nothing will stick to the PVC liner.
I did read that liquid nails will stick to the liner, but what I am most concerned about is making the seam between the two waterproof and if I extend the liner out past the shower and over the concrete floor of the bathroom how can I tile over this if the thin-set will not stick?
I am in a pickle and hoping there is a proven way out of this. I really don't want to re-do the liner and mortar bed if I don't have to. I thought perhaps I could anchor the flap of the PVC liner which previously ran up the curb to the concrete bathroom in the slight recess where the curb used to be. I would anchor it to the concrete in the recess using liquid nails and then install a Kurdi membrane over the flap of the PVC liner, but I don't know if they will bond together.
Does anyone have a recommendation on how to terminate the already installed PVC liner, or bond a membrane to the face of it that will accept tile?
I did read that liquid nails will stick to the liner, but what I am most concerned about is making the seam between the two waterproof and if I extend the liner out past the shower and over the concrete floor of the bathroom how can I tile over this if the thin-set will not stick?
I am in a pickle and hoping there is a proven way out of this. I really don't want to re-do the liner and mortar bed if I don't have to. I thought perhaps I could anchor the flap of the PVC liner which previously ran up the curb to the concrete bathroom in the slight recess where the curb used to be. I would anchor it to the concrete in the recess using liquid nails and then install a Kurdi membrane over the flap of the PVC liner, but I don't know if they will bond together.
Does anyone have a recommendation on how to terminate the already installed PVC liner, or bond a membrane to the face of it that will accept tile?