Completely useless government mandated function on new shower valves. Next, check your shower head for the little blue regulator and pop that Soviet level control device and enjoy scalding hot firehose level showers as is your birthright as an American.

Yup, my shower was done like this and it failed. Pan goes all the way across and the walls should meet the top of the pan and be sealed off

There is no way this was a real job.

When skipping steps, please add links to other videos that cover them so that we DIYers don't miss them!

Thank you! Such An easy fix.

You lost me when the stupid music came on and I couldn’t hear a word you’re saying how you do the corners.

As usual another great tile video from a pro tiler.................

how do you finish off the seam between the moisture board(cement board) and the tub lip. On my tub the cement board over laps the lip so there is a gap between it and the tub edge. Do I fill it with thinset, or mud? then embed the tape ....then finish off the top with thinset?

long and short of nothing

Dude! I have 0 handyman experience. Same shower valve. Followed your instructions and was able to fix it perfectly! I used to have hot water before, but the maintenance men from my apartment complex came to "fix" my water leak and when they left I no longer had hot water! I knew I wasn't going crazy. My quality of life is so much better now. Especially since its winter time here in NY. Bless your heart

All that stuff printed on the box is all marketing. What wood is water proof? None.

Worked for me. Thanks!

Once that floors installed, you own it. After install- it's the installer or manufacturer that's responsible

I love how people are dying to see you express more negativity haha. I thought we kept this kind of thing on twitter? Mike is one of the only youtubers who owns his mistakes all the time and is genuine about how much he's learned which is super cool to see over the years. You seem to have cultured such a community of assholes.

Thank you! Great information!!!!

Laminate flooring is a scam. Put a piece of the product in a bucket of water for 1 hour. That will tell you everything.

The store in my city has more employees than customers, and they are clueless about products. Good to know that they dont honor their warranty, unless you involve the news- and aint nobody got time for dat. Ill stick to Lowes and HD, their return policies are fairly straight forward. Floor and Decor may eventually go the way of Lumber Liquidators.

Merry Christmas, Bob!

China is dumbing toxic products all over the world.

There is nothing waterproof about that flooring.

Bob, Here is the comment I posted on that video when I saw it. I am a flooring contractor in Georgia (metro Atlanta). It may have been the chemicals in the cleaner that caused the flooring to swell. Based on the video they did use the wrong type of mop prescribed by Bona for laminate floors. It should have been a microfiber mop rather than the swifter type, which may have left some of the cleaner to settle in the groves where the planks connect. With that said, there is no such thing as a truly "waterproof" laminate since laminate is wood based. This is one of the reasons that I generally encourage my clients to invest in luxury vinyl plank. I have a client that I installed LVP for in his basement in September 2023. In January we had some heavy rain and his basement flooded. We were able to remove the flooring and have everything dried out and reinstall the same planks that had gotten saturated with water. Now, after this he thought he had found and fixed the issue that cause his basement to flood, but in October of this year (2024) it flooded again and this time he found the real cause and had it repaired. Again we able to salvage most of the flooring (some gets damaged from the demo but not from the water). His LVP flooring survived 2 floods. LVP is the more reliable choice and this is why I steer my clients to it over laminate as much as possible.

The last guy never does. It’s always the guy after that actually knows what they’re doing. 😂

Been tiling and doing wood flooring for years this problem is not wrong installation or wrong underlayment who ever cleaned it used to much water and here lies the problem this laminate is not water proof period. Floor and Decor should have refunded their money and made them a happy customer but instead got themselves a lot of negative press. There is no laminate. water proof from my experience just as backerboard is not water proof . This is false advertising by the manufacture on this product these products can be cleaned with water , swiffer wet mops, cleaner that is for wood flooring but you can't use to much solution period they will buck up when they get to wet.

The flooring floor and decor sells is their own. You can’t buy that brand at other stores. Just like glacier bay and ridgid are Home Depot only. Floor and decor will offer replacement because they are the manufacturers. All the lvp stuff is made in the same factory. Just rebranded for different corporations. Just like vitamins. Made same place. Different label.

When we were shoping fior wood or laminate flooring. You have to take a good look, scratch at it . Some products at all stores cab be garbage. You get what you pay for and buyer beware. I feel like its hard for your average person to get a decebt product for a price that works for your budget.

That's a rite rug entity

20 years ago I remember doing copper pipe in a crawl space about 3.5 ft and heating the pipe with a butane torch and the steaming hot flux pushing its way out and falling right on my neck. Those were the days.

Laminate, wood based and waterproof is an oxymoron. The vinyl plank stuff with rubber pre-attached underlayment is actually waterproof but I still wouldn’t use it in a bathroom as water can get underneath it through the seams.

This floor was laminate, not vinyl. It is a wood based product and if the subfloor isn’t perfectly flat, water will get into the joints and it will swell. LVP doesn’t do that, but laminate does since laminate is wood based.

The materials that Floor and Decor are just boring and ugly tile. I found a couple pieces that I liked in there but overall pretty uninspired selection.

You had vynil (plastic) floor planks. the joints on these will come apart if the floor is not perfectly flat and stable. Engineered wood flooring is a good compromise.

Why wasn't this job stopped at the wrong plumbing layout????.

Marry Christmas 🙏

I did it! I still have to send those photos of my completed shower with the continuous granite shelf from wall to wall. I couldn't have done it without you.

Merry Christmas Bob, thanks for another great year of tile and bathroom videos.

wierd, porcelain doesn't seem to give me these problems :) nice video ive been horrified how many home owners i see spewing " but its waterproof! i saw it on Pinterest"

That bona stuff is terrible. It gets lots of buildup. We use a small amount of Lysol concentrate mixed with water and it works great. I also have the literal cheapest flooring from homedepot and it does not have any problems with liquids, as long as it isn't left to sit for long periods.

Merry Christmas and thank you for all your shower & tile help and advice.

Floor and Decor did not promise a refund. They just agreed to a full replacement.

Thanks. Merry Christmas Won't be shoppingthere

They are really the only option. No one has the vast selection they do. Thanks for the video

Bob is a third party installer

Great video, Bob. There are several problems with this luxury vinyl product, the swelling up around the edges I’ve heard of from various companies that I know personally. Right now the LVP is extremely popular flooring option. Make no mistake about it. There are many factors that are pushing inferior product for profit, leaving the consumer or flooring installation service company holding the bag of poop while they are holding your hard earned money. F&D is potentially also a victim. They don’t want this kind of publicity. I’m sure they will be happy to have the line of product removed from their stores because I’m sure it’s not only this family dealing with a problem. That LVP is slightly designed to cut into the tile flooring market. My recommendation stay away from it mold grows underneath of it, solar bleaching, staining, if the wrong chemicals get to it. Surface delamination. To put it simply, you get what you pay for.

Merry Christmas Bob 🎅 🎄 ❤️

Bob spelled backwards is pronounced Awesome! 🎄

Don’t use steam

That's disappointing, I send my customer base there also

Merry Christmas Bob

That guy's voice annoys me to no end

if you have a cut edge of wall board (as your video repeatedly shows) near or resting on lip it will absorb splashed water and moisture and soften and attract mold.