Kohler Sterling Tub and Shower Surround Installation | PLAN LEARN BUILD

[@BathroomRemodelingTeacher]

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[@jameschurch1277]

Looks like a great tub and surround. Low maintenance, and easy to clean. Excellent informative video. Thanks for sharing.

[@davidreish211]

These are great tubs and shower units, i have installed over 150 units and never had a single issue

[@BathroomRemodelingTeacher]

Dang that’s a lot. I bet you could make a killing installing these.,quick & efficient It’s also nice not having to deal with a ledger board too 👍

[@irish89055]

I didn't think these Koller tubs needed a mortar base

[@davidreish211]

@irish89055 they dont require one. They actually void the warranty if you do mortar them in

[@davidreish211]

@BathroomRemodelingTeacher takes me 2 days , day 1 removal of old unit- install new unit - drywall mud around the edges , day 2 paint

[@BathroomRemodelingTeacher]

@@davidreish211 what are you talking about? Every Sterling tub or base I’ve seen shows specs for mortar?

[@Zodiac.Cincinnati]

You are awesome dude! I learn so much from you! Super professional and always helpful! Smart hard working guy who gets the job DONE always! Thanks for your videos. Everyone of your viewers most definitely appreciate you and the time you take to teach all that us low income viewers or just people who want to learn such thing. Thanks again for all of your videos! Keep up your awesome work. The states deserve the bathrooms you build and create. Thank you again. Of course we need more people like you!

[@BathroomRemodelingTeacher]

I appreciate that! 😊

[@jimcapp5077]

Kohler Sterling products have been around for quite a few years and are of excellent quality. I wouldn't use anything else for a low cost but premium economical bath install.

[@shawnphillips1220]

By far the best looking surround. I wished you would have made this video 6 months ago 😂 I tried to install the nextile surround. It looked nice in the pictures especially since it allowed real backsplace to go along the backwall, but that system has a MAJOR flaw. The backwall design is funny and takes away from your elbow room due to their storage design on the backwall. Once I realized that, it was returned. Change of plans and went with tile for the whole wall. I lost my storage space on the backwall because its an exterior wall and couldnt do a niche. I will just install corner shelves instead. Had I knew about this product, I would have bought it in a heartbeat and would have been done with this project a long time ago. FML 😂😂

[@dennisedson3009]

Great video. I learned alot and its going to make my job of putting in my tub unit in without making to many mistakes. Thanks again

[@richestep6497]

Nice job. You struggled with the same things I do. I am going to try drop ear 90's for the tub spout on my next install. Hopefully that makes it a little easier.

[@jorgeposadas1192]

Thankyou very much for making this video, it has helped me a bundle, I'll be re-watching certain parts of this video a bundle of times in the coming days cus I'll be building mine, agian Thankyou.

[@jeffwilliams9086]

Great video, thank you! I’m almost to install this exact tub and surround…on my third viewing of this video before starting. Again, great video!

[@cmastersx2592]

Amazing video. Awesome teacher

[@TheAxecutioner]

That turned out really nice.

[@chadmkeiser8760]

This was so helpful! I am installing this surround right now. I love the tile accent you added. Do you have a video on that and was it direct to studs? It looks flush.

[@AlexeiTetenov]

Thank you for sharing!

[@haze.x3342]

Thank you for the video. Considering this combo for my restroom remodel. The question I have, is what do you do when you have a window on the back wall? Is there a kit you can use for trimming the window?

[@mokdadus]

Very informative DIY. I will be doing this without the tiles on top 😂 because that’s the point of surrounds!…avoid tiling.

[@paulpoco22]

Your best video ever. We have 1989 PolyB pipe, during a future repipe we will redo 2 full bathrooms, one with a tub and one just shower. Leaning towards this system in this video. So how is this water proof, where the different wall pieces join together?

[@chrisdraper1976]

Great video.

[@papaalan1765]

Excellent video! Thank you for taking the time to show all of that. I did have one question regarding setting the tub onto the mortar bed. One shot shows when the tub feet go into the mortar. I would've expected the height after settling to have some mortar under those feet, thus affecting the lines you drew on the studs for height yet it seemed not to be off. The only thing I can think of is that the feet actually went through the mortar literally all the way to the floor itself, is that it?

[@BathroomRemodelingTeacher]

Yeah that waffle shape on bottom basically cuts right through when you put pressure on tub. Mortar is then anchored into bottom of tub. That’s why I mention you may want 2 bags of mortar to adjust tub over an unlevel floor. Need more mortar to hold it up 👍

[@jeffhogueison1656]

After looking at the better construction of Sterling tub, buying this one over the cheap looking Delta 500 tub

[@BathroomRemodelingTeacher]

Good choice 👍

[@astrofog4638]

Nice! Ty for showing the adjustments you did with the plumb issues on the sides. I worry about the pro-press manual tool - would you be ok using it between joists on site? Or do you think for situations like your video where u can stage your pro-press cinching on a work bench ahead of time (when you can't use pex) it works great (and you save 2k from buying the battery version)? Again this was excellent. I really was wondering about those Sterling kits in the plumbing isle. This whole 'Kohler package' experience does seem very well thought out.

[@astrofog4638]

I'd pay the additional $$ to have you tile instead though..../grin

[@BathroomRemodelingTeacher]

The head of the propress tool spins 360. I’m sure there’s many spots it won’t fit, but can probably do most Yeah I’d love to get a ridgid battery one…just hard to justify. For $120 on this it’s really a no brainer 👍

[@shantalcostumeshantalcostume]

Question : the surround can it be install over any old tub already in place? Thank you for such good video. Help me so much to do it by my self.

[@BathroomRemodelingTeacher]

Not really unfortunately, it has those little bump out notches that slide into the specific Kohler Sterling tub 🛁

[@donnaduckett6499]

Can you use a cement board?

[@robjohnston5292]

What happened to the cast iron tub that you restored for this bathroom? I saw a brief flash of it getting the sledge-o-matic treatment. Was there something wrong with it?

[@larrytheplumber9851]

Plumb Bob boiiii

[@tensebro1]

Had to sub!

[@toddc4677]

I am currently installing a sterling unit. What are your thoughts about caulking those seams for peace of mind?

[@BathroomRemodelingTeacher]

More power to you 👍 nothing wrong with that

[@gtwolfe100]

This was a perfect video for me. Although I am having my plumber do all the installation in the first bath we are remodeling, I plan to do the second bath myself. And Kohler Sterling is exactly what we are using per our plumber's recommendation (he agreed 100% with your observation; saying he has installed 100s of tubs and these were by far the best he worked with in the modular category). This is the first of your videos I've seen so I just have to ask. Was the "For all intensive purposes" and intentional play on words given the modified meaning as opposed to the actual expression "For all intents and purposes", which has a significantly different meaning? Just pure curiosity from a former English major.

[@BathroomRemodelingTeacher]

👍 kind of 😂 I used to say it all the time not realizing the real meaning or phrase, now I just say it and even have a tshirt with it 😂 www.bathroomremodelingteacher.com/merch

[@gtwolfe100]

@@BathroomRemodelingTeacher Well, if it is any consolation, that is one of the most frequently distorted phrases. I enjoy researching the source of some old expressions and am always amused at how some have become distorted. All it takes is two words that sound similar. I had a girlfriend years ago who often said "It's a hard road to hoe". Even when I teasingly asked her why anyone would hoe a road, she still didn't get the error. Never a good idea to tell a girlfriend that she's been saying a folk expression wrong for years. Still, loved the video. My wife and I literally unpacked the wall sections for our BR yesterday and I pick up the tub tomorrow. Keep creating content and I will keep watching.

[@irish89055]

Definitely thought you were a bit Cavalier in measuring for the hole cutouts

[@BathroomRemodelingTeacher]

Really?

[@HonorableBeniah-A]

Are you sure silicone was supposed to be applied to both sides of that gasket? Something just didn’t seem right there. Did the instructions say to do that?

[@BathroomRemodelingTeacher]

Yes instructions say no caulking. That being said nothing would hurt or be wrong to do so 👍

[@HonorableBeniah-A]

@@BathroomRemodelingTeacher ok, thanks

[@evianogabriel]

I want to undergo an online mentorship training and be certified from your program

[@davebrown7009]

Instructions said I can use a felt pad instead of the mortar.

[@mkl5448]

That blocking sucks, I would never trust that for grab bars. I put Sterling products in all the time, their products are quite nice.

[@jefffree6990]

Yeah Seems like the built in blocking is only attached to the plastic, not the studs Why not add your own the usual way in between the studs?

[@BeRae12]

Now I'm m worried. My plumber said it does not need morter. Same tub

[@lighterknot4385]

In the tub’s instructions some of these tubs come with a felt pad that can be used instead of a mortar bed.

[@DRob70]

I like how you showed your mishaps. Too many 10 minute videos making it seem like it's mishap free. Thanks.

[@irish89055]

I didn't think you had to use mortar with their tubs...

[@sparky2008sparky]

I would not install the drain before putting the tub in place. That is a mistake. Put the tub in place first, then the drain, then the p-trap. Dry fit p-trap first. You’ll never get the tub with drain connected to align properly with p-trap if p-trap is in place already. It will be hard to wrestle the tub in place if the drain is connected. Think it through or you’ll have issues…and although YT is good, it has a lot of half baked instructions.