How to Install HardieBacker Cement Board in a Bathtub Shower for beginners. Time and Materials Cost.

In this episode, Craftsman Connection will be installing 1/2" (.042") HardieBacker in a 30" x 60" tub shower area up to 60" above the tub height. You'll learn how to cut and install HardieBacker, James Hardie manufacturer's install requirements, code requirements, as well as what not to do.

The shower surround needs to be waterproof, and moisture resistant drywall is not allowed in the shower or tub shower surround per code requirements. You must first install a product like HardieBacker, or DuRock, and then apply a waterproofing such as Hydro Ban, or RedGard, or you can also install a foam backer board, and then seal all the screw holes and seal the joints, but it's not as ridgid as cement board is.

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1/2" HardieBacker

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⏰⏰TIMECODES ⏰⏰
0:00 Tub Shower Video Intro
0:07 Planning
1:08 Purchase and Set-up your materials.
1:43 Start Installing HardieBacker on Back Wall
3:30 Install HardieBacker on shower head wall
4:37 Install HardieBacker in the 2 shampoo niche's
7:10 The one things most shower remodeler's don't do, but should.

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[RobKemper]

Great video and very helpful. Curious why not instead use Hardie Backer "With Hydro Defense" and then just waterproof the seams?

[psgugrad]

Not supposed to cut it with a saw. The dust from that is dangerous