Recessed Soap/shampoo Niche

WarnerConstInc.

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About as much as the RV soap dishes you are trying to hawk.
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Sweet, I coined the term for those!!

Seriously, they are ok but, in my opinion, look like an after thought.

Like, ****, I wanted a recessed shelf, what can we do.

I am sure they work for you, thats just not my bag.

jarvis design

Sorry dude, I ripped off your phrase!! But damn, it fits well!!

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Mike Finley

If $125 is our cost, I think they are a bit too expensive.

I'm not against them, there are different clients and different budgets, no different then one client wants an acrylic surround, another wants swanstone, another wants cermamic tile, another wants porcelain, another wants stone and the last one wants sheet granite. All different price points all different budgets.

I like having different options for different types of customers, those plastic things would be a nice option for the low end customer. But not at $125 our cost, that wouldn't make much sense.

genecarp

When we are asked to do niches, i will recomend a total stone unit. My stone yard will fabricate a custom niche the exact size and design that i need, if the shower is tile, i will match a granite or marble that works. If the shower is stone, my niche will match perfectly. On average i pay about 350 per niche. G. Note, the niche will have a 2'' face frame that allows me to pop it right in to a rough opening, the faceframe overlays the cut tile edges, neat and clean. Gene

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Mark Daniels

These units are Ceramic and weigh about 14 lbs.

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Bill_Vincent

This unit was ceramic, granite, and travertine (the chair rail) and doesn't weigh NEARLY that much, but I bet it looks alot nicer.

Oh-- and I made the money-- not some manufacturer:

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WarriorWithWood

Is that drywall I see at the top of that rough opening?

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Nice Niche Bill!!

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Bill_Vincent

Thank you. Don't get me wrong, Mark. Although that one WAS built on site, I don't mind using one of the others that have to be tiled over. They only cost 20-30.00. But considering that for most 12x12 niches I only CHARGE 125.00 (not the one pictured!), I might as well just have them put in a one piece fiberglass unit-- that'd be even faster!

Only one problem-- I'm not doing this as some sort of philanthropy, trying to help out companies in the industry. I'm out to make money, and it does me no good if I'm giving it all away in materials.

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MattCoops

Here's a niche we did a little while back.
Although it's a little bit of a pain, I like to do some custom framing to widen the area in between the studs for a larger niche. Sometimes those shampoo/conditioner bottles can accumulate space.

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Bill_Vincent

Matt-- that's pretty sweet. I like the "panel" on the wetwall, too. I'm about to gut the main bathroom in my own house and the niche I was to do is going to look very similar to the one you did there, with the arched top. Probably the only difference is I'm going to see if there's any way I can "fabricate" a pronounced "keystone" for the center of the top of it.

I just took a close look at that pic, and I think I can barely make out a "tinge" (technical term) of grey. Looks like it's probably Denshield.

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Dan V.

Those are some nice looking niches. I've got a customer now that wants me to put one in the shower that I'm doing as part of the full bath remodel. I'm inclined to build it myself rather than use a prefab. It's an old house and the walls under the tile that I'm ripping out are plaster. I have no idea what I'm gonna find when I start the demo.

Bill, just a quick question on that niche you made. Why did you miter the top corners of the travertine and not the bottom? Was that your decision or the customer's?

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Bill_Vincent

That was my decision. I wanted it to be a skirt, as opposed to part of the framing. I wanted to make sure I got the shelf out past the stone so it would act as a true drip edge. I thought about it later and probably should've "returned" the two ends with miters and plugs, which is what I'll do next time. I still liked the way it came out, though.

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Dan V.

Oh, so do I! I was just curious.

I've looked at your site and some of your pics over at John Bridge's site as well and am very impressed with your work. Now, if I could just convince myself that I REALLY need that Target saw...

In the job I'm planning for right now, I definitely have to buy a bigger saw. I've got a small one (7") that's been a real workhorse for me over the past few years. I'm getting tired of renting for the jobs with bigger tile that I get and it's probably time to bite the bullet. My current job is about 200 sq.ft. of marble. It's a small bathroom, so I'm sure there'll be a fair amount of cuts, not to mention the sh!tload of holes I'll have to cut/drill to accommodate the $1,200 shower system my customer picked.

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Bill_Vincent

See, I'm at the other end of the spectrum. I'll swear by that saw, but there are times when it's just TOO damn big. I was in Lowes last night, and they had a Felker TM-75 for about 260.00. I'm thinkin real seriously about it. For something like doing the main floor of a house, or large format tile, I'll still use the Target every time. But for something like what I'm doing right now-- I've got three showers out on an island, and bringing the Target across is almost completely out of the question because of the freight I'd be charged. That little Felker would be just the ticket.

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TurnkeyConst

What waterproofing liquid do you prefer when doing your niches? I have seen a few different kinds tilers are using when I visit townhome construction sites around the area. Just wondering thanks

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Bill_Vincent

If it's not a Kerdi Shower, 9235.

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coveinspiration

I prefer the tiled niches myself! I usually finishes them with a nice chrome schluter edge, but good luck! Someone will be looking for what you have to offer~!