We are planning to build a 4X5 custom shower, all tile. What exactly do you do with the shower floor though, they don't sell shower bases that size? Something with cement?
2007-10-19 06:55:20 · 6 answers · asked by Vanessa 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
Answer one offers a clue. I'll just add my two cents.
After thousands of sq. ft. of tile and more bathroom remodels than much else lately; I just had a Q from someone; and did some research.
I went to HD and was told by the contractor help desk and the flooring/ bath dept. people that HD now sells a Shower stall floor, that is custom ordered to fit. "Shoder" ??? maybe. The reason it's custom order is exactly that it's made specific to your measurements.
Obviously you can do concrete but the shower should have a PAN or liner installed, most especially if the bathroom isn't on a slab. The reasons are pretty obvious in that while glazed tile may be water proof the grout; especially at the perimeters may not be. Certainly it can be sealed and caulked.
Without knowing at all your thoughts about the tile selection; you might want to inquire about reverse bull nose for the floor joint against the wall.
Steven Wolf
2007-10-19 07:19:58 · answer #1 · answered by DIY Doc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a real pain in the butt. It involves creating a pan base from mortar, with the proper sloping from the corners to the lower part of the 2 part drain fitting. On top of that layer of morter is the waterproof membrane which can either by the paint on type or the rubber sheet type, sealed up with the drain itself. That gives the waterproof layer under the tile that keeps the water from getting into your floor and joices.
On top of the membrane is another layer of mortar that, again, slopes from the corners to the top drain level, leaving enough room for the thinset and tile layer that will finish the floor.
I put one in a couple of years ago and it turned out very well, but it is a lot of hard work to do it and get it right.
2007-10-19 07:31:35 · answer #2 · answered by thegubmint 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are having a custom shower built, you should chat with someone in either Home Depot or Lowes about proper installation and options. Our shower has a tumbled marble floor which is beautiful but I have no idea what the installers did underneath.
2007-10-19 08:16:13 · answer #3 · answered by dawnb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can go to a tile store or home depot and get a pan liner, it's plastic/rubber but very thick. you use that for the bottom. Best bet would be a tile store, some of the people that work in home depot are complete idiots
2007-10-19 08:29:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just put in an entire new shower, all tile. My recommendation, hire someone who knows what they are doing, it took a lot longer than I thought it would and it was a pain in the butt.
It turned out fabulous though.
2007-10-19 10:09:56 · answer #5 · answered by blonde ambition 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am in the process of re-building a shower. Ours leaked (faulty installation) and I didn't notice. Here are some good sites you can look at. I found so many, and many different ways to do this. Enjoy!
http://www.thetiledoctor.com/howto/showers5.cfm
http://www.johnbridge.com/serv02.htm
http://www.tileshop.com/diy/inst_shower.asp
http://www.tileshop.com/diy/inst_backer.asp
2007-10-19 07:20:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋