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   cic317 | Mar 12, 2009 03:23am | #1

   I prefer centered, looks nicer

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   klhoush | Mar 12, 2009 04:22am | #2

   Put it in the center to avoid cutting the first course of wall tile at a slope.

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   JeffBuck | Mar 12, 2009 07:13am | #3

   run a level line the whole way around first and use different pitches if you have to, to always avoid cutting tiles at an angle.

   Jeff    Buck Construction

    Artistry In Carpentry

        Pittsburgh Pa

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   sully13 | Mar 12, 2009 08:28am | #4

   I like them centered but many times you end up standing on the drain when showering.

   Bothers some people

   sully

    

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   andybuildz | Mar 12, 2009 01:24pm | #5

   centered to keep the first course of tile level and it looks nicer imo but if you do off center it...start your tile a course or two up from the pan then go back and take your measements to fill in the tile back down to the pan. i level a length of 1x or 2x with blocks under it to start my first course of tile when I'm in that situation.

   Here's a pic after I took the 1x4 ledger supports down...

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   http://www.cliffordrenovations.com

   Why do I keep...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7ZkQC0riwc

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   Sbds | Mar 12, 2009 05:08pm | #6

   Center. I just did a drain to one side and the tile would have looked better in the center without not such a steep angle.

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   andybuildz | Mar 12, 2009 07:22pm | #7

   I saw a new drain they make thats long and thin that goes at the end of the shower wall/floor with the floor sloped to that drain. Might try that out sometime...looked interesting.

    

    

    

   http://www.cliffordrenovations.com

   Why do I keep...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7ZkQC0riwc

   http://www.ramdass.org

    

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   Mongo | Mar 12, 2009 09:49pm | #8

   Is that the kerdi pan sized to a bathtub footprint with the drain hole offset so you can use the existing tub drain location?

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   andybuildz | Mar 12, 2009 11:17pm | #9

   Its actually dead center but it looks off in that pic. The width is a bit narrower then the length so I had to cut the tiles to fit but it was hardly off at all..the drain is dead center though. It's nice to know it CAN be done with the Kerdi pan. I cut equal off the width sides and equal off the length sides.

    

    

    

   http://www.cliffordrenovations.com

   Why do I keep...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7ZkQC0riwc

   http://www.ramdass.org

    

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   Mongo | Mar 13, 2009 10:23am | #10

   I didn't mean the one in the pic you posted, I meant the pan that you referred to in your previous post:"I saw a new drain they make thats long and thin that goes at the end of the shower wall/floor with the floor sloped to that drain. Might try that out sometime...looked interesting."When you wrote "long and thin" pan I thought you were talking about the tub replacement pan.

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   andybuildz | Mar 13, 2009 04:30pm | #11

   ohhhh...the drain I was talking about wasn't for a Kerdi pan. It's for a custom pan. Looks like it'd work in any size shower floor. It goes at the far end of the wall up against a wall. Looks like you pitch the entire pan in that direction. Looks like a chrome continuous vent

    

    

    

   http://www.cliffordrenovations.com

   Why do I keep...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7ZkQC0riwc

   http://www.ramdass.org

    

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   Mongo | Mar 13, 2009 10:52pm | #12

   A trench drain? It runs the length of a wall/floor transition?Tried using one of those here a few years ago, the NEW building inspector initially wouldn't sign of on it because "I've never seen anyone use one before".

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   andybuildz | Mar 14, 2009 02:52am | #13

   A trench drain? It runs the length of a wall/floor transition?

   Yep...that sounds right. Saw it in one of those free trade rags we get sent...looked pretty good. I thought that using one of those would make a mud job in the shower a whole lot easier. Just pack a screed on each side of the shower wall/floor pitched in the one direction to one of those drains....or even two drains (one on opposite ends) if the shower were really long. Then just screed your mud in one direction (or two). I'll prolly' never do it...lol. So many products out there.

   The Kerdi pan system seems to be the best for me so far if they happen to fit your project....or a good ol' fashioned mud job...

    

    

    

   http://www.cliffordrenovations.com

   Why do I keep...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7ZkQC0riwc

   http://www.ramdass.org

    

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   jayzog | Mar 14, 2009 04:54am | #14

   http://www.quickdrainusa.com

   haven't used them, but it looks cool.

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   andybuildz | Mar 15, 2009 02:21am | #15

   Yep..thats it. Makes total sense. Wonder why it's not widly used.

    

    

    

   http://www.cliffordrenovations.com

   Why do I keep...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7ZkQC0riwc

   http://www.ramdass.org

    

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   brownbagg | Mar 15, 2009 02:33am | #16

   can we get picture when you done

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   andybuildz | Mar 15, 2009 05:40am | #19

   can we get picture when you done

   This is a bathroom I did by myself like an idiot for a customer (on the 2nd floor). Just finished it last week http://picasaweb.google.com/andybuildz/KAYLINMASTERBATH?authkey=Gv1sRgCOeRvIurhaPE3gE&feat=directlink

    

    

    

   http://www.cliffordrenovations.com

   Why do I keep...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7ZkQC0riwc

   http://www.ramdass.org

    

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   jonblakemore | Mar 15, 2009 02:54am | #17

   ">Yep..thats it. Makes total sense. Wonder why it's not widly used."

   Their online store shows a price of $538 for a 30" drain.I would bet that's a big part of why you don't see them more often. 

   Jon Blakemore RappahannockINC.com Fredericksburg, VA

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   andybuildz | Mar 15, 2009 05:37am | #18

   Their online store shows a price of $538 for a 30" drain.

   YIKESSSSSSSSS..does it install itself and do the tile work for ya? LOL...Geezzz...no wonder!

    

    

    

   http://www.cliffordrenovations.com

   Why do I keep...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7ZkQC0riwc

   http://www.ramdass.org