What is the best type pan/floor for a walk in shower? We do not want a threshold and the shower will be 42″ x 72″. Not quite ADA but almost. We will use double 2 x 8 in the shower and 2 x 12 for the rest of the 13’6″ x 24’4″ MBR/Closet addition.
What is the best type pan/floor for a walk in shower? We do not want a threshold and the shower will be 42″ x 72″. Not quite ADA but almost. We will use double 2 x 8 in the shower and 2 x 12 for the rest of the 13’6″ x 24’4″ MBR/Closet addition.
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Check out schluter systems on the web.
Mike
Check this tile forum: johnbridge.com
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What are you using for the walls. I have 2 that are granite 48x60 and the granite fabricator made matching bases that are routed and sandblasted.
Nice! How much per foot pitch?
We will probbably go with subway tile. This is in a 1920's brick bungalo.
The base is a single piece of 2" granite only milled out about 3/4" to the drain but has routed groves a lot like a kitchen drainboard, water goes right out. It was set in a damp mortar bed just like you would a fireplace hearth. No cracks after a year now. The fabricator set it and said if it cracked within 5 years a replacement was a freebe.
Check out the Laticrete 9235 waterproof membrane. I'm pretty much using this now in all my custom showers. It's a bit spendy, but easy to apply adds pracally no thickness and is UPC approved for your inspectors.
http://www.laticrete.com, under Residential solutions.
There are other people making similar products to this also.
Sounds like what you are doing is a stepdown.
I bid on a job not to long ago with a step down. The plans did not show a detail for the membrane or anything like that.
The architect was completely clueless. I bid the job considering using Schulter products but I did not win the bid. I wish I could see how it was handled.
I posted a ? about the detail at John Bridge but got no replies. The clique seems pretty closed over there, not like it is here in BT!
Eric
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