[Greenbuilding] DIY sloped tiled shower floor, simple version?
Lynelle Hamilton
lynelle at lahamilton.com
Mon Jul 31 06:17:19 CDT 2017
Hi Reuben,
I've been picking the extensive brainpower here for nearly 17 years. I'm
certain I've gotten much more back than I've given. The proper name for
what I call a strip drain is a trough drain. The URL is of a sample (I
would not buy from the supplier noted--they are expensive. That said, it
was the best pic on a quick internet search.)
https://www.wayfair.ca/QuARTz-by-ACO-Wavy-Linear-36-Grid-Shower-Drain-37241-L626-K~ARTZ1001.html?refid=GX181716672395-ARTZ1001&device=c&ptid=152654793900&targetid=pla-152654793900
Lynelle
On 2017-07-31 12:52 AM, Reuben Deumling wrote:
> I do love this list. Can't believe I've been pestering you folks with
> questions for almost 18 years here.
> I am not familiar with a strip drain in a shower, though I think I
> understand the thinking that would suggest looking into something like
> this. Are there examples of these you could point me to?
>
> thanks all!
>
> On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 6:39 PM, Lynelle Hamilton
> <lynelle at lahamilton.com <mailto:lynelle at lahamilton.com>> wrote:
>
> I've had two curbless showers (both installed in a concrete slab).
> Sloped both to the drain (3") cement, epdm, mortar and tile (flat
> stones in the last one). Worked like a charm. NEVER had any
> overflow problems. Will install one in the new place, but use a
> strip drain as mentioned in previous posts.
>
> Lynelle
>
>
> On 2017-07-30 7:07 PM, Norbert Senf wrote:
>> This page has good instructions, including a video of how to do
>> the EPDM corners:
>> https://www.askmediy.com/how-to-make-a-shower-pan/
>> <https://www.askmediy.com/how-to-make-a-shower-pan/>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 7:01 PM, Reuben Deumling
>> <9watts at gmail.com <mailto:9watts at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> I'm coming around to the curb idea. I thought I'd learned
>> here in response to a previous question that a curb was
>> unnecessary, but with a plugged drain scenario, yeah...
>>
>> EPDM pan sounds good to me. Would you slope the floor beneath
>> the EPDM? Is this a matter of sourcing some of it and
>> carefully folding the corners?
>> Mortar - I can work with that.
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 3:33 PM, RT <ArchiLogic at yahoo.ca
>> <mailto:ArchiLogic at yahoo.ca>> wrote:
>>
>> Reuben;
>> Can't see any sketch and I don't know what you've seen
>> on-line but IMO, plopping down some mortar on top of an
>> EPDM pan is a lot easier and quicker nd ultimately less
>> costly in terms of time and materials than futzing with
>> wood and cement board to make a sloped shower floor tile
>> base.
>>
>> re: No curb
>>
>> Let's say the shower drain gets plugged with hair (or
>> worse) and someone has turned on the shower and let it
>> run unattended (or similar) and a few gallons of water
>> have not found their way down the drain. Could easily happen.
>>
>> How does the "no curb" design handle such a scenario ?
>> Is there a gutter somewhere else that leads to a drain ?
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 15:23:23 -0400, Reuben Deumling
>> <9watts at gmail.com <mailto:9watts at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Is there any reason I can't cut a bunch of shallow
>> wedges laid in a radial pattern that feather toward
>> the drain, nail cement board on top, tape the seams
>> and lay down the tile?
>>
>> This seems a lot simpler than some of the
>> instructions I find online. My sketch above doesn't
>> include any membrane or treatment of the seams where
>> this sloped floor meets walls. The shower in question
>> is in the corner of a small upstairs bathroom. The
>> walls will be tiled and I would like/think I can get
>> away with avoiding a step/lip where the sloped floor
>> meets the rest of the bathroom floor
>>
>> All thoughts and suggestions are welcome.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Reuben
>>
>>
>>
>>
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