Corian shower base?
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Comments (19)lil geek, If you want a tiled pan and you want to do it DIY, look into the Kerdi System by Schluter. Schluter makes a pre-sloped pan base, which is of excellent quality, and it's very easy to install. The pan and walls are then covered with Kerdi membrane, then the tile is thinsetted to the Kerdi. A Kerdi shower is well within the realm of DIY, the quality, in terms of water-tightness, and avoidance of future water saturation problems, is second-to-none. With the Kerdi membrane being just beneath the tile, there is no deep wetting of the substructure of the tile. There are installation picsutes available here, and if you look in the right column on the webisite page there are installation videos as well. Do not confuse or compare Schluter's pre-formed shower pan with other premade trays that people on this forum are gripping about. Unsupported, thin flimsy trays are a failure waiting to happen. The Kerdi line is nothing like that. Just another idea...but only consider doing this DIY if you can follow simple instructions, if you have basic skills, and you have enough intelligence to be smart enough to map out the steps to success before you start mixing thinset. The ability to think through a project ahead of time, step-by-step, from start to finish, before starting seems to be a rare skill these days. If you anticipate problems, then remarkably, you'll likely have no problems. What a concept! Mongo...See MoreBath ? but esthetics, somewhat.
Comments (15)Ineffable, you can have the cultured marble shower floor made in a custom color that will go better with your other choices, but you have to find a local fabricator for that. I have had white Corian in two houses (bathrooms counters/sinks in one and kitchen counters in another) and would never have it again. IMO cultured marble is superior to Corian for bathrooms. Even in custom installations it is very reasonable. A local interior designer built a new house and used a light custom gray for the shower floor of her Carrara shower, and it looks great. And has had none of the problems her shower floor (all Carrara, including floor) had in her former home. I've just ordered new counters with integrated sinks for three of our baths and, literally, with every possible material available to me I am getting custom bonded (synthetic) marble for all three. Next year I may replace the granite in the other bathrooms I dislike so much with cultured marble as well! If the hallmark of a truly quality material is now long it lasts and how good it looks, cultured marble wins the prize as far as I'm concerned. The new counters I chose are matte finish and have a wonderful mix of flecks that are perfect for their settings. The one going downstairs in the basement bathroom is a solid custom color we came up with that will complement the brick and the barn red that vanity is to be painted. You can tell I'm a fan....the fabricators showroom near me has a gorgeous green color that looks so much like jadeite glass that I kept touching it. They created a up huge handicapped (roll in) access shower stall and the walls look like a forest--- there were brown color strokes (that looked like brush strokes) in tree trunk patterns .... Difficult to describe, but they can add color precisely and artistically, it is amazing....See MoreWhere can I get a corian shower base?
Comments (1)If you don't mind paying for custom, you can go through Kramer Shower Base Fabrications http://www.kramershowerbases.com/...See MoreSolid stone shower base/ tray
Comments (4)http://www.corianbathsurfaces.com/ Search Corian fabricators in your area. Check out the video at the bottom of the page....See Morecassie225
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