Anyone order a custom shower pan? If so, from who?
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Comments (18)Then I'm thinking of a different product. Just to confirm I did a quick google and found this: "Bonsal Co. offers the ProForm Shower Pan, a tile-ready waterproof pan. The shower pan will not retain moisture. Installation requires a glue connection to a standard PVC drainpipe. The pans are pre-sloped to drain and tile can be applied directly to the sloped pan." So it sounds like we have two different products in mind. If he's not using Bonsal's ProForm pan, which is a preformed pan, then the only other thing I can think of off the top of my noggin is he's using B-6000, which is a liquid topical roll- or trowel-on membrane. If he's applying the B-6000 to the flat subfloor, then packing in a sloped base of mortar on top of the membrane, then tiling on that, that does not meet code. And if code doesn't not apply in your area, then I'll just say it doesn't meet the basic standards for constructing a shower. In this case the B-6000 would be considered the "membrane" or the "liner". Go back to Bill's first post and read what he highlighted in bold about the liner needing to be sloped. If he's not using the Bonsal ProForm pan or the Bonsal B-6000, then I have no idea what he's using. I'm not sure if Bonsal markets a traditional 40-mil pan membrane. But if they do, that should be sloped as well. Mongo...See MoreHow to select tile (floor, shower) and shower pans
Comments (30)Hi tmnca! One thing to think about with the Kohler shower pans is whether you may ever be using a shower stool with legs. If you were to get a longer shower bench, the Salient may cause problems because the oval really does have quite a bit of "curb" to it, as shown in Badgergal's photo of her son's shower. With a small shower stool set in the center of the shower, it is fine. If you ever need a longer shower stool, the Bellweather gives you a surface not impeded with the raised oval. I does, however, have a slant to the overall shower floor, so that must be taken into account. I have seen the Bellweather in person. It is a non-slip surface. It almost felt like a surface that would make me trip - catching my foot if I did not pick it up and step. Like if I dragged the foot, it would catch and I would trip and fall. It was a funny feeling to the bottom, and I wondered how it would feel when wet. It was NOT going to feel slippery, though! As for tile in a shower floor, the other reason to have small tiles (besides the grout lines giving traction), is that the small tiles allow the tile layer to better cope with the slant toward the drain. Larger tiles only allow you to slant in one direction. The smaller the tile, the better it is for following contours on a floor that is flowing to a drain from all directions....See MoreAnyone know where i can custom order a house name plate?
Comments (13)Sushi, it is called Franklin Bronze. GEesh, my husband just told me the business has been sold. We purchased this last year. We're in FLA right now so I don't have the information available. I'll look through his file when we get home next Monday and see if I can get the phone number. I'll also goggle it....See More2020 info needed on shower pans
Comments (25)I just found this info regarding The Onyx Collection. I know Corian uses something different, but I don't know the difference as far as durability. Onyx Collection: "63% of our products is a hydrate crystal--Al2O3+3H2O. Alumina is also the main ingredient in Corian© and all "solid surface" products. The main ingredient in our product (alumina trihydrate) is in roofing materials and the plastics inside automobiles to slow flame spread and as a smoke retardant. It is in the plastic coating on the wiring in your home (in a much smaller percentage). Different than Corian: Our other 37% is a special polyester resin we developed over the last 22 years (and continue to improve) to get the properties which allow us to say "Yes, Guaranteed Forever". We all try to get properties which make our products work best for our applications. Our application is the bathroom. We believe our resin serves this purpose well. Corian© uses acrylic resin, others use various blends of polyesters or modified acrylics. We prefer our resin for our products and it serves us well. We use cultured marble type molds to cast our products. The solid surface industry casts sheet goods and fabricates their products. The cultured marble industry uses calcium carbonate as their main ingredient. Our Gloss finish does have a gelcoat on the surface (about 15 mils) similar to cultured marble. Our Gelcoat is ISO-NPG. ISO-NPG gelcoat is a tight molecule--very resistant to water penetration. Our Matte finish does not have gelcoat on the surface. We use a different blend of resin for Matte. Our products are real hybrids. The resin in the matte finish--we substitute 30% of the normal ortho resin with ISO-NPG resin. This increases the ability of the product to resist moisture penetration. This is necessary without the ISO-NPG gelcoat coat which is on our gloss products. We achieved our Matte Finish "look" by lightly sanding the panels and then applying a permanent sealer to the surface. There is little to no shine on Matte Finish Panels. Many colors are available in a Matte. " So, I could get a matte base instead of glossy, but they do not have many colors. Only 17 matte colors. Top is Snowswirl. It is not listed in either the glossy or matte. Will call tomorrow to check for gel coat. Middle is White matte. Bottom is Platinum matte....See Moreclg7067
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