shower threshold and half wall - tile on top or solid piece?
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Tile half-wall height, how to finish the top other than bullnose?
Comments (5)thanks for the suggestions brutuses, yours looks great but there are only a couple of tiles on each side. I don't think I would like to do that over a longer stretch of the wall. Chair rail with a border under it would be great, the problem would be finding one that matches. Redroze, what you are describing sounds beautiful, but we are using ceramic tile and most of them don't come with that many options, very few have a matching chair rail. I never thought of wood as a possibility. Now that Bill mentioned wood, I can think that a nice detailed one painted to match the tile, may be a good alternative. Will definitely keep that in mind...See MoreAlternative options for Shower curb / threshold - not marble
Comments (7)"Joseph, do you know if any kind of door or curtain is planned for that shower?" I don't know, but I don't think so. The shower is big enough that neither may be necessary. "How wide is the top of the curb? It looks nice, but a bit wide for stepping over." It's around 7" wide. I didn't design the shower, I just rebuilt what was there....See Moresubway tile for shower curb or larger pieces of tile? And curb size...
Comments (41)Creative Tile Eastern CT said: "Tough one to explain. Based on 1/4" per/ft. slope or 2%. Shower 10'x3' for example. If the drain is 5' away from the far wall your floor will slope 1-1/4"" from wall to drain. If that same shower is 36" wide with drain in the center it will slope 1-1/4" in 18" as the height around the perimeter remains the same as the furthest distance." I reread this and looked at a pic of a walk in shower. I think I might get it. I keep focusing on the long part of the current tub/shower that will be a minor slope according to this explanation, but the issue would be that the other three sides would be a more steep slope so it wouldn't look uniform. that' more of the issue, right? It would potentially look like a tub inside of 4 walls (3 walls and a curb). The only thing is that I'm wondering how often tile guys use those exact dimensions because I've seen drains on one end and even fabricated showers with the drain on one side and I don't believe they end up looking like a tub. Maybe they don't drain well? I just visited a friend's really pretty shower with 18" tile and in some spots her shower was level and other parts it was 1/2 a bubble. We looked at the water sit on top of the tile and never go down the drain. It's AZ but she is starting to see minor calcium deposits so will now have to squeegy the floor, too, which wouldn't be good....See MoreAdd solid surface threshold to existing tiled shower curb?
Comments (4)Thanks for your comment. It does not see much use. Maybe visitors 3 - 4 times per year for about three days at a time. I suppose if we remove the tile we would not have to move the door up. So that is a plus. Thanks again for the input!...See Morerichjsn
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