Shower Curb Tile Solid or Pieces?
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Comments (2)Going with white carrara to match the vanity top. I just placed the custom order. I think my GC wanted me to use a stock piece, but he'll just have to wait. Only thing is that my tile store said my white carrara shower curb and door threshold will be made out of authentic italian carrara. The Chinese carrara marble on my vanity top will not look the same. Hopefully the difference will not be too noticeable....See MoreTile vs Stone for shower pan curb
Comments (9)Thanks all for the replies. I hadn't really thought about the issue of flatness for the shower door. Our current door (and we're intending to reuse for the new shower) is a metal framed slider, but we've talked about the possibility of putting in a frameless door in the future, so maybe it does make sense to go with the solid stone piece. Now to find something that goes with the existing tile, and the new tile that we've picked out. It's always something!...See MoreTile shower compared to the 4 piece shower kit
Comments (12)The Swanstone stuff looks like a composite material like Corian. It is not fiberglass. If it is what I've seen before, it is about 1/4" thick and heavy-duty. Instructions say to mount it over cement backerboard or greenboard (water resistant sheetrock). I think you could get away with a curtain seeing as you have a high step-over. But I would do a door. If you were replacing all the tile with new tile, you could use a tile guy for the work. But you might want to go ahead and replace the shower valve with something new now while the wall is open. Hence, a plumber. Also, the plumber I think would do a better job with a new pan. You could do a combo thing where you use a solid shower pan with tile. Let the plumber do the pan. The swanstone stuff would go in quicker than tile, but you have some extra surfaces to do, which means you may need some xtra stuff to make it look the way you want. Or go to a flat wall. If you tile, you might think about larger tiles (12x12) so they go in faster....See Morequestion about use of bullnose tile for the shower curb
Comments (18)The contractor does not want to use the bullnose tiles at all on the sides of the threshold. The stone fabricator sold me the bullnose tiles saying that those should be used on the sides of the threshold (which will be 59 1/2'' long -- the length of the tub being converted into a shower). The contractor said that it made no sense to him to use the bullnose tiles on the sides of the threshold because the bullnose tiles were not tall enough for the threshold sides. He would need to put a tile underneath the bullnose tiles. The lesson I learned from this is that it is best to have the contractor review the tile purchase order before purchasing tiles (and not trust the bathroom designer at the store)....See Morealvamae
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