Curbless shower and heated floors
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Comments (4)Bill, Do you mean "install the mats, mortar over them, and lay the tile as well?" Some installations recommend securing the mats to the floor, laying a thin layer of thinset over the mats and let it dry. Then come back with the 2nd coat of thinset that you will use to lay the tile. Given the problem that Flyleft had, who mentioned that the wires (at least Thermasoft) are VERY small, almost threadlike, I would be a little leery of laying the mats down without immediately placing the tile over (for additional protection of the wires). If not, the installer would still be walking over the 'mats in thinset' the whole time he was building the shower, until the finished tile was laid on the floor. But that may not be what you meant, and if it was, what do I know? :)...See MoreRaise whole bathroom floor for curbless shower???
Comments (18)I would be concerned enough to ask him for more details as to why he gave you that guidance. Can he explain his thought process, or provide building codes for your areas that would demonstrate his reasoning. Repost with what he says; then if his advice turns out to not be right you probably need to work with someone else. that being said, curbless showers are still pretty new so if this is a contractor you like and trust and has other good experience, then you might still go with him. My contractor is my stepbrother and I knew he would do an excellent job, as he had done alot of work on my Mom's house and the quality was excellent. Plus, he would have heard about it every Xmas, Thanksgiving, etc if he messed up the job. But, curbless was new to him...still I had confidence that he could learn how to do them and do a good job...and he did....See MoreCurbless shower, floor tile advice
Comments (9)"...Can you place a shower seat on the floor without a slant to the seat or uneven footing?...." - prairiemoon2 z6 MA The stool in this shower can sit anyhere in the shower in any direction and not rock since the entire shower area is on one plane. All flat and sloped to the shower drain. With a smaller drain or a point drain you have multiple slopes to the drain. So the shower floor is more likely to cause the stool to rock. The shower below has large areas where you can sit a stool but at the corners it acts more like a conventional shower since I curved the sides. The tub's ledge is used as stool since the tub is inside this shower....See MoreDo these curbless shower systems require cutting floor joists?
Comments (4)How much slope you need depends on the size of the shower, but all of them require a structure that gets you the required slope to the drain. For example, if you want to slope the floor 1/2" per foot toward the back wall, and the shower is 30 inches deep, you need a pan with a drop of about 1.25". You can make a tray between the joists and recess the underlayment plywood so its even with the joists, which will get you about .75" if your floor is 3/4" plywood. If you slope toward a center drain you could probably get the required slope with only a 3/4" recess. This would not require cutting the joists. I am looking at a curbless system for a new build, and my architect recommended using a double layer of 3/4" plywood for the floor, and then cutting out the top layer to get a 3/4" recess. I may go further and recess the floor so it is level with the joists, which would give me 1.5" of recess for the pan. I will still use a short 1/2" curb at the front, just to keep water from flowing out of the shower. I think I want to use a linear drain at the back of the shower and slope the floor in that direction, since it allows more flexibility in tile choices . When you slope toward a center drain you have to use small tiles or cut large tiles to follow the slope that is coming from multiple directions. When you make an even slope from front to back it will be flat, and any size tile will work. When you use a curbless system they also recommend fully waterproofing the bathroom floor outside the shower, and you may want a floor drain just outside the shower if you expect much water to spray out. Bruce...See MoreBrandon
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