Thanks so much for the pics and I am sorry that I could not get back to you sooner. They are excellent photographs and I have several more questions starting with "Who keeps that shower so CLEAN??" THAT certainly doesn't look like a shower that someone has been using for 2 months! Especially a little son capable of sitting on top of the drain and stopping it up! I re-read your thread on "Before and After Pics" and I have scanned (not absorbed) the ADA shower installation guide, as well. I realize that my decision will be personal, but by looking at the example you posted of the threshold, you obviously did some soul searching, as well. What swayed your family to go curbless? Also, do you think, or does anyone know if a channel on the floor is likely to collect 'gunk', more than the 'glass directly to the floor' application? I must confess that I am new to the Forum, and new to the internet, and I have spent the last hour trying to figure out how to post images. I had some photos to show of my remodel, but I can't figure how to get to the screen that allows my pictures to connect to this message. When I went to "Galleries" that still got me nowhere. I'll get my 'whiz kid' daughter to help me tomorrow. Now, if all you veterans out there can manage to quit laffin' at the 'rookie' long enough, maybe together we can solve the 32 questions on my remodel that I need help with. :) One more of which is I am torn between completely enclosing my shower seat (as you did, Vern) and leaving it open because it makes my shower appear larger, and gives me a place to swing my feet. But then there is the question of the floor drying underneath after finishing your shower, and squatting under there to keep it clean and mold-free. Any thoughts? If I could have posted my pictures, it would have illustrated this! :)) Mongo, As usual, you save the day. I will look into the 'shut-off' device using the link you provided, but I don't know if it will work. We have no basement; we live in a single-story in Texas. But don't relax yet, I have more questions for you, too. Just give me time.

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.

Is the existing curb pitched slightly into the shower? If not, that would probably be the easiest fix. You could even do a mock up prior to doing any work to make sure that the drips flow into the shower. For glass doors, I highly recommend wood framing behind the hinges so the hinge screw threading finds solid purchase. Glass doors are heavy. You want the top hinge well-secured.

I'm afraid adding a curb would make the shower narrower. To contain the spray, is it possible to put the entrance to the shower at the back instead of the side? For example, going from palimpsest's proposal, could you have a curbless shower, putting the plumbing on the wall where the window is (if it's allowed where you live) and walking in from the back of the shower (close to the closet)? OR Could you reduce the length of the vanity a little and move the toilet so you can put a curbed shower across the back (you may have to waterproof the window)?