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Freestanding tub in shower area

3 years ago

last modified: 3 years ago

I am building a new house and now face a question in the master shower/tub area. It's shown below as a roughly 7' by 7'9" with shower at one side and a freestanding tub at the window. Architect told me that what people normally do is to slope the entire floor to the linear drainage on the right side, and have the tub with adjustable legs for leveling. It seems like the tub with legs will have the bottom "open". How does the drainage work in that case?

My contractor only has experience with freestanding tubs with flat bottom (that are somehow fixated to the floor so they don't move). Has anyone have any experience with adjustable leg tubs and how they might work in this situation? How is the drainage sealed? Or, can I make a flat bottom tub work on the slope?

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anj_p
3 years ago
This shower tub situation was one of the reasons I didn't offer on a house recently. I don't understand this at all. What a pain to clean.
hz64
Original Author
3 years ago
Yes that's a valid concern. What do you think of a back-to-wall one? It looks less pretty but perhaps more practical, like this: https://www.build.com/anzzi-ft-az112/s1437914?uid=3386153&jmtest=gg-gbav2_3386153&inv=1&source=gg-gba-pla_3386153!c1714063357!a64501153102!dc!ng&gclid=CjwKCAjwxev3BRBBEiwAiB_PWHZuegA42JN6wH4TRvIbAOb_9BK9FbU58jv69hlbxNx4jP2Qbm6vJRoC8EEQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
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hz64
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3 years ago
last modified: 3 years ago
@live_wire_oak that's one of my questions. The tub would need to stay level. I think we may be able to elevate it with shims to make it level, which hopefully would mitigate the problem so water won't get in there.
Christine Schneller
2 years ago
@hz64 what did you end up doing? i am looking at a similar solution because of my bathroom’s layout - but i will be adding a built-in tub with tile surround instead of a freestanding tub. i know this idea was popular a few years ago - is it completely passe now?

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