Corian Shower Floor Help Needed
tedbixby
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Comments (40)It's 2020 now, I am looking at putting a dark brown color custom sized Corian shower floor in with my remodel. Are you all still loving yours? Do they get discolored with soap scum or shampoo residue? Did your fabricator slope them to the drain in your shower? Any other installation advice before I make the purchase? Thanks...See MoreNeed help choosing shower floor tile
Comments (16)Daltile is very good at marking their boxes with the slippery factors. They call it either WCOF or COFW. The COF stands for coefficient of friction, so using the letters is good. There is also a dry COF which is indicated with DCOF or COFD. The numbers go from 0 to 1 with numbers above 0.5 being much better. You cannot simply look at a tile guess the friction coefficient. The tile we picked looks a little shiny but has a well deserved WCOF of .7. I found the following statement on the Home Depot website for a specific tile. DCOF greater than or equal to 0.42 slip-resistance meets requirements for use on dry, or wet, level floors, not recommended for shower floors due to tile size, all products manufactured by Daltile meet or exceed the requirements of the ANSI standard That is misleading at the very least. The DCOF is meaningless for wet surfaces. Look for the WCOF....See MoreNeed HELP with Curbless shower floor
Comments (18)Is your father in a wheel chair or are you anticipating the need? I ask because I have some experience dealing with elderly parents, their friends as well as some very senior neighbors. In my experience most seniors are not in wheelchairs except when they need to go a long distance. In other words, as long as they have a 24/7 caretaker by their side, they are using a walker to get around inside their homes. Also they are capable of stepping over a low curb with assistance for balance. As others have posted, it might make more sense for you to use your master bath for bathing your parents and turn the powder room into a toilet and sink area since accessibility to the toilet is far more important than a shower - e.g. when my father was in the last year of his life with a 24/7 caretaker, he had to urinate frequently versus taking a shower. While a senior can't easily walk over a tub/shower combination, there are actually seats that swivel and so a caretaker can get a person into a tub and then shower him/her with a hand held attachment. The other alternative is to turn the tub/shower in your master into a nice shower which you will then enjoy. I recently remodeled my condo with an eye to aging in place. There was certain stuff I couldn't do but such as enlarge the bathroom but I swapped out the tub/shower for a larger shower with a lower curb and grab bars at the entrance and along the long side. I also had a bench installed with its own hand held next to the shower so either I or my caretaker can hose me down while I am sitting if it comes to that LOL. Although my bathroom is relatively narrow, I can use a walker to get to the toilet and swing the walker around once I am at the toilet. I tested that with a neighbor's walker. I did also install a grab bar by the toilet and also a Toto washlet. The washlet is actually an aging in place accessory as I have friends who became unable to wipe themselves easily because of hip or shoulder issues or even arthritic hands....See MoreNeed help with floor and shower wall tile...gray and white
Comments (8)I am not a designer and am just a person with an opinion. I like any of the three floor patterns, but each has a different “vibe.” The stacked one is very modern. The running bond (yes, 50/50 staggered) is classic, but in a large format tile it will seem modern, too. The horizontal/vertical layout resembles a zig-zag a bit and I think it can break up the length, but at 7 ft wide and with fixtures like a vanity and tub, I wonder if the pattern will look apparent or simply random in your bathroom. You may want to get some graph paper, draw the floor of the room with the fixtures in place, then “lay out” your “tile” on the drawing’s floor to see where the individual tiles will go and if you like the pattern it makes. Try starting the layout of the tile from both ends and see if it makes a difference. Don’t bother with spacing in grout lines, just draw each individual tile. See what the floor would look like. I agree that a simple white counter will be best. Or gray. But look for solid color or minimal veins so that you do not have to compete with patterns elsewhere....See Moretedbixby
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agotedbixby
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PROBeth H. :
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoted, get a hold of Joseph Cortlett. he's the corian guru.
but they do have Corian mosaic tile. could you use that for the floor?
but you want less grout.
why not go w/a larger format, porcelain, matte tile?tedbixby thanked Beth H. :tedbixby
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Beth H. :
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agohow about the XL porcelain tiles? they make matching mosaic for the shower floor. I know Tilebar has 24x48, and even a 60x120" sizes. have you seen those? you'd only need 4-8 'tiles' to do an entire shower.
https://www.tilebar.com/tilebarxl-marmi-slim-dolomiti-honed-24-x48-porcelain-tile.htmlhttps://www.tilebar.com/collection/tile-mosaic-collections/tilebarxl.html
of course you need in expert tile setter for these, but they'd hold up great.tedbixby thanked Beth H. : tedbixby
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