Thanks for the feedback lazarususa. The quartz is 1.25" x 29" x 15". Yes, I agree that the quartz is supported by the tiles, but the only thing holding the tiles in place is the thin-set they are mounted with... There is nothing in the assembly tied into any real structure. I know that with a tile bench, you actually need to build a frame so you have something to install the tile on, but this case is obviously different... Besides the thin-set, I am assuming that my contractor is going to grout between the tile and the bench. Any thoughts on whether or not the grout will survive? I've got a pregnant wife, and I'd hate to see her sit on the bench just to have it collapse beneath her...

I'll be making the bench, so I've got a lot of choices I can make. That is a very attractive looking bench. I like the wide slats and small gaps. The curve from from side to side looks great, but I'd think that a human contoured seat should be curved from front to back. I'll have to clamp a bunch of 3/4' lumber together to experiment with the sort of shape that is most comfortable to sit on. I just found an example of front to back curvature. Here is a link that might be useful: Bench This post was edited by whk1 on Sat, Dec 28, 13 at 7:02

Well I might consider painting the metal trim to match the color of the vinyl. But then I run into the paint scratching off. I think I might be to the point I do not really care about it being metal. I have it into laundry room and pantry and never really see it. Course this area would require a wider metal piece then those. Emagineer the tile deal will not work on manufactured home. I do not think I have any pictures of the house coming together at the seams. There is no drop off. They screw the two halves of the house together with a rubber gasket between which does not really show. Then they take the "Stuff" spray to fill any gap that might be left. Then it is smoothed and in our case now there is carpet over the joint. There is the metal strip that holds the carpet and I am sure it is nailed through the seam edge of the vinyl so there needs to be another metal strip wide enough to cover those holes when the carpet and strip are removed. Hard to explain.There is no gap or lowered area between the two halves of the house. I need to go up to neighbors and see how they bridged the seam because they also have vinyl in kitchen and living room which are open to each other. They researched it all half to death and really metal is the only option.This one from your link is about what it will look like. Schluter®-RENO-T It might need to be a bit wider than shown. Chris

If that was directed to me, I wasn't hateful. I want to help people. I spent a lot of time responding to him on his first thread. And it wasn't as if I was an outlier telling him what he had needed to be completely removed and hire a competent contractor. For whatever reason he didn't heed that advice. Now It's leaking again, and of course nobody can tell him where that's leaking. We only know that the job was poorly done. We know that because it's leaking. We know that because it was patched. We know that from looking at the tile work and the curb. We all know pretty clearly that you can't "repair" these things (unless it's the shower door, for example). I'm serious when I say that I don't understand why he is posting here now - it's not hateful... we can't help him. Anything that anyone would say is a guess. We have no idea what's going on under the tile (other than it's not right). The most helpful thing we CAN do is reiterate for anyone else in this position is that you don't want to do what was done. I was a little miffed that he didn't identify himself upfront as having posted before about this project - could have saved some of the "Caulk isn't waterproofing" stuff that he's already heard. On a broader scale, I'm not happy with the situation in general - and that's not the OP's fault... but he's not really hearing what's being said either. The bigger situation is something that Sophie and Creative Tile have talked around the edges about: A custom tiled shower is expensive and requires a lot of skill and workmanship to do properly. Period. Full Stop. No wiggle room. No, "It's not in my budget". Homeowners are watching HGTV and have come to believe that things like curbless showers, custom tile showers, steam showers, multi-head showers, garden tubs, etc. are "normal" and baseline, rather than a luxury that requires a premium cost to do properly. I think the influence of HGTV has driven the cost of housing up tremendously. A lot of what is being "sold" is really trendy crap that will be dated by the next season - but the mortgage will go on for 30 years. There's a TON of really bad showers out there. House flippers in particular have done shoddy work installing these kinds of amenities that doesn't show up until the drywall behind the tile disintegrates several months later. I am really sorry the OP bought one of these houses that had shoddy as hell construction in the bathroom -- but the whole HGTV / flipped house thing is a scam and young home buyers, in particular, need to wise up. They are spending a lot of money on homes with a lot of flash and really poor construction. They will be defaulting on those loans if they aren't careful. But more to the point, the OP in this case was able to see why the original construction was crap, had good people telling him it couldn't be done on a low budget, we went into detail on the proper way to do things... and then the OP reverted to the doing things the wrong way and it didn't go well. I can't help him.