Posted: 5/12/2016 11:49:51 AM EDT
| Hello, I'm looking to remodel a bathroom and do a tile shower. Does the floor of the shower need to be sloped to the drain? If so, how do you accomplish this with tile? |
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It should be We bought small tiles which are on a mesh backing piece that allowed you to apply a very small slope on the floor without having weird spots where tile seemed higher than other parts of the floor. If that makes sense. Floor tile comes in 12" 12 pieces that can be cut down or shaped somewhat due to the mesh backing. The actual hard tile pieces are maybe only 2"x3" Go to Lowe's or Home Depot they have tons of this stuff Remodeled bathroom last year. I can send a pic of you want |
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A traditional pan should have a preslope, then PVC liner, then 2 inch mud bed.
Surface applied membranes use 1 slope. These are kerdi, noble seal, and redguard The pan liner should not be flat on the floor. The john bridge tile forum has plenty of info and tutorials. But you install the drain. Then use deck mud to make a preslope. Then the liner. No penetrations below 3 inch above he curb. Then a layer of more decknmud 2 inch thick following the slope. 6 mil plastic or 30# tarpaper is the minimum for the walls and should over lap into the pan. You can burry the cement backer board into the second deck mud layer so you don't need to screw thru your liner With the membranes, use the bonding flange drain for that particular system and one deck mud slope and run it up the walls to the shower head |
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If only there was a website with a forum........
Tons of info here. http://www.johnbridge.com/vbulletin/index.php? |
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I just did the shower in our master bath. I looked at doing the traditional pan with the pre-slope, liner, mud bed etc. That is very labor intensive and leaves a lot of room to screw it up for a DIYer. I opted for a pre-made Laticrete shower pan. It is made from high density styrofoam and comes pre-sealed and is tillable. After I cut it to size. It took about 20 minutes to install. As soon as the pan is mortored in place, you can immediately start installing your Hardi backer board. Was like $380 with drain included. I little pricey, but I think well worth the time savings and the slope is perfect. |
