Hi all -
I've got a wetroom downstairs (nothing but concrete under it) which needs a makeover. I've had a few plumbers around and they've all given me different opinions on what should be done for the shower floor, and I'm hoping someone could give me some clarity on here as I'm not sure who to believe!
I'm in the middle of stripping the room, but have attached a photo of the old shower area which will be replaced. I've added some lines to represent:
Black line: wall to wall sliding screen like seen here
Blue line: This is the direction the floor is sloping, towards the drain
Green line: The floor slants this direction to, from the center of the room to the wall
Red line: The floor has stopped sloping at this axis by the stage, which is exactly where the door to the unit would be.
I was planning to simply have a continuously tiled floor throughout the whole thing. One plumber has said that's fine - he was a little worried that water would run out of the door in the screen as that is where the floor starts levelling out left to right (red line) but thinks itd be ok. Said using the existing drain the corner is fine.
Another plumber said we'd need to install a former tray underneath the tiles and a channel strip drain.
Another has said you could only install a tray or tank the entire room first if you want tiles.
And another has said I can use tiles but I'd have to install a channel drain along where the sliding door is so no water can run out, and just to reslope the tiles in the shower floor by digging a bit of the floor out first.
Apologies that that's a lot of info, but desperately trying to find out what to do!
Many thanks
I've got a wetroom downstairs (nothing but concrete under it) which needs a makeover. I've had a few plumbers around and they've all given me different opinions on what should be done for the shower floor, and I'm hoping someone could give me some clarity on here as I'm not sure who to believe!
I'm in the middle of stripping the room, but have attached a photo of the old shower area which will be replaced. I've added some lines to represent:
Black line: wall to wall sliding screen like seen here
Blue line: This is the direction the floor is sloping, towards the drain
Green line: The floor slants this direction to, from the center of the room to the wall
Red line: The floor has stopped sloping at this axis by the stage, which is exactly where the door to the unit would be.
I was planning to simply have a continuously tiled floor throughout the whole thing. One plumber has said that's fine - he was a little worried that water would run out of the door in the screen as that is where the floor starts levelling out left to right (red line) but thinks itd be ok. Said using the existing drain the corner is fine.
Another plumber said we'd need to install a former tray underneath the tiles and a channel strip drain.
Another has said you could only install a tray or tank the entire room first if you want tiles.
And another has said I can use tiles but I'd have to install a channel drain along where the sliding door is so no water can run out, and just to reslope the tiles in the shower floor by digging a bit of the floor out first.
Apologies that that's a lot of info, but desperately trying to find out what to do!
Many thanks
