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tile shower floor (post #185966)

sawdust58 on Thu, 03/11/2010 - 15:08
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My tile man who I have used for 15 years installed a mud job shower base with 1"sq marble on sheets. The water is finally going and the homeowner sprayed water on the base and wouldn't you know some puddles showed up and water stands in one corner. My plumber said the installer didn't provide enough pitch.

What am I going to do or rather what is my tile guy going to have to do - Screwed!!

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Jack up the corner of the (post #185966, reply #1 of 5)

by DanH in reply to sawdust58 [original] on Thu, 03/11/2010 - 17:48

Jack up the corner of the house until it drains OK.


This country will not be a permanently good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a reasonably good place for all of us to live in.  --Theodore Roosevelt

shower floor (post #185966, reply #2 of 5)

by k1c in reply to sawdust58 [original] on Fri, 03/12/2010 - 17:48

Your tile guy must fix this.  Shower pans are replaced all the time without destroying the whole shower.  Bottom layer of wall tiles are removed, floor replaced and wall tiles replaced.  It should not be type of repair that breaks the tile guy's life either.  If you are feeling generous, give the guy break on time it takes for the repair.  Ask for step by step record of the repair, with photos.  For example, if Ditra was used, it should be replaced in the correct manner.  Verify the slope yourself.  Even for a large shower, the slope should be noticeable just by eye.  A shower floor should not look flat.  !/4" slope for every 12" seems to be the norm, but I like more slope. 

Thinking of it, though, how is the tile floor sloping from the pooling area?  Is the pooling area a small dent in the floor, or is the floor just not sloped enough?  Is there a hump in the floor that stops the drainage?

Hope it helps.

tile floor (post #185966, reply #3 of 5)

by sawdust58 in reply to k1c [original] on Sat, 03/13/2010 - 09:24

Thanks for the reply k1c. The s--t will hit the fan on Monday when my tiler man returns from vacation. Another problem, the floor tile is no longer available so customer must find a new material. The floor is almost flat, I just don't know what he was thinking. He has been laying tile for 40 years, maybe he had vacation on his mind!!! thanks

It should of course be noted (post #185966, reply #5 of 5)

by DanH in reply to sawdust58 [original] on Sat, 03/13/2010 - 14:53

It should of course be noted that the size of the tile affects how well you can slope a floor.  With large tile it becomes harder to achieve a steep slope while still having a smooth transition at the drain.

[Of course, while I noted that this was marble tile, I failed to notice that it was 1" tile.]

[OTOH, who in their right mind would use marble tile for a shower floor??]


This country will not be a permanently good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a reasonably good place for all of us to live in.  --Theodore Roosevelt

Shower Tile (post #185966, reply #4 of 5)

by Shacko in reply to sawdust58 [original] on Sat, 03/13/2010 - 13:32

Who set the shower drain? it's usually the plumber, the tile installer sets the tile to the drain.

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