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Hey. I doing my first walk-in tiled shower. The shower is 4’x8’. Most of the floor is covered with a Kerd pre-sloped shower tray. I’m going to make up the remainder with drypack (4’x 3’) What I didn’t consider is that, to maintain proper slope, the drypack at its highest point will be 5/16”...

I am remodeling a bathroom, adding a large walk in shower - 42 x 78. I will use a 40" linier drain at the entry of the shower. This makes for a single slope install. Is there a reason cannot/should not build an angled subfloor with 4 2x4's cut at slope, anchored into subfloor, sheathed with OSB...

Here is the situation. I live in Alaska. I am building a shower pan so I can tile a new shower. I just put in the pan liner after I put a sloped mixed concrete I guess you would call it underlayment. I have watched quite a few videos. Anyway I watched one and the guy said to take out the...

Hello all, I am renovating an old shower and was hoping to reuse the concrete shower pan. It is poured on a slab basement and was poured around shower drain and plumbing pipe. Once I removed the old tile and mortar I noticed a crack in the pan roughly along where the plumbing runs. Should I be...

Hello All, My name is Daniel and I'm brand new to this forum. I'm looking for advice and suggestions on how to properly construct a steam shower pan. What techniques, and more importantly, what materials do folks use for these? Is PVC/Chloraloy membrane a no-no? Which membrane materials can...

Aloha everyone. I've embarked on a bathroom remodel. I opted to use the hydro block shower pan and system. When I notched my joists and set my presloped pan, I've ended up flush with the existing wood subfloor. As such, now if I put any hardi board on top of subfloor, the transition to the...

Hi, New to the forum. I'm going to be installing a new corner, shower unit with tiled walls, glass doors and acrylic shower pan, as part of a bathroom re-modelling project. I'm not a pro. Would appreciate expert advice on several points. The new shower will replace an old 'one piece' molded...

First time renovating a shower, had a few silly questions. - is adding one layer of 2x2 on top of the flat 2x4 sufficient outer lip (on the three sides without a curb) for my pans mud beds? Shower is 5x3.5 so 2.5’ from drain at longest point. Do I really need 2x6 perimeter if I don’t plan on...

The shower pan on my all tile 70 year old shower started to leak. I have access the the underside of the shower and am also replacing the old galvinized pipes which are rusted through, in fact this is what alerted me to the pan leak. I want to replace just the pan and the drain. The wall...

Hello gents! Long time lurker, first time poster.... I’m just fitting out our en-suite bathroom using Wedi board on three walls and standard plasterboard on the fourth. Most of the Wedi will be plastered and painted with only the shower area being tiled (I’ve used Wedi all round because of the...

Hello, First time posting. I'm helping a friend of a friend who recently had a basement shower installed, and unfortunately the contractor who did it was completely incompetent. The floor of the shower is tile, and there is no slope to the drain (in fact if anything, there is a hump drawing...

Before I start can I say I know this is a tiling forum, not a plumbers one, but when it comes to fixing ceramic things to surfaces I trust a tilers advice over a plumbers anyday! So, the issue that I need some thoughts on... I have an existing toilet pan which rocks. On removal I find that it...

Hi all I'm looking for some advice on fixing a new wc pan over a ceramic tiled floor. The bathroom is upstairs, and the subfloor is chipboard overlaid with 19mm ply. I have the Fischer fixing kit, but this seems to be designed for fixing to a concrete floor? The pan has a hole on either...

One important part of a bathroom is the WC, loo, toilet, bidet or glazed ceramic pan. How do I fix a toilet, WC or loo pan down to a tiled floor Many units are supplied with heavier duty fixings like M6, M8, M10 coach bolts or deep screws. The reason for heavy fixings is that the unit needs...

For years I've begrudged paying £5/6 quid for the 'Fisher' pan screws just for the privilege of a couple of plastic collars and caps. Guess who similar for £1.12 Good old B&Q If you lot have paid that price for years don't tell me lol

finished tiling bathroom, now to re install the pan. but because the floor is higher the soil pipe wont connectt to pan, searched intetrnet and found that screwfix do a extendable pan conector. i got it home , connected to pan and its to short to reach the wall,so i might need to cut the...

In case anyone is interested, this is a standard way showers are done here in North America. When talking to some of the guys here based in the UK, I learned that possibly this method isn't used anymore and many tilesetters haven't seen this done. So here are a few photos to show the...

Access panel, I’ve got a conservatory to tile but it has a drain hatch in the middle off it, what is the best tile access kit? Any one got a favourite? and how much? or should i ask in the arms?

Hi everyone, It's interesting to read all the posts here at this forum and to learn how things are done over in the UK. I was wondering if shower pan liners are used in the UK the same way we install them here in the US. This is the product I use, although in various parts of the US lead...

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