Designing Kitchens and Bathrooms - mortar shower bed

I had a problem around the bottom of my shower where some tiles were coming loose. Upon removing the loose tiles I found that the wall board (some type I have never seen before is very wet.

I then took off all the loose tiles and any where the wall board was damage. Since I knew it would be almost impossible to match the tile color I ended up taking off the bottom 4 rows of the shower wall tiles.

Now I am ready to re-install the tiles. I have repaired the walls and used cement boards (Wonder Board)... after getting everything ready I noticed the floor tiles were not going to match up along the bottom of the new tiles.

I knew I had a mortar shower bed ( I think that is what it's called) but if I put the tiles up on the wall there will be up to a half inch of the mortar showing at the bottom. It seemed the mortar was piled up quite a bit around the edge but everything is flush with the walls at the top of my repair.

I am going to have to redo the floor also? Any help would be much appreciated.

Scott

Scott,

Hopefully all your answers will be answered by the links that I have attached below, if you have anymore questions please let me know;

http://web.archive.org/web/20010802230226/www.jlconline.com/jlc/archive/kitchen/mortarbed_showers/index.html

http://www.johnbridge.com/shower_curbs.htm

http://www.johnbridge.com/mortar_bed_shower_floor.htm

http://www.johnbridge.com/shower_pan_replacement.htm

http://www.schluter.com/english/products/2002/sectionf/kerdidrain/802-index.html

http://www.tileshopsuperstore.com/installation/

http://interiordec.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww2.hometime.com%2Fprojects%2Fhowto%2Fflooring%2Fpc2flr02.htm

http://www.askbuild.com/cgi-bin/column?253

Hope these help!

I looked a bit closer and realized that the issue is that the new cove tiles for the bottom of the wall were not EXACTLY the same as the old.

I was smart enough to save as many as I could but will have to locate a local source for the few that were chipped in the removal process.

Thanks for your prompt reply. This is a great site and you guys do a great job. Until now I have always found my questions and answers posted by someone else.

Thanks again.