Designing Kitchens and Bathrooms - removing old tub and replacing with a shower.
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05-27-00, 01:06 PM
Have an old claw foot tub and wish to replace with a shower. But do not like any of the fiberglass showers I have see. How can I build a shower floor that will not leak. I can deal with a fiberglass walls but would like the floor to be tile .
05-27-00, 04:32 PM
You might be mixing up apples and oranges.
It sounds like your describing a free standing shower where the walls are a kit made from fiberglass.
The kit includes a fiberglass base unit and the two are designed to be mated together. These kits may have a door or curtain.
The tile base like you describe is usually built in what is called a shower pan or is formed by pouring or molding a concrete type base.
These shower pans are usually metal copper, galvanized steel, etc and some are sold as standard size but many plumbers and contractors get them made up custom if a particular size is required.
The base is filled with a dry mortar mix commonly used to prepare a floor surface for
tile. The shower floor is then tiled. The walls are usually also tile and everything is tied together as a tiled unit.
Doing what you propose isn't a standard way of doing things, guess it could be done if the right materials where on hand.
Problems might come in sealing, mating the base to walls and in connecting the two together as a unit to make a free standing unit.
If one went with a built in type shower with solid walls and tiled base, a fiberglass surround for the walls could probably be fitted into that with out much difficulity.
The door is typically bought separate or a cheaper option is curtain.
A skilled experienced DIY could do a project like that but most have it done professionally.
The free standing totally fiberglass shower is the cheapest option.
Hope this helps out
It sounds like your describing a free standing shower where the walls are a kit made from fiberglass.
The kit includes a fiberglass base unit and the two are designed to be mated together. These kits may have a door or curtain.
The tile base like you describe is usually built in what is called a shower pan or is formed by pouring or molding a concrete type base.
These shower pans are usually metal copper, galvanized steel, etc and some are sold as standard size but many plumbers and contractors get them made up custom if a particular size is required.
The base is filled with a dry mortar mix commonly used to prepare a floor surface for
tile. The shower floor is then tiled. The walls are usually also tile and everything is tied together as a tiled unit.
Doing what you propose isn't a standard way of doing things, guess it could be done if the right materials where on hand.
Problems might come in sealing, mating the base to walls and in connecting the two together as a unit to make a free standing unit.
If one went with a built in type shower with solid walls and tiled base, a fiberglass surround for the walls could probably be fitted into that with out much difficulity.
The door is typically bought separate or a cheaper option is curtain.
A skilled experienced DIY could do a project like that but most have it done professionally.
The free standing totally fiberglass shower is the cheapest option.
Hope this helps out