Shower Floor Not Sloped Toward Drain
So he built the sloped mudpan coated it with hydroban and installed the bonded flange drain with specified 1 1 4 height from the substrate and then when he went to install the tile he said that in order to get the tile height to what laticrete specifies it should be 1 16 higher than the top of the drain he had to build up the mortar and.
Shower floor not sloped toward drain. In traditional tile shower. To efficiently drain the recommended minimum slope for a shower floor is about 4 percent or a 1 2 inch drop per every 12 inches from the shower walls to the drain. Thickness of the drain to a 1 in. The sloped fill slants from the drain toward the perimeter of the shower with a slope of 1 4 in.
Shower floors laundry areas entryways garage floors and patios are all areas where the floor may have a drain built in to help the floor drain water to a. Now i have a beautiful shower with water that sits and doesn t drain properly. Thickness around the shower walls and curb to get the necessary 3 4 in. When installing a floor drain on most indoor floor surfaces it is important to slope the floor slightly so that water will flow toward the drain efficiently.
I just replaced my shower and put in slate tile on floor and walls. How to slope a floor for a drain. Since our shower had an average width of 3 ft we sloped up from the 1 4 in. Too much slope will create a poor feel to the floor and cause the unsettling sensation of the room being crooked.