Today I installed the rain shower in the downstairs bathroom, right next to the tub.
The picture below shows the pex lines coming in, the valve and the top connection where the shower is connected.
Like most good ideas, it was a good idea in theory; making the tiled floor run down t0 a drain point,
so that a rain shower could be mounted to the wall next to the tub.
So I used normal hardy backer board for the largest part, and 1/4″ thinner hardy backer board for the drain area,
and used an aluminium ruler to make the slope from the thick hardy backer board to the thinner board using thinset
thus creating a slope down. So far, so good. In theory. In practise, the entire floor slopes down the wrong direction,
and the only level part is the part that was supposed to be sloped down.
So the problem I now have to solve is that the water runs down from tile row three,
all the way to the other side of the bathroom.
What I’m thinking to try first is put a barrier line of transparent silicon kit to form an invisible shower pan.
It will only need to be like a quarter inch tall, and if I put it in the grout, you would not see it.
If that doesn’t work I will have to create a shower pan using a small strip of tile.
But that would not look as nice and might be something you bump into with your toes.
So I will try the silicon kit tomorrow, after the floor has dried.
It looks nice, but ugh, that’s an unexpected surprise. Well, the Dutch like to dam water…
Damn water!!
Give the silicon a try, I hope it works, but…
Can’t think of an other solution either.
Good news; a first shower after putting a Silicon barrier in helped almost perfectly;
there was only one area where it spilled over, but nothing like the river I had before the barrier was in that ran all the way into the technical room.
Trust the Dutch to build a dike and keep the water where we want it. As they say; God created the earth, and the Dutch created Holland.
Upping the dikes just a little more should make it perfect, whilst still allowing drops to be pushed back over it.
And once it is 100% dry, it will be transparent, so you won’t even see it.
Sinds kort volg ik je blog en leuk te zíen hoe je vorderingen zijn. Knap werk en dat zonder extra handjes🤠 ff een onderdeel halen is er niet bij dus moet je goed je boodschappenlijstje bijhouden. Succes en ik blijf je volgen
Thanks Ronny, ik grijp dan ook regelmatig mis, maar moet toch vaak genoeg nieuw materiaal halen. Dichtstbijzijnde bouwmarkt is ruim een half uur rijden. Maar gelukkig komen er morgen wat handjes bij; m’n zus en andere broer komen en vrijdag nog extra hulp uit DC.