Livin It
I comment plenty on others posts, so i figured I'd let people know I do it daily.
5x8 shower. Bench on left, Linear drain, 12x24x 3/8 white marble floor.
The walls will be 3 solid slabs of 3cm marble from floor to ceiling.
This has been tricky. I've installed a permanent "ledger" around the inside perimeter for the giant 600 lb slabs to rest on. They wont be resting on the tile assembly. Its an lvl stud with hydroban on it.
We just dry packed the floor. I raised the drain 1.5 inches and have a 1-3/4" full mud pack on the whole shower. I like the overboard and its natural stone.
Dry pack is set 1/4" below the linear flange to allow for the ditra heat membrane.
Next Monday is a tricky day. I have to get the kerdi flange to wrap the inside corner AND up my little "ledger". I'll most likely need to make a slice in it.
After that is ditra-heat, sheet membrane, Hydroban and tile.
I've taken into consideration the Marble discoloring. I cannot talk her into porcelain. so....I am using Latipoxy thinset for the shower floor with 2 coats (maybe 3) bulletproof sealer and spectralock epoxy grout.
A very expensive shower floor.
Yes. It's an access panel. It is a Moen digital shower. The four-port valve is very large and must be mounted inside a stud bay.
That panel is from Fittes. They make tile in floor vents and things. We use their exhaust fan covers all the time.
Honestly that's the only panel I have found to accommodate the valve,the electrical, the shut-offs, and unions that are necessary to install those digital valves.
Edit. U can see the floor vent in the pic. Also you can see the exhaust fan cover just beyond the chandelier in the long shot