My shower retirement project
Hello, I just finished demo’ing my bathroom as my retirement project. The shower is 75 wide x 65 deep and is a step down. It has 3 walls then a 1/2 wall with a glass door on each side to enter, and the liner only came up an 1inch on that 1/2 wall, so there was leakage. I removed the 1/2 wall and since its a step down from the main floor (concrete slab) I’m going to run the glass right onto the floor (pitch edge tiles into the base). The original shower has sand/liner/mortar/tile. Since there isn’t a liner to fit those dimensions, the original was short all around. I can graft two together, but not sure that is optimal (plan on 4-6 inch overlap) I haven’t found a prefab pan to fit either. What’s the best approach? Current Plan:
1. Preslope guides/pack mud
2. Add liner (2 grafted)
3. Easy pitch guide sticks then mud bed mix
4. Do I use redgard or aqua defense on the floor?
5. When I run the liner onto the main floor should I silicone it? The original barely came up the step in ] so water dripping as you exited the shower worked its way under the tile and down behind the liner so I want to prevent that.
6. Cement board the walls, then regard them.
Any help greatly appreciated.
We have been using the new Hardibacker and it works well. As with any board, you just need to waterproof over the fasteners.