i am starting to build a HUGE custom river rock shower although i’m at the framing stage now i am thinking a ‘lil ahead. my question is about installing the liner and some rather “odd” corners (think of half of an octagon)with the entrance wall being straight. i know how to do a square pan with hospital corners but with this i’m kinda stumped,should i use patches at each corner and glue them with liner glue or is there some fancy folding or other trickery i should employ? each corner is approx. 30 degrees. help?!?!
FM2
“the large print givith, and the small print taketh away” Tom Waits
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I've only done a few shower pans and they were either square or rectangular so I can't really help you out...but:
Why don't you make a small mock-up of the shower stall frame and use a scrap piece of the actual shower pan material ( or use heavy mill plastic) and play around until you find what works.
You could build the frame mock-up say, out of 1X4 material or equivalent, and scale the half octogon to be say, a foot or perhaps 2 foot in size. Set the framework on a nearby table top, place the membrane or plastic sheeting down inside the center of the framework and use a staple gun to attach the folded seams into the corners.
Experiment with a couple of different folds and figure out the technique that works and looks the best. Whatever technique works on the mock-up, will also work on the real McCoy...just make sure your mock-up angles (30 degrees you say?) are the same as the real shower you are building.
I think you would be much farther ahead if you can figure out a fold design that works, rather than resorting to cutting and patching corner seams.
Mock-ups can save you time, money and a lot of unwanted anguish.
Davo
I saw a system that used a paint type system for a shower pan. forget the name but started with a " K ". I have nevered tried it but they was talking about it at JLC
Kerdy or something like that .
I will be getting a shower pan done here in a few weeks and everyone who has bid on it does hot mop. Is that still a common method across the country or just what I have run into in S. Calif?
thanx ya'll,
i take a look at the new product suggestions, i forgot about hot mop...mmm, i'll make some calls. sometimes this forum lets you see what was right in front of you the whole time. thank you for the trees i can now see the forest.
FM2"the large print givith, and the small print taketh away" Tom Waits
"those with accurate observation are often called a cynic by those who have not got it" george bernard shaw
freeman,
you might want to look into what Schluter has. It's a pretty cool system. I finished my 1st shower with it a few weeks ago, and was pretty impressed. http://www.schluter.com/english/products/2002/sectionf/kerdi/801-index.html
Mike
I did mine with the corners folded as you said . My shower has a curved wall meeting a straight wall meeting an angled wall meeting with another curved wall . Folding works fine . I use CPE liner . The PVC liner would not work very well, wouldnt stay put after bending and folding.
Go to http://www.laticrete.com They have a waterproof membrane system that is basically composed of a fabric which is embedded in a liquid. Kind of a paint sandwich - liquid, fabric liquid. It is ideal for odd sized shower pans. Very easy to install.
F
Freeman:
How about tucked corners? I'm assuming you have two studs at each corner.
Attached is a diagram from Noble Company's website http://www.noblecompany.com
Obtuse angles require tucking less material than 90-degree corners. Should actually be easier.
-Allen