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   Guest_ | Feb 05, 1999 08:49am | #1

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   A nice article at JLC on the shower pan:

   http://www.jlconline.com/jlc/archive/kitchen/mortarbed_showers/index.html

   I don't know if it is the best method or not.

   Rich Beckman

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   Guest_ | Feb 05, 1999 08:02pm | #2

   *Are there specs for a "curbless" shower that will drain but protect non-shower area? Wheel-chair right in. Having to deal w/some elderly family issues and want to accomodate in remodel. ADA specs applicable?

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   Guest_ | Feb 06, 1999 07:48am | #3

   *DScott: talk to an architect, they should have the specs for ADA compliant shower receptors. ADA has specifications for EVERYTHING! right down to a gnat's a**

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   Guest_ | Feb 06, 1999 09:48am | #4

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   gary_g | Feb 17, 1999 01:21am | #5

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   Hi,

   I am an architect and design these (ADA accessible shower bases) all the time for hospitals. The only way to do it is to have a drain on the floor just outside of the shower. They make special bases with curbs on 3 sides and a ramp-like entry. It works very well. You still want to use a curtain and put in a seat and grab bars and lower controls and even, perhaps, an antiscalding control on the water temp. If you are handicapped, you might have trouble controling water temp once your movement is compromised inside the shower. ADA specifies the grab bars layouts.

   I would also like to know how one could make a custon molded unit.

   Good luck. GG

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   cdr_ | Feb 17, 1999 02:07am | #6

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   Guest_ | Feb 17, 1999 02:07am | #7

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   An eccentric lady in our area had an English cottage built for herself (a rare sight in western Wisconsin), and it was featured last year in Country Living magazine. One feature she designed into the house was a shower without curbs or walls. The entire bathroom floor is essentially the shower floor, with EPDM under it all. Sort of the European concept where everything goes into one drain? Anyway, it appears to work very well for her.