I am beginning to tear out my shower stall in my house (35 years old) and put in some new tile. the only bad place in the floor is at the threshold. rather than tearing up the shower floor, could I leave the existing tiled floor and chip out the drain and install a new drain (to raise the height to new tile floor), put in a membrane (letting it continue up and over the threshold) directly over the existing tiled floor, apply thinset and new tile? Am I missing anything? If anyone has any ideas, please I am all ears!!!
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recko . r we gonna do a shower install at yur fest ?
Mike Smith
Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore
I would probably rip the whole thing out and start over, since the pan has failed. I would rip it out down to the pre-slope and install a new pan, with special attention to the curb. Buy the corner dams for the curb which is a common area where leaks occur. At 35 years, you got your money's worth.
I am not familiar with the drain extenders you mentioned, so I am not sure if they accomodate or have incorporated in them the two part clamping system that is necessary for a new pan. That is why I suggest you start over.
I suggest you post the question to
http://www.johnbridge.com/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?forumid=1
or
http://www.jlconline.com/cgi-bin/jlconline.storefront/EN/catalog/1136
Hope this helps, pal.
Boris
"Sir, I may be drunk, but you're crazy, and I'll be sober tomorrow" -- WC Fields, "Its a Gift" 1927
I would not recomend covering an existing problem with a "quick fix"! The only problem you are aware of is the curb. How can you be sure the damage does not continue below the existing tile floor? Besides, your "quick fix" will probably be more work than tearing up the existing floor and starting from scratch.
The only time I would tile over an existing floor was if I was certain it was sound and water tight.
J. D. Reynolds
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