Building custom shower ?

[roundhouse]

For my new apartment we are looking at doing a walk in shower ,
Anyone ever built these ?

Any tips to share ?

 

[harrycalahan]

Ya. Hire a pro. If for nothing else, let them form and seal the pan. You can do it. You could also do it twice…

 

[DADI03]

I didn't think it was to bad. I mudded in a slope. Set the right kind of drain that pinches the rubber membrane. Then lay the grout bed. If you're shower isn't so big that it doesn't require 2 pieces of rubber it should be somewhat fool proof.

 

[gh1950]

I want to do the same thing.
I'd rather have a pro do it, but all the quotes I'm getting for converting a tub/shower combo to walk in are $10K and up. Apparent;y these "contractors" don't know about You Tube.
I'm going to do it myself. It will be slow, because I'm slow, and I really don't need to shower that often,

I'm impressed with the Schluter system, because it's sort of paint by the numbers if you go slow.

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[Just1more]

For my new apartment we are looking at doing a walk in shower ,
Anyone ever built these ?

Any tips to share ?

The apartment complex lets you do stuff like remodels?

 

[spencer60]

Showers done badly are one of the most expensive ways you can imagine to ruin a house.

There's a reason a good tile shower will cost a good chunk of change. Not saying it can't be done right by a newbie, but if you screw it up you will definitely be dealing with water damage, especially if it's on an upper floor.

 

[sami weinbergstein]

Pros??? Good luck finding competent help. I did our master bath earlier this year myself for 2 reasons: First, finding someone who knows what they are doing, especially up here in the mountains, is hard. Second, while it took me a month+ to do it (little downtime with an injury) there was ZERO disruption to the house, pets, etc. And in hindsight, I did what I think is a better job then most "pros". These days YouTube is a big help. Hard to get full room shots so these are the best before and after. Spent about 9k in material but figured we saved 10K in labor!!!

 

[boomer]

Kohler makes a shower receptor (pan) made of cast iron (not cheap plastic) designed to fit in the same footprint as a bath tub, drain and all. It’s bullet proof pan all you need to do is put up the durarock walls and tile away. Check it out @kohler.com/shower receptor.

 

[roundhouse]

Thought about using something like this
I can do the tile .
But I’ve never done the base

 

[sami weinbergstein]

I used a shower pan from this company: https://www.showerpanliners.com/