Improperly Sloped Shower Floor Tile

If the deck mud was properly sloped all you d need is the standard 1 8 thickness of thinset to bond the standard 3 16 to 1 4 thick tile to the sloped and hydrobaned shower floor.

Improperly sloped shower floor tile.

I think i figured out what went wrong. Before 2014 the standard for rating the slip resistance was based on the static coefficient of friction scof determined by the astm international test method c1028. It can also compromise the integrity of your. Additionally you can also cut the tile to fill the gap between floor and wall.

So i ve got an issue in my shower where some of the tiles near the wall are lower than the tiles around them. But keep in mind that improperly trimmed tiles and excessive grout doesn t just look unsightly. And after installing the floor tile you can install that final or first row of wall tile. Pack deck mud onto the floor over the mesh starting at the drain and working your way toward the walls.

Typical slope for a shower floor is 1 8 to 3 16 inch per foot across. Smooth the mud out and create a 1 4 inch slope per foot of shower floor space toward the drain. If i squeegee most of the excess surface water with my feet haha after a shower there would still be a few puddles the next day. This being thailand of course chopping out the tiles and redoing the floor is a lot cheaper then buying a pre fab shower cabin.

Leave the mortar to cure. Liner or other this is normal. Ie one that sloped towards a drain. March 1st 2018 update.

I did a proper slope but it was done on an undeveloped concrete floor. Using a wood float trowel. Or fill the gap with grout. Water penetrates the shower tile assembly until it meets the waterproofing.

But not hard to have someone remove tile and redo slope to drain if in normal corner location but likely to still have some water to slowly dry after any shower. I will show you in this video a step by step process how to do it. The beauty of a topical membrane like hydroban is that with the hydroban membrane being right below the tile there can be no deep wetting of the shower floor like. The pooling and puddling is bothering me.

However in the 2012 edition of the american national standards institute s american national standard specifications for ceramic tile anai a137 1 a new method testing conditions and threshold value. Mark a chalk line across the center of the floor in a north south direction and a second line across. This is causing water to pool there instead of going towards the drain.