Sep 30 2010 location.
Shower drain not flush with floor.
I m in the 2nd floor of a 4 story condominium.
There are a number of different things that could cause a shower to stop draining properly.
This way the necessary floor structures and drain locations can be planned in time.
Before saying whether or not you can have a flush shower tray a bit of background understanding is required.
It is off by about 1 8 maybe 3 16.
The gravitational force does not work wherever the wastewater cannot be drained with sufficient gradient.
When i opened up the floor the drain was about 6.
It is desirable and nice to have the drain flange absolutely level but as we know sometimes that just doesn t happen.
It is quite possible to build and tile a shower floor with the drain out of level.
Just realized that the drain is not level.
Set the drain and screed your pre slope to the rim of the drain all the way around.
Toronto canada i have been working on a standing shower.
Needless to say its fairly inconvenient to use this shower.
In fact it happens all the time.
It is counter sunk at least an inch below the tiling.
First the bathroom professional checks structural conditions before deciding on one of the innovative space saving drain systems.
It is not always possible to install a flush with the floor shower without any obstructions.
Fix a shower that will not drain with help from a licensed plumbe.
Waste pipework is installed under the floor to carry away the waste water from the shower to the soil pipe normally located on the outside of your house.
Way way too.
Doing a new shower job ripped the old one back to the studs plumber installed new drain and several feet of pipe to replace old junk.
Amjad new member joined.
I m not totally sure i understand.
Shower drain not flushed with tiles discussion in shower bathtub forum blog started by amjad dec 31 2010.
The shower drain does not come flush with the ceramic tiling at all not even close.