When i opened up the floor the drain was about 6.
Shower drain not flush with floor.
Sep 30 2010 location.
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.
Set the drain and screed your pre slope to the rim of the drain all the way around.
Way way too.
It is counter sunk at least an inch below the tiling.
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.
In fact it happens all the time.
This is what the installation of a flush shower tray looks like.
Just realized that the drain is not level.
Toronto canada i have been working on a standing shower.
All of the venting is through the cast iron pipes that were built in 1910s into the building.
I m in the 2nd floor of a 4 story condominium.
Amjad new member joined.
It is quite possible to build and tile a shower floor with the drain out of level.
I m not totally sure i understand.
Needless to say its fairly inconvenient to use this shower.
It is off by about 1 8 maybe 3 16.
It is not always possible to install a flush with the floor shower without any obstructions.
The barrier free solution is also ideal for updates of old buildings.
First the bathroom professional checks structural conditions before deciding on one of the innovative space saving drain systems.
Shower drain not flushed with tiles discussion in shower bathtub forum blog started by amjad dec 31 2010.
There are a number of different things that could cause a shower to stop draining properly.
It is desirable and nice to have the drain flange absolutely level but as we know sometimes that just doesn t happen.
The gravitational force does not work wherever the wastewater cannot be drained with sufficient gradient.