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Different Types of Shower Bases
Mon 12 Feb 2007 - 09:05
Different Types of Shower Bases
By Ken Wilssens
When you create showers, perhaps the most important parts are the shower bases, because they are where you stand and where the water collects to drain. If the base is not made to precise specs, it will not only make problems for the shower itself, but for other parts of the house, because water will escape and create all sorts of other problems. Or the base will not support your weight, and will crack under the stress of having a person standing on it.
For these reasons, it is critical that shower bases be properly and carefully installed by those with a level of professional experience necessary to do the job and do it right the first time. This requires attention to things such as underlying structural support, connection to the adjacent walls, and the proper installation and pitch of the draining system.
If the base needs underlying support, then this has to be done early in the project, or it will be a gigantic extra job. For instance, under the shower there may be a floor and under this floor it is necessary to make sure there are supporting beams or other devices to help support the weight of the shower and also the person in the shower. Sometimes this requires adding columns of steel or cement under the house, beneath the floor joists.
Also, the pitch of shower bases has to be accurate. If the tiles in the bottom of the shower are at an angle that leads them away from the drain hole, then water will not escape properly and will puddle or perhaps spill over onto the floor of the bathroom, causing more problems. The pitch should be sufficient and properly designed so that it makes the water all run into the drain, which is normally in the center of the floor of the shower. But, at the same time, the floor must remain relatively flat so that it does not create problems for someone standing in it and that they don't run the risk of falling.
Most showers, unless they are custom designs, are simply bought already in one piece, as modular units, made of materials like plastic or fiberglass, and these are all designs to be both safe and funtional, as they as they are properly installed.
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