Shower Floor Slope Fix

Strike a level line all the way around the shower.

Shower floor slope fix.

The glass door which swings in and out is centered on the sill and has a plastic deflector at the bottom so the amount of water is not huge. Shower floors slope tiling in shower recesses the minimum standard required for wet areas in residential buildings is contained in the building code of australia bca and as3740 waterproofing of wet areas in residential buildings. At the point closest to the drain the slope will be higher than the. Looking for some advice.

The picture attached shows the floor you may or may not notice the corner of the shower floor dips a bit and levels off it does not have the proper slope from the corner down to the drain hence my need to build that up a bit to. On top is a reviving old thread. I recommend taping off the rectangular area where you stand most. There is a single drain at the south end but the floor peaks in the middle so half the floor slopes to the drain in the south end but the floor to the north of the middle slopes to the end where there s no drain and water thus pools.

As a result every time we take a shower a small amount of water runs out and down the front face of the sill and if not wiped up promptly soaks into the floor. After a shower the water may take up. It s on the order of a teaspoon to a tablespoon each shower. It s an easy fix with the right tools and products and i can show you how it s done by a tile professional.

Was your shower floor never built correctly and no matter what you do there is always standing water that never reaches the drain. The builder seller is going to fix it. I just finished tiling the shower floor. I think i m going to fix this.

This is so that the bottom row of tile is level. Mark off the area of the floor that you want to apply the formula. You do a run at 1 4 minimum per foot to the farthest corner.