Improperly Sloped Shower Floor Tile

Mark a chalk line across the center of the floor in a north south direction and a second line across.

Improperly sloped shower floor tile.

But keep in mind that improperly trimmed tiles and excessive grout doesn t just look unsightly. Ie one that sloped towards a drain. March 1st 2018 update. Pack deck mud onto the floor over the mesh starting at the drain and working your way toward the walls.

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. 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. Liner or other this is normal. Gerries the floor can be sloped perfectly on the top but that has nothing to do with the slope of the liner beneath.

I will show you in this video a step by step process how to do it. So i ve got an issue in my shower where some of the tiles near the wall are lower than the tiles around them. Smooth the mud out and create a 1 4 inch slope per foot of shower floor space toward the drain. This is causing water to pool there instead of going towards the drain.

Using a wood float trowel. 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. It can also compromise the integrity of your. Typical slope for a shower floor is 1 8 to 3 16 inch per foot across.

And after installing the floor tile you can install that final or first row of wall tile. 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 did a proper slope but it was done on an undeveloped concrete floor. I think i figured out what went wrong.

Water penetrates the shower tile assembly until it meets the waterproofing. This being thailand of course chopping out the tiles and redoing the floor is a lot cheaper then buying a pre fab shower cabin. Or fill the gap with grout. Leave the mortar to cure.

The pooling and puddling is bothering me. Unfortunately if the liner is laid flat or has a low spot water will sit there instead of weeping to the drain. Additionally you can also cut the tile to fill the gap between floor and wall.