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| This bathroom is beating me! Basically, due to cost alone, we will have to go with an acrylic cheapy shower pan. However the shower is 5' wide and I don't want that wide expanse of shower to have to be covered with glass doors (not to mention the cost!). What I would really like would be to build a wall or half wall over half of the front opening. However the pans I've found only have tile flanges on three sides at the most and then the threshold on the front. Is there any way to build on those thresholds or retrofit flashing etc. so I could build a wall half way across? Is there any other option? I've seen the hard plastic pans that you can tile over but they are expensive and have the same issue with the threshold, is my only option a poured concrete pan? That's certainly out of the budget. I have been working on the design of this bathroom for over a year and I still cannot figure it out! Thank you for any input :) |
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- Posted by marleycat25 (My Page) on Tue, Dec 4, 12 at 7:37
| I had the same dilemma. I used a 48 " shower pan from swanstone, solid surface, not flimsy at all. I build the side wall up to it and used that space inside the shower to build a seat and a nice niche.. the opening was fitted with a standard shower door, the shower feels large but the floor is only 48" with that great seat. Hope this helps. We love it and it was very inexpensive to do. |
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- Posted by marleycat25 (My Page) on Tue, Dec 4, 12 at 7:43
| here is the niche, I made the wall deep enough to make a usable niche. I highly recommend the swanstone pan. Make sure it is the solid surface. |
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- Posted by enigmaquandry (My Page) on Tue, Dec 4, 12 at 22:29
| Marleycat24, thank you for the pictures! How did you make sure the seam between the wall and the pan is waterproof? And were you able to build the wall right on top of the threshold itself? Are you able to nail or screw into it? Thank you so much :) |
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- Posted by marleycat25 (My Page) on Wed, Dec 5, 12 at 8:39
| Not exactly sure what you are asking. The shower pan itself has a lip on 3 sides, u build the walls down to that lip and the wall overhangs the pan so the water flows down not behind. The front of the pan has the threshold, you don't have to nail anything to that. A bead of caulk around the whole base keeps it waterproof. (BTW...I am a 60+ woman, and did it myself. Can't be too hard!) I believe they tell you NOT to nail into the pan itself. Go on Swanstone website and pull up the specs. It might be easier to see the flange and threshold there. The threshold sits up at least 4 inches so the water stays in. I ordered it from http://www.buyandlargeinc.com/ They had the Best price! Good luck! |
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- Posted by barbcollins (My Page) on Thu, Dec 6, 12 at 7:29
| We did ours similar to marleycat, only we did a half wall by the seat, and used a shower curtain.
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