ᐅ Additional cost for floor-to-ceiling tile

Hello everyone,

We are in the process of buying a house that is currently at the shell construction stage. We are purchasing it as a turnkey home without floor coverings in the living and sleeping areas. We have now received the price list for additional options—well, I don’t need to say much about that 🙁

Unfortunately, there is no price listed for a walk-in shower with a flush floor, but I assume they can still offer it to us. My question is, who has had such a shower installed, and what was the additional cost? The shower is planned to be 1m x 120cm (3.3 ft x 4 ft).

Regards,
Natascha

Ours will cost just under €1000, a tiled partition wall would be around €700.
In our case, the entire wet room floor will be sealed accordingly.
It would be cheaper if only the shower area were sealed... (but is that really a good idea?!)

This cannot be answered in a general way, as many factors play a role...

A level-entry shower with an installed shower curb and a floor drain in the center, or should it be a linear drain?
A level-entry shower with an ultra-thin shower tray installed flush with the floor?
There are a thousand questions to clarify...

In any case, waterproofing in a bathroom with a level-entry shower is only considered professional and compliant with the technical leaflet "Composite Waterproofing" from the Tile and Natural Stone Association if the entire floor is waterproofed.
Waterproofing is not considered professional if it is only applied in the shower area...

einfachichKO schrieb:

The waterproofing of the entire floor is only considered professionally done in a bathroom with a curbless (level-access) shower if it complies with the guidelines for "composite waterproofing" issued by the Tile and Natural Stone Association. That means the "entire" floor must be waterproofed.
It is not professional waterproofing if it is applied only in the shower area...

That’s how I understand it as well. Which likely also explains why the cost for the shower tends to increase.
Best regards!

Here are the relevant example diagrams from the information sheet...

Thanks for the answers... I see I was naive about this again 😎 It’s about a walk-in shower with a floor-level drain channel. Well, I’m curious to see what the builder says.....