Hello everyone,
I hope to get some good advice here. Our tiler was supposed to install a level-access shower in our bathroom (a timber-framed house with only soil excavation underneath) that is fully tiled. Now he has finished, the channel and tiles are in place. However, the slope is not directed towards the drain but towards the bathroom door. I would like to find a practical solution to fix this.
We have considered several options: removing the bottom row of tiles, sealing everything, and installing a shallow tray. Or using a shower board made of polystyrene with a waterproof membrane already attached, placing it on the tiles, sealing it, and then creating a new screed. But I’m still not convinced if that will work. Do you have any advice on how to solve this properly, so I won’t have water issues later on?
Thanks for your help and best regards,
Rocco
I hope to get some good advice here. Our tiler was supposed to install a level-access shower in our bathroom (a timber-framed house with only soil excavation underneath) that is fully tiled. Now he has finished, the channel and tiles are in place. However, the slope is not directed towards the drain but towards the bathroom door. I would like to find a practical solution to fix this.
We have considered several options: removing the bottom row of tiles, sealing everything, and installing a shallow tray. Or using a shower board made of polystyrene with a waterproof membrane already attached, placing it on the tiles, sealing it, and then creating a new screed. But I’m still not convinced if that will work. Do you have any advice on how to solve this properly, so I won’t have water issues later on?
Thanks for your help and best regards,
Rocco
Sparfuchs_:p schrieb:
I believe you immediately when I read your thread. Mine were different. They not only fixed their defects without any issues but also corrected the "mistakes" caused by my lack of knowledge. That is very commendable—and the exception...
In 90% of the cases I’ve heard things like:
- "We’ve always done it this way"
- "We’ve never had that problem before"
- "That’s how it’s supposed to be"
- "Where’s the problem?"
In the end, we experienced everything from:
- discussions leading to the plumber and the client tearing out and reinstalling the underfloor heating together
- to situations where the contractor wouldn’t even show up on-site to discuss issues, sending insulting emails, and legal action
- to cases where the contractor actually tried to tell us that no better solution was possible... Contract terminated, invoice only partially paid, and another contractor brought in to redo the work
There were also a few good ones with nothing to complain about or where communication was excellent if something didn’t fit, for example during the shell construction or electrical work.
The rest was just incredibly exhausting... In almost every case, the tradespeople should have seen from the start that something was crooked, uneven, spaced too far apart... completely wrong.
And then the newspapers write again that the "bad Siemens employees" don’t pay their contractors...
But I’m happy to pay, as long as the work is done properly.