ᐅ What should go under the shower? What is the correct approach?
Created on: 1 May 2021 12:55
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dorisausduesse
Could you please help me? As a woman, I’m completely overwhelmed by this.
We want to install a new large, super-flat white shower and have asked around among friends and some tradespeople beforehand. Everyone gave us different advice. The only thing they all agreed on is that the shower needs to be securely fixed.
Originally, we just wanted to let the tradespeople handle it. However, some recommended installing a so-called frame, which isn’t exactly cheap, while others said we should use styrofoam to simply place the shower on.
Just yesterday, someone suggested using a stone frame and placing stones underneath. Everything else sounds good in theory but only if the floor is perfectly level. You can adjust it with a lot of effort, but it will never be completely right. If the shower is built in with masonry, it won't wobble for years, and we wouldn’t have to worry about the grout cracking eventually.
We shouldn’t have asked! But now it’s all going around in my head. What is actually the right way that will last long-term?
We want to install a new large, super-flat white shower and have asked around among friends and some tradespeople beforehand. Everyone gave us different advice. The only thing they all agreed on is that the shower needs to be securely fixed.
Originally, we just wanted to let the tradespeople handle it. However, some recommended installing a so-called frame, which isn’t exactly cheap, while others said we should use styrofoam to simply place the shower on.
Just yesterday, someone suggested using a stone frame and placing stones underneath. Everything else sounds good in theory but only if the floor is perfectly level. You can adjust it with a lot of effort, but it will never be completely right. If the shower is built in with masonry, it won't wobble for years, and we wouldn’t have to worry about the grout cracking eventually.
We shouldn’t have asked! But now it’s all going around in my head. What is actually the right way that will last long-term?
pagoni2020 schrieb:
and there are always many ways to Rome.Ah, I thought that while reading all the posts, and then you come with the conclusion... many roads lead to Rome! One person has the training and does the masonry work, the youngest is semi-trained and uses methods suitable for DIY enthusiasts. In the end, it results in a shower. Complete waterproofing is important, then the installation comes next – it will work out!