Comments on: Create a Shower Floor for Tile – Video Post http://floorelf.com/create-a-shower-floor-for-tile-video Help with all your tile needs (and extreme jackassery!) Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:37:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Roger http://floorelf.com/create-a-shower-floor-for-tile-video/comment-page-1#comment-7664 Roger Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:53:34 +0000 http://floorelf.com/?p=815#comment-7664 Hi Don, On shower floors we normally use mosaics consisting of tiles no larger than 3"x3" square. They are normally 2x2's. The smaller tiles can conform to the shape of the shower floor. If you want larger tiles you can have a flat shower floor if you use a linear drain at one end. This way you can create a flat slope all the way to the drain and use whatever size tiles you want. I recently finished one with 18"x18" tile and a linear drain. If you use a regular drain in the center, though, just use smaller tile. Hi Don,

On shower floors we normally use mosaics consisting of tiles no larger than 3″x3″ square. They are normally 2×2′s. The smaller tiles can conform to the shape of the shower floor. If you want larger tiles you can have a flat shower floor if you use a linear drain at one end. This way you can create a flat slope all the way to the drain and use whatever size tiles you want. I recently finished one with 18″x18″ tile and a linear drain. If you use a regular drain in the center, though, just use smaller tile.

]]> By: Don http://floorelf.com/create-a-shower-floor-for-tile-video/comment-page-1#comment-7656 Don Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:04:38 +0000 http://floorelf.com/?p=815#comment-7656 Roger,  I'm reading your blog posts and learning so much - thanks.  Can you please point me to the post, or tell me: if the shower floor pan is "bowl-shaped", i.e. curved, how do you put flat tiles down?   I know I am going to be amazed and embarrassed by how simple your answer is, but I don't see it yet.  Thanks.   Roger, 
I’m reading your blog posts and learning so much – thanks.  Can you please point me to the post, or tell me: if the shower floor pan is “bowl-shaped”, i.e. curved, how do you put flat tiles down?   I know I am going to be amazed and embarrassed by how simple your answer is, but I don’t see it yet.  Thanks.  

]]> By: Roger http://floorelf.com/create-a-shower-floor-for-tile-video/comment-page-1#comment-5764 Roger Mon, 07 Nov 2011 03:58:59 +0000 http://floorelf.com/?p=815#comment-5764 Hey David, The pans work fine. I've actually seen a forklift driven over one of the tiled ramps schluter makes - they work. Do not use the metal corner beads, use the plastic ones. Hey David,

The pans work fine. I’ve actually seen a forklift driven over one of the tiled ramps schluter makes – they work. Do not use the metal corner beads, use the plastic ones.

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