My sister was in a accessible hotel room. There was water all over the
bathroom. If you think you might need it some day then it would be a good
idea if the rest of the house is assessable. But otherwise you might hate
it. If the rest of the house has accessibility problems then why ruin a
bathroom.


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On Feb 12, 9:54 am, John McGaw wrote:
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I am wondering how these bathrooms are done without a shower curb:

http://www.diydoctor.org.uk/project_...om/wetroom.jpg
http://www.impey-showers.com/prod_img/hd6_s_1.jpg

There is still a shower pan below, or no? Or you have to consider the
entire bathroom a giant shower pan and slope everything to the shower
drain?

I have a bathroom I am remodeling where the space between the shower
edge and the closet flange is two inches less than the minimum
clearance (16") and I don't want a 4"-6" thick curb to hold up the
shower door, I was thinking this may be the solution, but may be there
are other creative ways.

Thanks,

MC

Curbless showers are rather common in new construction and are commonly
called "accessible" or some such term. They don't use a conventional
shower pan from what I seen but have a waterproof membrane under the
tile. I'd also imagine that the membrane extends further than expected
and the pitch toward the drain might be just a bit steeper than normal.
Of course a sane designer would make sure that the shower head was
positioned so that a full stream couldn't be sprayed across the room.
I've been considering doing a curbless when I re-do the bathroom off of
my master bedroom but suspect that it is just too small to pull it off.

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John McGaw
[Knoxville, TN, USA]http://johnmcgaw.com

I am thinking about it for my master bath. I am already half way
through the remodeling, relocated drains, relocated supplies and I
have removed a tub so I can have a larger shower area (about 6.5' x 5'
shower with rain shower, sprays and hand showers from two walls).
Along I have been thinking I need a raised curb along the edge with a
slider shower door...

Then I saw some of these and think I have not really done anything yet
to preclude from having a curbless shower. Now, my concrete slab has
a trench in it where the shower drain all the way to the toilet drain
and new vent. If I want to put a pitch of the entire shower area (or
a bit beyond) to the drain, there is no way I can do it without taking
out more concrete and redoing the slope of the slab.

I am not sure I am explaining it right. If the slab is now level
across the entire shower area, then the only to pitch it to a drain
WITHOUT A CURB is to either redo the slab and establish a slope so on
the high side it matches the bathroom floor elevation and the low side
the drain elevation, or alternatively you raise the elevation of the
entire bathroom and keep the shower drain at the current slab
elevation. I don't see another way around it without a curb.

I wonder what the smallest curb could be, if there is a way to
"minimize" the curb appearance.

MC