Snag wrote:

Pete C. wrote:
Snag wrote:

At the prices they want for prefab shower stalls ?? Prefab bases
start at around 600 bucks , surrounds 300 bucks and up . Looks like
I'm going to be building a tile shower ... materials should run
around $275-$325 and labor will be ...me . Sure glad I said yes when
a former employer asked if I wanted to work with the tile guy !

Screw tile, too many grout joints to clean. Look to concrete
countertops i.e. fab shower wall panels just like the countertops,
and fab a shower pan base similarly.

Interesting idea , but I suspect my wife would balk at a concrete shower
. Even if it was dyed interesting colors . We do , however , plan on making
extensive use of the native rocks . There's a reason they call it Stone
County ...

Just show her pics of concrete countertops that have embedded colored
glass pieces and bits of aluminum and brass sparklies...