Mattf83
New Member
Hello,
I am an inexperienced homeowner remodeling my small bathroom on an extremely low budget.
The most recent part of the project I completed was replacing an old shower base with a new one. It's an acrylic/fiberglass one like this: https://www.homedepot.com/p/DreamLi...ERCH=REC-_-pipsem-_-204047577-_-206282990-_-N
Long story short, when setting the base into the bed of sand mix/topping (as it said to do in the instructions for the base), I had a heck of a time with it. I probably put too much sand mix down. By the time I got done leveling it out and making sure it felt solid, there was a slightly-more-than-1/4" gap between the entire front edge/lip of the shower base and the subfloor below it. The base felt quite solid (and still does), so I figured I could just fix this later after the sand mix had set.
Now, I'm wondering what the best way for me to "fix" this is? I want to tile soon, and the tile is obviously supposed to run right up to that gap.
My current thought is to cut a piece of 1/4" concrete board that's the length of the shower base, and maybe two-inches wide or so, put a little thinset on the bottom of it, and slide it into place under the shower base so it's basically flush with the front. This should both cover up the gap and provide a little support for that very front edge of the shower (there's a void there where the threshold is, so all you really need to support is the very front edge, I would think.)
Then I could run the tile right up almost to the shower, and caulk the space between the tile and the shower base? This should basically cover up any sight of the gap or the concrete board filling it.
Any reason this wouldn't work? Any better ideas? Thanks!
I am an inexperienced homeowner remodeling my small bathroom on an extremely low budget.
The most recent part of the project I completed was replacing an old shower base with a new one. It's an acrylic/fiberglass one like this: https://www.homedepot.com/p/DreamLi...ERCH=REC-_-pipsem-_-204047577-_-206282990-_-N
Long story short, when setting the base into the bed of sand mix/topping (as it said to do in the instructions for the base), I had a heck of a time with it. I probably put too much sand mix down. By the time I got done leveling it out and making sure it felt solid, there was a slightly-more-than-1/4" gap between the entire front edge/lip of the shower base and the subfloor below it. The base felt quite solid (and still does), so I figured I could just fix this later after the sand mix had set.
Now, I'm wondering what the best way for me to "fix" this is? I want to tile soon, and the tile is obviously supposed to run right up to that gap.
My current thought is to cut a piece of 1/4" concrete board that's the length of the shower base, and maybe two-inches wide or so, put a little thinset on the bottom of it, and slide it into place under the shower base so it's basically flush with the front. This should both cover up the gap and provide a little support for that very front edge of the shower (there's a void there where the threshold is, so all you really need to support is the very front edge, I would think.)
Then I could run the tile right up almost to the shower, and caulk the space between the tile and the shower base? This should basically cover up any sight of the gap or the concrete board filling it.
Any reason this wouldn't work? Any better ideas? Thanks!