ktambascio
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Unfinished basement, planning to add a bathroom (cutting through the floor).
1. I've been doing a lot of reading and watching some video's on how to do a mudpan shower with PVC liner. All of the pics & video's seem to deal with an alcove shower. My shower is going to be 3'x5', but I want to add door returns so that the door opening is only 3', not 5'. I'm hoping to use an in-stock (i.e. non-custom) door to save on costs. My biggest concern is how you handle the PVC liner with the door returns as well as where do you stop the tile and start the drywall. Advice or pictures would be welcome.
2. For the floor, better to use a membrane system over a concrete floor (I've been looking at the liquid membrane featured in the Taunton tiling book), or just use 1/4" hardibacker? I think I'm fine with the floor height (with the hardibacker) because outside of the bathroom will be some finished floor material (ceramic tile, laminate floor, engineered floor, or carpet).
3. Door threshold for the bathroom: Do you tile to the inside edge of the threshold or the outside edge of the threshold? Install the door after tiling?
4. My plumber friend told me that I need a flush floor cleanout. Does this need to be inside the bathroom, or can it be on the outside of the bathroom over the drain pipes?
Thanks,
Kevin
1. I've been doing a lot of reading and watching some video's on how to do a mudpan shower with PVC liner. All of the pics & video's seem to deal with an alcove shower. My shower is going to be 3'x5', but I want to add door returns so that the door opening is only 3', not 5'. I'm hoping to use an in-stock (i.e. non-custom) door to save on costs. My biggest concern is how you handle the PVC liner with the door returns as well as where do you stop the tile and start the drywall. Advice or pictures would be welcome.
2. For the floor, better to use a membrane system over a concrete floor (I've been looking at the liquid membrane featured in the Taunton tiling book), or just use 1/4" hardibacker? I think I'm fine with the floor height (with the hardibacker) because outside of the bathroom will be some finished floor material (ceramic tile, laminate floor, engineered floor, or carpet).
3. Door threshold for the bathroom: Do you tile to the inside edge of the threshold or the outside edge of the threshold? Install the door after tiling?
4. My plumber friend told me that I need a flush floor cleanout. Does this need to be inside the bathroom, or can it be on the outside of the bathroom over the drain pipes?
Thanks,
Kevin