JohnfrWhipple
BATHROOM DESIGN & BUILD
I thought some of you might like to see the latest inspiration photo of a Colombian Gutter Drain. This is in a Colombian Hotel and shows the shower with it's gutter drain. The gutter goes all around the four sides of the shower and appears to be nothing more than fiberglass set to what appears to be only the lower portion of a two piece drain.
This is the inspiration photo for a new barrier free project out in Dundarave, West Vancouver. The apartment is awesome and right on West Vancouver's sea wall. The client was very organized and had taken many pictures of a similar suite when it was fully gutted earlier this year. It appears we will be converting an existing tub into a shower and working with the condo's old 1.5" copper drain line.
Connecting the new drain to the old copper line is not the hard part. This we have done many times. Getting the city inspectors to approve a gutter drain is going to be the huge hurtle I think.
To gain elevation for this design we are going to replace the apartments hot water baseboard rads with infloor hot water heating. Then a 1.5" concrete pour over top.
I'm off to find the smallest three piece clamping drain I can find. Any ideas? The drain does not need to be special as long as it has a cUPC or CSA engraving on it.
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