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We are re-doing our bathroom and have received four estimates so far. Each time, we asked the contractor about doing a custom walk-in ceramic tile shower and were told that creating a custom pan is very expensive ($3,000 or more). One contractor said it involves a "lead liner." They all encouraged us to go with a pre-fabricated fiberglass pan, but this limited the size of the shower we could have.
We had a contractor come today and he told us that they build a wooden base and then pour the fiberglass in the shower, which they then tile over with ceramic tile (using concrete mortar) and can do it any size or shape we want. I've read that fiberglass isn't the best base for ceramic tile, even if you roughen it first.
I can't find out much information about this method. He said it only costs a few hundred dollars more (not including tile, which is extra) to do the base this way. Will this work? Has anyone heard of this or had experience with this? I found one website that mentioned doing it this way but can't find much additional information.
Thanks for your time on this!
We had a contractor come today and he told us that they build a wooden base and then pour the fiberglass in the shower, which they then tile over with ceramic tile (using concrete mortar) and can do it any size or shape we want. I've read that fiberglass isn't the best base for ceramic tile, even if you roughen it first.
I can't find out much information about this method. He said it only costs a few hundred dollars more (not including tile, which is extra) to do the base this way. Will this work? Has anyone heard of this or had experience with this? I found one website that mentioned doing it this way but can't find much additional information.
Thanks for your time on this!
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