I recently had a large custom shower mud pan installed by a contractor. The mud pan sits on a single story concrete slab floor.
When installing it, he asked how high I wanted the shower drain off the floor to accommodate the pebble floor I would later install. I told him ½†but he installed the drain at 5/8â€. Frankly, I paid no attention to the difference until now. Actually, ½†may have been just slightly too high as well.
I installed a pebble floor on top of the mud pan. I first placed the mortar base, then the 12†x 12†sheets of mesh backed pebbles, then filled in those spaces where the pebbles weren’t matching up well. Then I placed my grout down.
In my opinion, it looks darn good for my first job ever. I tell you this to tell you, the shower drain protrudes 1/8†above the floor at the “base†of my slope.
Put another way, the shower drain it too high to drain all of the water from the shower and allows about 1/8†of standing water to remain.
I dread thinking about tearing out the pebble around the drain to somehow move the drain down.
My question is, although I KNOW this is not the best solution, can I drill a small hole next to the drain, to allow that small amount of water to move to the weep holes in the lower portion of the drain?
A thick vinyl shower mat was installed under the mud pan to collect any residual water towards the weep holes.
Any advice is GREATLY appreciated.
Terron
When installing it, he asked how high I wanted the shower drain off the floor to accommodate the pebble floor I would later install. I told him ½†but he installed the drain at 5/8â€. Frankly, I paid no attention to the difference until now. Actually, ½†may have been just slightly too high as well.
I installed a pebble floor on top of the mud pan. I first placed the mortar base, then the 12†x 12†sheets of mesh backed pebbles, then filled in those spaces where the pebbles weren’t matching up well. Then I placed my grout down.
In my opinion, it looks darn good for my first job ever. I tell you this to tell you, the shower drain protrudes 1/8†above the floor at the “base†of my slope.
Put another way, the shower drain it too high to drain all of the water from the shower and allows about 1/8†of standing water to remain.
I dread thinking about tearing out the pebble around the drain to somehow move the drain down.
My question is, although I KNOW this is not the best solution, can I drill a small hole next to the drain, to allow that small amount of water to move to the weep holes in the lower portion of the drain?
A thick vinyl shower mat was installed under the mud pan to collect any residual water towards the weep holes.
Any advice is GREATLY appreciated.
Terron