Ceramic tile shower - Bathroom Renovation.

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Bathroom Renovation Shower Construction

	All work by: Harry Dunbar Barrie, Ontario Phone: (705) 424 - 5144 Toll Free: 1-866-837-7773 (Toll Free for Ontario residents) Back to Harry's Gallery Back to Home Page

	Starting At Day One. By: Harry Dunbar This bathroom was never really properly planned by the builder and I think basically it was only constructed as a quick resolve for a second bathroom. The customer wants a larger shower so I'll be going about 3 feet into the wall at the back left. The other side of the wall is a large closet so I can steal some of that area to accommodate for the extra space required.
	The tiles here are installed over a raised area of the floor because the builder or renovator chose not to embed the drainage system into the concrete, therefore had to build a subfloor over the whole area. My intentions are to rebuild the drainage system in such a way as to have one level throughout the bathroom and hall areas. This may not be possible but after the floor is ripped up I'll have a better idea.
	Because of the mold, a complete demo is emanate. After the shower stall has been removed you're able to see that water has been able to collect under the stall and create a perfect environment for mold. The wood has decayed and will be removed.
	No surprises here. The joists which are sitting directly on the slab are water damaged, moldy and must be removed. The customer can be grateful that the sump-pump is just on the other side of the wall with a positive slope from this area to the sump-hole, otherwise the damage would be spread out and harder to correct. I'll decide what all the options are after the floor is lifted. At this point my thoughts are to sink the plumbing (if I'm able) and then install a waterproof mortar bed, but we'll have to wait and see.
	The long drain pipe running across the floor is the drain for the old shower. I'll remove it an re-route both the sink and drain for the new shower. Everything will be sunk into the slab.
	I've knocked out the wall into the closet to steal some of the room. The window will be blocked and a larger one put into the main area.
	I've chiseled the slab to accommodate the location of the shower drain.
	The window will be replaced with a larger one and moved to the left.
	Nothing is plumb in this room.
	New studs will be fastened to the existing to create a plumb wall.
	New window installed.
	New drain installed.




	Notice I've already installed a sloped mortar bed in the shower which will have a liner installed over it and another sloped mortar bed over the liner.
	I'm using a thick bed of Deck-Mud to create a level and flat surface. Thinset mortar is used as a slurry (bond coat). The liner and lath has been installed in the shower pan in preparation for the (top) mortar bed.



	I've installed poly and wire lath in preparation for wall mud (fat mud)
	Everywhere tile is to be installed will have a mortar bed as a base to set tile.



	I've used Laticrete 9235 liquid waterproof membrane to waterproof my shower.