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Posted by Eric and Megan Swope on August 23, 2005, 4:05 am
Hi everyone. I am looking to replace my bath tub with a fiberglass shower
stall. The one part of the project I am unsure about is a shower pan. I
know if I was going to tile my shower floor, wall, etc. that I need this.
Do I still need it with a fiberglass shower stall? After reading some
sites, I have seen the base for these stalls, but saw nothing about creating
a shower pan for a fiberglass shower stall?
If anyone has any links they are willing to share I would appreciate that as
well. Thanks.
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Posted by Rudy on August 23, 2005, 4:47 am
> After reading some sites, I have seen the base for these stalls, but saw
> nothing about creating a shower pan for a fiberglass shower stall?
Many fiberglass or acrylic shower stalls already have a "floor" in them,
therefore shower pan isnt required.
Our tile shower has a concrete base as opposed to a "pan"
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Posted by willshak on August 23, 2005, 9:23 am
On 8/23/2005 12:05 AM US(ET), Eric and Megan Swope took fingers to keys,
and typed the following:
>Hi everyone. I am looking to replace my bath tub with a fiberglass shower
>stall. The one part of the project I am unsure about is a shower pan. I
>know if I was going to tile my shower floor, wall, etc. that I need this.
>Do I still need it with a fiberglass shower stall? After reading some
>sites, I have seen the base for these stalls, but saw nothing about creating
>a shower pan for a fiberglass shower stall?
>
>If anyone has any links they are willing to share I would appreciate that as
>well. Thanks.
>
As Rudy said, some shower stalls come with bases. I have a 4' shower
stall that is all one molded piece, base, side walls and back, and a one
piece 5' tub/shower enclosure. If you want to use the whole 5' space
where the tub is currently installed, see here for an example:
http://www.arpbathtubs.com/S6035R.htm , otherwise check the other types
out here: http://www.arpbathtubs.com/specs.html
When my shower stall and tub/shower enclosure were installed, they put a
bed of wet concrete in the spaces before setting the units in place,
thereby giving the fiberglass bases more support.
--
Bill
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Posted by Speedy Jim on August 23, 2005, 10:15 am
willshak wrote:
<SNIP>
> When my shower stall and tub/shower enclosure were installed, they put a
> bed of wet concrete in the spaces before setting the units in place,
> thereby giving the fiberglass bases more support.
>
Yes! The cement bed is essential to give the base support.
It doesn't need to be concrete w/aggregate; a "sand mix"
is adequate.
Jim
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Posted by User Example on August 23, 2005, 2:35 pm
Speedy Jim wrote:
> willshak wrote:
> <SNIP>
>
>> When my shower stall and tub/shower enclosure were installed, they put
>> a bed of wet concrete in the spaces before setting the units in place,
>> thereby giving the fiberglass bases more support.
>>
>
> Yes! The cement bed is essential to give the base support.
> It doesn't need to be concrete w/aggregate; a "sand mix"
> is adequate.
They didn't put anything under our fiberglass tub and it creaks like you
wouldn't believe. Good thing I never use it and my wife doesn't weigh much.
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