Browse Forums Bathrooms and Laundry 1 May 01, 2011 12:59 am I hate the floor level changes into bathrooms and showers, and have been into some display homes that hardly have any level changes. i am in QLD. What are the laws?? I do not want a large step up into the bathrooms etc, and was going to have a slope over the fist tile, but does anyone have any suggestions??. It is the same into the actually showers in the bathrooms. i dont want a step down or to have to step over a ledge. I have seen a wheelchair friendly one that was totaly flat... that is what I would like. I know that I have to have a slope to the drainage. any one with any ideas?? pictures??? thoughts?? Re: floor level changes into bathrooms / showers etc etc 2May 01, 2011 10:47 pm hi, for our showers, the shower floor needs to slope towards the drain. we were given the option of the shower floor sloping towards the grate drain from 1. the same level as the bathroom floor tiles or 2. about 30mm below it - ie a step down into the shower, and the shower floor would slope towards the drain it was pointed out to us that both are acceptable however there may be more mess if the shower floor slopes down from the same level as the bathroom floor. we choose to have a step down, for practical reasons. Also between the bathroom and the hallway, the tiler said it was mandatory to have a metal plate that separates these two areas - the tiles cannot continue from the hallway into the bathroom, without being split and this metal plate inserted. 2nd bathroom http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i80/danielt25/New%20House/IMG_9939.jpg ensuite http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i80/danielt25/New%20House/IMG_9942.jpg Our "Better Homes Queensland" Cairns Build viewtopic.php?f=31&t=40451 Current stage - 1st builder's clean done. Keys soon. Re: floor level changes into bathrooms / showers etc etc 3May 03, 2011 5:09 pm OK, here is how it works. It's simple. The tile is higher than the floor level so that if there is a water leak in the bathroom the water will fall BACK into the bathroom and go down the floor waste in the floor. All the floor tiles slope away from the door and towards the floor waste. If this were not the case, the water would simply run down the hallway into the rest of the house. We once did an insurance job where 3,000L of water leaked from a busted vanity tap hose. The owner was away for 3 weeks. He knew it was 3000L because they read his water meter the day after he went away. The only damage was to the vanity. All the water went down the floor waste. Imagine if the water simply ran out of the bathroom into the rest of the house. The steel plate is Aluminium angle, shaped like an "L". The waterproofing runs up to it. This is because water can get under the tiles. The waterproofing forms a "tank" that stops water leaving the room. It's the blue stuff on the wall in the photo above. It actually goes down underneath all the floor tiles and up the walls again. Paul Re: floor level changes into bathrooms / showers etc etc 4May 03, 2011 5:17 pm BuilderPaul OK, here is how it works. It's simple. The tile is higher than the floor level so that if there is a water leak in the bathroom the water will fall BACK into the bathroom and go down the floor waste in the floor. All the floor tiles slope away from the door and towards the floor waste. If this were not the case, the water would simply run down the hallway into the rest of the house. We once did an insurance job where 3,000L of water leaked from a busted vanity tap hose. The owner was away for 3 weeks. He knew it was 3000L because they read his water meter the day after he went away. The only damage was to the vanity. All the water went down the floor waste. Imagine if the water simply ran out of the bathroom into the rest of the house. The steel plate is Aluminium angle, shaped like an "L". The waterproofing runs up to it. This is because water can get under the tiles. The waterproofing forms a "tank" that stops water leaving the room. It's the blue stuff on the wall in the photo above. It actually goes down underneath all the floor tiles and up the walls again. Paul Yes got all that Paul, I understand how it works... what is the smallest height change - using the aluminium angle - that I can have - ie how small a step???? Re: floor level changes into bathrooms / showers etc etc 5May 03, 2011 5:48 pm It all depends on what the tiler is comfortable with. They need to get the fall. If the waste is near the door in a small bathroom, maybe 20-25mm (dont forget tiles and glue are 8-10mm). Big room, waste 4m away,could be 40mm. Also depends on the height of your floor coverings. Tell/show the tiler the floor coverings, tell him you want it pretty flush, and he can work it out. It will always be a bit proud. 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