Browse Forums Bathrooms and Laundry 1 Apr 30, 2013 1:45 pm After some advice on the tiles we have bought for our shower. They are the 150 x 900 timber look tiles. We wanted them on the shower floor which is 1700 x 900 and the floor waste is right in the middle. The tiles would be laid in the direction of the 1700 length. We have asked for a quote from a tiler to lay them but he has said its very difficult to lay the timber tiles on a shower floor as its hard to get them to dip into a drain as they are offset from each other in a timber pattern. He said we could get a long floor waste to help solve the problem but it is in the middle of the shower and will look weird :s Any ideas/thoughts? any other way around it? Re: timber tiles in shower 4May 01, 2013 9:55 am Your tiler is right. Getting the required fall to the floor waste without having diagonal cuts in your tiles will be almost impossible. Large tiles are fine for flat floor areas like lounges hallways etc but where you need to get fall to a central floor grate causes problems unless you go for a long channel type like travisaus mentions. Your only option is to go for smaller tiles unless you opt for your long tiles and diagonal cuts around the waste. Stewie Re: timber tiles in shower 6May 01, 2013 7:37 pm They are not suitable for a shower floor as you cannot get enough fall into the drain. Modified Fernside 38 Rawson Homes Blog: http://www.thehousethatmatandjenbuilt.blogspot.com Build Thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=60501 Re: timber tiles in shower 7May 03, 2013 3:33 pm We have been selling********************timber look tiles in Sydney for 15yrs now. And we regularly use them in bathrooms. Your tile shop should always ask what type of drain you are using when selecting any tile larger than 30x30cm. When designing a new bathroom we would incorporate a slot drain across the shower floor (or whole bathroom floor). This way the floor slopes to the drain. With a normal sigle point waste you need to get a cone like effect of the floor, funnelling to one point. Now if we where to do an existing bathroom with a centre waste point (like yours in a way) - we use a shallow 20mm slot drain across the 900 depth with slopes on either side. This may not be the ideal look but a solution. You can run it across the 1700...but would need a longer drain. The key is to use a shallow 20-22mm slot drain say 100mm wide as this is the lowest point in the shower. We get ours custom made at a sheet metal factory in Sydney to suit. Cheers Engineering timber is certainly a less fuss option, times cheaper to supply and install and better withstands humidity. 1 15884 I'll look into different shower heads and ask the plumber about some engineering and see what he says. Thanks 2 9551 Hi All, about to commence a bathroom renovation and need some advice on subfloor works. Current subfloor is hardwood T&G floorboards on 90x45 joists, but intention is to… 0 5816 |