[Tango]

Cram it full of hydraulic cement eazy peazy

Forget Betty Crocker

Sparky's famous concrete mix!

 

[sparky]

Order the 72" walls and saw off 2".

Break off a piece and make it fit lolololololo

 

[sparky]

Forget Betty Crocker

Sparky's famous concrete mix!

Works every time lololololo

 

[The Dane]

I would look in to an Onyx shower product. It's a stone like man made material that comes in many different colors and patterns. I have installed them before and they are pretty solid. Technically its glue on walls but they are thick and heavy and good quality. The Onyx Collection

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[Master Mark]

So what is wrong with Kohlers Sterling acrylic shower bases and stalls....??


We put about a hundred of them in over the years with no complaints...
just put a bucket of sand mix concrete under the base and its hard as hell
you can install them in the nastiest rental properties and unless someone takes
a hatchet to them they are nearly impossible to destroy

 

[GAN]

So cultured marble base & walls. Done deal.

These are “fancy” people. They won’t accept lick & stick walls. I think I’m going to face them with the fact that their height dimension will require a custom wall set. I can find a proper pan, just not walls.

, or tile?

 

[Tango]

I would look in to an Onyx shower product. It's a stone like man made material that comes in many different colors and patterns. I have installed them before and they are pretty solid. Technically its glue on walls but they are thick and heavy and good quality. The Onyx Collection

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Hey I just remembered some tile look a like panels, can be custom ordered.

There's also a new company near me, they are starting to make sheets of 4x8' 3/16" tiles or any size you want. No more grout other than corners.

 

[The Dane]

Hey I just remembered some tile look a like panels, can be custom ordered.

There's also a new company near me, they are starting to make sheets of 4x8' 3/16" tiles or any size you want. No more grout other than corners.

That's what Onyx is. A big sheet of maybe 1/4" thick material. 1 base and 3 walls + 2 corner trim pieces where the walls meet. I prefer tiles but this would be next on my list before getting normal shower wall panels. The base is pretty much a 2 man job to set because of its weight. There are a couple things to remember with this Onyx product that people normally don't think about but other than that a great product. If they don't come in the exact size that fits your application they can be cut to fit.

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[sparky]

So what is wrong with Kohlers Sterling acrylic shower bases and stalls....??


We put about a hundred of them in over the years with no complaints...
just put a bucket of sand mix concrete under the base and its hard as hell
you can install them in the nastiest rental properties and unless someone takes
a hatchet to them they are nearly impossible to destroy
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Yes these are good,fairly easy to install and not that expensive

 

[chonkie]

So what is wrong with Kohlers Sterling acrylic shower bases and stalls....??

The problem is he's dealing with a 70" height restriction.

 

[Frodo]

So what is wrong with Kohlers Sterling acrylic shower bases and stalls....??

Whats wrong? nothing, except they are square and in a remodel nothing is square usually
which makes installing them a huge pain in the buttock
The cultured marble can be cut to fit , dusty as hell. and use blue tape on the cut line

 

[Master Mark]

Whats wrong? nothing, except they are square and in a remodel nothing is square usually
which makes installing them a huge pain in the buttock
The cultured marble can be cut to fit , dusty as hell. and use blue tape on the cut line

I know that nothing is ever square but we have had freaking good luck with them over the years

if it is not artsy fartsy enough for them , let them shell out the big money

 

[Drwright68]

Tell them they could jack the house up 2”, or
they’re going to have to go with custom made shower walls, but prob best to just go with tiles.

if acrylic walls are fancy to them, I’d hate to see what cheap would be.

Just chip 2" out of the floor!

 

[Lee'sPlumbing]

Whats wrong? nothing, except they are square and in a remodel nothing is square usually
which makes installing them a huge pain in the buttock
The cultured marble can be cut to fit , dusty as hell. and use blue tape on the cut line

The other problem with Sterling, is that they are over 3 months out right now. I ordered an age in place unit at the end of October- arrived in late January with the wrong back wall. New one will arrive no sooner than April. Aside from the manufacturing setbacks, they are the only units I will install

 

[skoronesa]

Just chip 2" out of the floor!

It's a pitd but that's actually a pretty good idea. Just cut a bunch of lines 2-1/4" deep with a skilsaw using a diamond blade and then just whack the pieces out. I would coat the concrete with tar.

Going to want plenty of dust extraction.

 

[sparky]

It's a pitd but that's actually a pretty good idea. Just cut a bunch of lines 2-1/4" deep with a skilsaw using a diamond blade and then just whack the pieces out. I would coat the concrete with tar.

Going to want plenty of dust extraction.

Use hydraulic cement instead of tar

 

[skoronesa]

Use hydraulic cement instead of tar

Hydraulic cement would crack.

 

[sparky]

Hydraulic cement would crack.

Never

 

[Dontbitenails]

Customer I am working for now on a master bath reno . She wants Cleopatra's bathroom on Peg Bundy's budget.

 

[skoronesa]

Never

He should really use two part epoxy with the hydraulic cement powder mixed in