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leaking shower: Leaking shower pan - 02/01/08 08:04 PM
Well, the shower pan is coming along. It has been replumbed and releaded. The plumber did a beatiful job, but I was disappointed that he didn't preslope the base.
I now has the correct drain and it is about 5" lower.
 
Now here it is getting mudded. Since we are installing white marble, white sand and white portland was used to make the mix.

Here is Chris, Adjusting the height of the drain.
And here is some tile going down. With white thinset, of course.
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leaking shower: Leaking shower stall... or shall I say shower sink? - 01/29/08 07:15 PM
In addition to doing full Home Inspections and Certified EIFS inspections, I also find myself doing quite a bit of trouble shooting for folks that are having problems in their homes and can't seem to pinpoint the cause.
Today's mission was an intrusive inspection of a leaking shower base. The unit is located on the 16th floor of a high rise building on the upper Eastside of Manhattan. Image Insert:43.85 KBAs you can see, there are no curb walls and there is minimal pitch.Let's look a bit deeper.Image Insert:64.4 KBSo here we have the heart of the problem.Image Insert:67.64 KBImage Insert:83.58 KBImage Insert:40.96 KBIt's hard to tell from … (10 comments)

 
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