Shower Installation - Experiences, Tips?

Hello,

We have an old building. Year of construction 1964.

We want to install a walk-in shower here. The problem is: we have to build on top of the existing pipes (wastewater, supply), meaning it has to be higher.

I could make it simple now and lay everything with bricks and fill it with screed. But I didn't want to do that, because if something ever leaks or breaks, or we have to renovate the water pipes, I would have to break everything up again. It should be a walk-in shower, which will be tiled, meaning: a drain channel must be integrated.

Do you have any ideas how I can best build everything higher without much effort (in case you have to access it) with integration of the shower channel? The walk-in shower should then be 130cm long, but entered with one step. The current dimensions are 75x75.

So far, I have done everything in the house myself and can implement many things well. Only in this case I need your tips- experiences.

Best regards

When renovating a kitchen or a bathroom, it is advisable to also refurbish the pipes.

When renovating a kitchen or a bathroom, it is effective to also renovate the pipes.

Definitely. The pictures illustrate this clearly. In terms of height. The pipes are already new.

I have done everything in the house myself so far and can implement many things well. Only here I need some advice.

Then move away from tile coverings and get yourself a 130x75cm flat shower tray. It doesn’t have a channel – but it’s easy to install and you can always work from the front (e.g. support the front with Ytong as a tileable edge, shower tray otherwise on a frame).

Thank you very much for your idea. However, we still have an elderly overweight grandmother living with us, among other things with a wheelchair. Therefore, we wanted it to be more stable.

Therefore, we wanted it to be more stable.

I don't understand. 400kg grandmas might need a concrete floor. But up to 200 or 250kg, the normal shower trays along with installation frames are perfectly load-bearing. If stable, then solid (screed/concrete). But "wash me, but don't get me wet" doesn't work. You have to accept one fate – solid and no further access (whether sloped screed or tileable element) or the classic shower tray and risk that the 300kg grandma breaks through, but you can still get to everything. Personal experience with shower tray and frame unfortunately only goes up to about 200kg, where everything was rock solid.