Tiled shower floor - sooner or later trouble due to silicone joint?

  • Erstellt am 2021-02-11 17:09:30

Musketier

2021-02-24 13:08:20
  • #1


I am just wondering whether there was even screed underneath in our case. Since the shower tray is flush with the floor and stands on a small installation frame, that probably can't be the case. Also, perhaps different silicone was used.
 

NoggerLoger

2021-02-24 13:14:01
  • #2

Yes, I also briefly considered that, the compartment would then be 5 cm deep. I would have raised the wall to 120 and then made the recess there. However, that wouldn’t have worked with the indirect lighting in the corners. But I suspect it will only bother me in the first year. I have enough other gadgets (KNX) that are more important to me. I’ll do a lot better in the next proper house. :D
 

icandoit

2021-02-24 13:14:23
  • #3
The screed cups, which is why the silicone joints tear off in the first few years. The shower tray is directly on the concrete (hopefully not only on the mounting feet). Therefore, there is usually no cupping there and the joint remains okay.
 

Nordlys

2021-02-24 14:29:22
  • #4
Here it was the case that the screed team left out the area of the shower. Why? The tiler does that himself; he is never satisfied with how we do it anyway. The tiler then mixed a cocoa-colored compound from a special bag, it was not screed concrete, and modeled the shower base with it, installed the channel, and a few days later tiled over it. All nicely grouted in the end. Watertight. He said screed is not waterproof enough, his stuff is. If a tile cracks or a joint leaks, no problem. Nothing happens.
 

annab377

2021-02-26 06:56:42
  • #5


But then you can’t leave any pipes of the underfloor heating sticking out? Or did the tiler cover the protruding pipes with his material?
 

annab377

2021-02-26 06:57:43
  • #6


Are those 11mm tiles (slip resistance class)? We are looking for 11mm in light/cream/beige for the floor including the shower.
 

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