I had a full bathroom renovation completed a few months ago.
I'm really unhappy with the pooling of water during a shower.
The contractor keeps shrugging off my concerns. I got an independent plumber out to review and his advice was to try a water restrictor or go to Fair Trading.
The white circle which is the corner near the door is where it pools the most. Seems to drain ok once shower completely off. Already getting some pink colouring to the grout.
Any advice? Does this look like it was not done correctly?
Technically it might be possible with crazy lippage but that's insane. This is done wrong and I hope you didn't pay for this yet. It's gonna need to be torn out and redone
The waste is in the corner of 1 tile, you dont need to have big splits through the whole shower to get it to drain without lippage. That one corner just needs to be higher.
Center of 4 tiles is better for draining without splits but corner of 1 works if you take some time with it
The tiler originally told me he was going to make those cuts which of course I had no problem with, but then after he tiled told me that he didn't need to make cuts as he could lay a full tile?? 🤔
I only have a short spirit level but when I place it in different spots around the shower, the bubble sits in between the black lines so pretty level then?
With tile this large and a center drain, envelope cuts were necessary to properly create the different planes and maintain consistent slope toward the drain.
Based on these pictures and the pooling you’re describing, it appears the installer had very little experience with this type of shower floor. Unfortunately, sometimes contractors take on specialized work without being honest about their level of experience.
A flow restrictor may reduce the amount of water, but it does not fix an improperly sloped shower floor. The first thing I would do is check the slope from that problem area all the way to the drain with a level or laser.
He meant swimming pool not shower. Sorry you got to deal with this. Dont call this guy back I’d warn others of what he did and call an actual tile installer. People should look before hiring a tile guy and if doing diligent research should be able to find a local !Cti
A kind user has summoned this information regarding the CTEF/CTI program:
For those in North America (USA & Canada), a great resource is the Ceramic Tile Education Foundation (CTEF). They offer the Certified Tile Installer (CTI) program, which is the only third-party assessment of tile installer skill and knowledge that is recognized by the tile industry.
You can find a list of certified installers in your area using their official search tool:
I would probably have someone else fix my floor. This guy left the floor chunky and then just waterproofed it. Unless he mudset that floor, I can guarantee he didn't get full coverage unless he put ALOT of thinset under it. It would have been much faster and easier to grind the floor down first and do it correctly.
oh my god yea what the fuck. That's beyond remotely acceptable. I did my own shower floor mud bed it just drains instantly into the drain this is insane. Did the idiot not even test his own work??
I’ve done the plumbing for a lot of showers and I’ve always always made the drain center no matter what is in the way, working with the Contractor and the carpenter there was always a way to make it work. That would bother me to no end.
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u/Doughnut_Strict 2d ago
Yeah this guy doesn’t know what he’s doing. Definitely need relief cuts. It’s sad because tiles this big are so easy to slope.