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Flat curb in shower

3 years ago

Our contractor put a new shower in that has a slope in the floor, but the curb is flat & because the glass is in the middle of the curb, water streams from the inside to collect on that open entrance. It doesn’t spill over but does get wet.

Should I be concerned about water sitting there on the curb?

A) Should I wipe all the water off the curb each time & turn the fan on for 1 hr plus?
B) Or is it okay for water to sit there bc it dries in 2 hours?

C) Or would you move the glass to the inside edge of the curb to reduce the amount of water flowing?

I don’t see many showers like this so thanks for your input

Comments (12)

  • PRO
    3 years ago

    As the curb is already in....not a lot you can do except the above. The curb and any niche horizontals SHOULD have a slight inward tilt...not as much as the pan with 1/4" per foot, but something. Sad that the tile guy did not honor this....

    jpeters9 thanked Stonetech/Avanti Tile
  • 3 years ago

    Thanks! I don’t have a ton of confidence in our contractor, so I appreciate the thoughts & responses. After the first 2 showers I noticed a bad smell that I thought could be due to water sitting. Guess will just wipe off as much water as I can after a shower. It does have heated floors which can help it dry, but the curb is not heated. I will ask if moving glass more interior might be an option.

  • 3 years ago

    The curb will likely get some degree of water no matter where the glass is positioned. Have some handy wipe down cloths nearby, and as mentioned, a squeege for the glass. Except for yourself of course, you can't control where the person in there will be standing while using the showerhead or the handheld.

    jpeters9 thanked bearbev
  • PRO
    3 years ago
    last modified: 3 years ago

    Too late now, but even with a pitch the curb SHOULD have been a solid surface material. You really don't want standing water sitting on grout lines and especially a multiple of those ( pebbly mosaic ? can't really tell what you have there ! )

    Swipe it off every time. Sorry.......wah. Not worth moving the glass - will still need the swipe.

    For a glass "move" ? Better would be to top it with a solid quartz top, maybe even give it a bit of pitch before that endeavor.

    Your TILE pro should have known all this: )

    So.pick a poison, and it's swipe or top it . Double wah.

    jpeters9 thanked JAN MOYER
  • PRO
    3 years ago

    Use a nice big bath mat that can be hung over the wall to dry after your shower and I agree learn to squeegee after every shower by everyone. It looks like you have a linear drain and I am curious why it was positioned there .

    jpeters9 thanked Patricia Colwell Consulting
  • PRO
    3 years ago

    Hmmmmm drain makes one wonder what ELSE may be wrong : (

    Such as if it is waterproof at all.

    jpeters9 thanked JAN MOYER
  • 3 years ago

    Thanks for thoughts!

    It is a porcelain tile (it’s fake terrazzo not real terrazzo) :)

    They used a Kerdi prefabricated sloped tray for the shower floor & a here are couple photos of the build process showing the curb

    Good point about a different material in the curb being better than grout.

    Realize the entire edge of the curb is grout along the length of both sides

    Good point about could use a towel too (& that I might have to do so after guests)

    Haven’t given the final cheque yet to design/contractor team (whole bathroom $28k Canadian so this was not a cheap job) so appreciate having better language I can use when I ask them about it :)

  • 3 years ago

    Here’s a vertical view of the curb that shows the black edging is vertical too.

    Plus a picture of the whole bathroom for interest sake :)

    It’s really our spare bath & the whole goal was to be able to move the litter box under the vanity :)

  • PRO
    3 years ago
    last modified: 3 years ago

    "It’s really our spare bath & the whole goal was to be able to move the litter box under the vanity :)"


    WHERE does the litter box go when you DO have guests? ................

    For transparency I do love cats. However : )

  • 3 years ago

    I love your finishes!

  • 3 years ago

    Love the size of your curb - not too big looking. About to do ours. Can you please share the height and width of your curb?