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Reply to: MongoCT, good to know. I also like the warmth the wood grates bring to the space, since the tile is all white. Is your grate teak or ipe wood? Germain, I suspect the reason my contractor didn't want to do it was because he hadn't done many before. He told me installation would be "significantly higher" than a normal center drain, which usually means he doesn't want to do it or isn't sure how to do it. So I didn't press forward with it because even though I like the look of linear drains, I wasn't willing to pay a fortune for one. Thanks, Stonetech. I'm seeing quite a few decent looking installations of larger format tile with center drains, so I'm hopeful that this look is not limited to linear drains. I'll keep you all posted on how it works out and if we can figure a solution. many thanks.

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Reply to: Hi sirenaeg, I'm happy with the large format tile in the shower, no issues with slipping at all after a year and a half of use. Here's how it turned out in our guest bath:

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Reply to: I agree with the advice to go with a linear drain and use large format tiles. A linear drain works fine, even if the drain is in the center, as long as the drain runs pretty much the full width of the shower.. My shower is 55"X84", with a 48" linear drain across the center. The floor slopes to the center from both ends. The tiles are 12"X12" and they are not slippery ar all. There are plenty of tiles that have minimal slipperiness, even in large format. And it's great to have few grout lines to keep clean.

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