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- THE SHOWER PAN KING
C-54 #695132
Serving the Bay Area since 1994.
1931 Shower pan in San Francisco
This particular pan had a good size fracture that had a tar like liquid membrane with a white finish coating that apparently failed.
Finished results.
Found the perfect color combinations that made this pan look like 1931 all over again.
Finished results
Broke up the grey with a retro liner and went with traditional border with a diagonal inset design.
Demolition
Managed to salvage the impossible to find burgundy ribbon tile.
Salvaged ribbon tile
All pieces had attached mortar that needed to be detached.
Neo angled shower in Sunset district.
1949 shower leaking.Before pic.
Shoddy shower pan leaking after 1 year.
Mission district ,San Francisco (before pic)
More the same.
The main culprit to the leak and no sealant around clamping drain.
A mandatory pre-pitch is critical for all shower pan repairs.
I either mortar pitch or in this case used a pre-fabbed product that has the proper 1/4 inch per foot slope. Also this pan was tricky as the angled wall had a waste line that was flush with studs and a protruding vent pipe that exceeded the studs.
Mortar work.
Additional liquid waterproofing as an option that was requested by the owner.
The drain.
Material was a blanco carrera 1 inch hex,
Up higher than usual.
The reason for this was that the cement underlayment had a bad cheap mix of cement and BEACH sand ( only 6 blocks from the San Francisco beach)which contains high levels of salt and caused corrosion and underlayment dilapidation.The customer did not want to pay for total shower rip out so the above tile line appeared structurally sound.
Drain change
4 inches of concrete blasted.
Mortar work.
Ready for tile.
Demolition
Down to the core.
1963 Shower pan.
Before pic:Terrazzo pan finally gave out and looks cosmetically unsightly.
1948 Shower pan in the Sunset district.
Drain in a bad position and needed a magic touch.
Shower pan liner from the same job
Interesting find.Usually the Sunset homes had a galvanized metal pan.
Finished result.
Incorporated a burgundy liner to break up the hard to find tan color and re-installed the ribbon tile with a borerless diagonal layout with a splash of burgundy 4x4s.
Finished result.
Penny tile for a "newer" look.Penny tile for a "newer" look.
Demolition process.
Screwing down cement board paneling into threshold and below pan line( a big no-no)
Replaced curb and reinforced studs with wood backing for pan liner.
Critical because the rough to finish(stud to tile depth) is only 1 inch.
Pan liner installation.
Mandatory water test.
Finished result.
Layout design centered perfectly including the drain.
1965 shower in San Francisco.
Leak that migrated to all 3 walls and curb.
All walls with proper backing.
Sub floor 4 inches of concrete and needed access for changing of drain.
Waterproofing
Overlapped vinyl pan liner with craft building paper.
Finished result.
Went with a non slip 2x2 tile.