Shower Floor Floor Slopes Code

The usg floorboards are pre sloped 1 4 per foot and i ll be draining towards a 72 linear drain along the 72 wall i e.

Shower floor floor slopes code.

The issue that we had is that according to the ipc international plumbing code there had to be a dam outside the shower area in order to contain the water. Both methods require that the floor be sloped 1 4 to 1 2 per foot from perimeters to a drain. The answer is no. In traditional tile shower.

There will be a 0 75 drop. Two common methods are used to waterproof showers. So slope the floor up from the drain at a minimum of 1 4 per foot or as much as 1 2 per foot then use the 1 2 threshold just before your shower door or other shower opening to get to the 2 above the drain required by plumbing code. This includes tiling and gradients of bathroom floors including shower recesses.

I bought a totally rehabbed home a few months ago with a huge walk in shower. The minimum standard required for wet areas in residential buildings is contained in the building code of australia bca and as3740 waterproofing of wet areas in residential buildings. To efficiently drain the recommended minimum slope for a shower floor is about 4 percent or a 1 2 inch drop per every 12 inches from the shower walls to the drain. Although not generally required by code it may be appropriate to waterproof areas adjacent to curbless showers.

Tiling in shower recesses. Mortar bed and thin bed. The maximum slope of the shower floor shall be 1 2 inch 12 7 mm per foot in any direction and shall slope to a drain. Curbless shower with linear drain on code requirements.

I am planning a bathroom reno that will have a curbless walk in shower 36 x 72 using the usg durock infinity drain shower system. If we can slope enough floor space on a bath floor so that the water from a shower runs toward a drain do we need a curb.