Replace Plastic Shower Floor With Tile

How to replace a tiled shower floor.

Replace plastic shower floor with tile.

Plastic fiberglass showers may be inexpensive and efficient but can take away from the overall look of your bathroom. Often showers are created out of one type of material only. One option is to install decorative ceramic tiles over the plastic shower base. If you replace them you might leave a gap between the wall tiles and the floor which might look ugly too.

Glass tiles are available in a number of sizes. Improperly installed shower floors can allow water to seep through the floor causing cracks or failure of the tiles which results in water leaking below the. Either walls and pan made from fiberglass acrylic or walls and pan made from tile. When installing tile in a shower the rule usually is to lay the floor first so there s little chance the water dripping from the walls would seep through the floor tiles edges.

This is great because it keeps people from slipping. The core of any good shower installation is a solid waterproof shower floor formally known as a shower pan. Glass is bright and light reflecting which will make the whole shower appear a lot larger than it really is. Professional craftsman can install ceramic tiles but hiring a professional is costly.