Onto the fourth and final session....
Well folks, this job is a wrap! I couldn't be more happy with the outcome. It's a party shower now! 🤣
Received the new back walls earlier this week. They placed them on an oversized pallet and luckily there wasn't any damage this time around. Kudos to DreamLine Showers for getting me the parts quickly.
Final steps included -
1. PL adhesive and staples on the 1/8" luan for the right wall.
2. Measuring, cutting, and installing the back walls. I used 3/32" butyl tape on 3 sides. The corner is held in with the special bracket. Nothing is needed there. Placed silicone blobs about 1"-1 1/2" in dia to help 'suction' the panel to the wall. Added some temp bracing to help while it dried.
3. Installed the door frame, door rollers/trucks, handles, and weather stripping.
4. Installed the new thermostatically controlled shower valve - set it and forget it!
5. Installed the soap dish and shower head.
6. Caulked everything up and let sit 24 hrs.
Gave it a try tonight... Success!
Parts List -
1. DreamLine 38" radius shower kit. You can purchase the pan, backwalls, and doors all separately as well. The doors come in frosted or clear. The pan and back walls come in white or beige. The shower frame and hardware come in chrome or nickel (possibly oil rubbed as well). Lowes, Home Depot, and others sell it. They have other sizes and shapes as well. You are limited with the engine hatch and rig configuration.
2. Thermostatically control shower valve - check amazon/ebay. It utilizes 3/4" G (British thread). Found a reducer that goes from 3/4G to 1/2NPT. Found a 3 3/8" nipple (part # T&S Brass B-0426) a nut and washer to hold the control to the wall.
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3. The rig is plumbed with ABS, so if you switch to PVC you'll need the special PVC to ABS glue plus the regular PVC primer and glue.
4. 4" shower drain kit utilizes a 2" PVC pipe. Reducer to 1.5", 1.5" P-trap, 1.5" Wye, misc parts.
5. 1 - 2x4 & 1 - 2x6 for floor bracing. 2.5" screws and 1 1/4" screws for flooring.
6. 1/2 ply, 1/8" ply for flooring and walls
7. White (1 tube) and clear caulk (6) plus 1 tube PL adhesive.
8. 18 gauge 1/2 staples for 1/8" luan.
9. 1-2 bags of mapei mud bed mix mortar for the pan. This pan needs to be installed with mortar.
9. You'll need about $2500 tools at your disposal. Probably the most used tool on this job was my Milwaukee oscillating tool. Invaluable.
I have about 8 days or so into the job and I did quite a bit of planning before hand. Hard to believe it took that long, but I'm working solo about 95% of the time and in a small place.
Total cost in materials roughly $2500.
I'd venture to say if you had someone install it for you, expect to pay around $6-7500 in total.
Onto the pics!
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