Vanguard

Curbless and Roll-In Showers

A curbless shower installation has no lip to step over. The floor runs level from the bathroom into the shower, with the fall handled by slope and a linear drain.

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Why it is worth it

It removes the step that causes most bathroom falls. It makes a small bathroom read larger, because the floor runs uninterrupted. And it is the only shower a wheelchair or a walker can enter. It is also simply pleasant to use. That is why people who install one for accessibility rarely describe it that way afterwards.

What a curbless shower installation requires

Somewhere for the fall to go. On a slab that usually means recessing the shower area, or building the surrounding floor up slightly. It also means a genuinely continuous waterproofing detail. No curb acts as a last line of defence here. So this is not a place to economise on the membrane.

Doing it properly

Detail it to Tile Council of North America guidance. A linear drain at the wall lets the whole floor slope one way. That is what makes large-format tile and a flush transition possible. Decide the drain type, the slope and the membrane together, before you order anything.

Not sure this is the right scope yet?

Most projects change shape once someone stands in the room. The walk-through is where that happens, and it costs nothing whether or not you go ahead.

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Tell us the room, the city the home is in, and how to reach you. We will say plainly whether it is work we should take on.

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