Hidden shower drain system. - Contractor Talk - Professional Construction and Remodeling Forum

gideond · 01-26-2009, 02:39 PM

I've had a customer ask for a drain system in their shower that seems vaguely familiar but not something we've done before. He wants the drains to be located at the edge of the wall and invisible to view. I'm assuming this would involve running the water through a small seam at the edge of the wall and into a drain hidden in a waterproofed channel under the floor. Anyone have any input on this? My main problem is, I'm not sure what this kind of system is called to even do a google search for it.

kevjob · 01-26-2009, 04:32 PM

you can do a trough drain which is at the front of the shower, haven't heard of hidde drain all you see is the grate

1mancrew · 01-26-2009, 06:08 PM

Try a seach for invisible shower drain. This might be an idea you can sell the homeowner. http://www.linearis.co.uk/showerGullies.htm

neolitic · 01-26-2009, 06:25 PM

Maybe something like this....
http://www.noequal.ie/tiled-gutters.html

kevjob · 01-26-2009, 06:28 PM

nice link Neo.

neolitic · 01-26-2009, 06:34 PM

I thought they were pretty cool.
Unless the chick has that Lady Godiva
long silky flowing hair.......

Oops,
Yeah pretty cool drain!

gideond · 01-27-2009, 06:53 AM

Yes, I've come across the troughs, gullies, etc. None of these seem to be exactly what he wants. I'm starting to doubt it really exists. I'm a little concerned with clogging anyway. If you hide the drain like he want to and you get hair in it, how do you clean it out?

Thanks for the input.

SLSTech · 01-27-2009, 09:41 AM

Whats behind the shower - is there a closet?

My quick suggestion is build the shower larger than he wants by about 4 to 5 inches on one side

Slope it to wards that one side and put a gutter drain there

Build a false wall that comes out & covers over the gutter by about 1/4 inch & 1/2 to 3/4 above the top of the floor tile - add your backer, waterproofing & then tile - the gutter is now pretty much invisible as it 1" behind the face of the tile

Now you have to provide a clean out - so if there is a closet behind it - add an access panel so you can access the drain from the closet - if it backs up to a finished wall, you can always have a removable tile on the outside of the shower use Velcro & instead of grouting the tile in - use color matched caulking

This is one detail you will definitely need to clear with the local building department, but with some tweaking it should come close to what you stated above

gideond · 01-28-2009, 06:50 AM

Yes I was thinking something similar myself. I have to talk to the guy who actually measured the place and see what's on the other side of the wall. I'm pretty sure he said it's the main hallway. We'll figure something out. I just wish there was a ready made system for this, but I don't suppose there is much call for it.

Thanks again.

Gianniz · 06-29-2009, 07:24 PM

Hi You should checkout the following companies drains:
Quick Drains USA
and
Waterworld solutions by Schluter Systems
Good luck

coveinspiration · 07-06-2009, 12:18 AM

hidden drain! My god some people have money to wash down the drain apparently!