Tile Sloped Floor Drain

Not that difficult if panned ahead at this point it i am not sure what can be done without huge expense other than trying to make it look just in that area.
Tile sloped floor drain. Tile contractor tom bouchard shows how to make a tile ready watertight sloped shower pan with a linear drain using schluter kerdi board kerdi membrane and thinset mortar. Step 1 set a piece of transparent paper over the drain. Measure the height of the drain with the tape measure. Fitting the linear drain the kerdi line linear drain comes with kerdi membrane already attached.
Calculate your slope from there. The key is to make sure that the floor is smooth and clean. Tile around a floor drain if the customer wants to hose clean the whole bathroom floor then whole floor needs to be done as a giant shower pan. Here boucher test fits the drain into the hole in the floor.
Drain tiles need to be sloped. Mark around the shape of the drain with your pencil expanding the perimeter by a quarter inch. The only part of slot drain that is exposed is the stainless steel surface which can be cleaned and sanitized in the same manner as your floor surface. The preferred slope is between one quarter and one eighth inch per running foot of floor length.
As a rule of thumb all areas around the drain should have a similar slope. Slot drain does not absorb water or contaminates and allows any solids to be disposed of in an environmentally friendly manner. All vinyl is flexible and will conform to a slope to a drain. To calculate this multiply the length in feet of the farthest wall from the drain and multiply that result by 0 125.
Tile contractor tom bouchard shows how to make a tile ready watertight sloped shower pan with a linear drain using schluter kerdi board kerdi membrane and thinset mortar. You can use any lvt peel and stick or sheet goods. Play slideshow tile contractor tom boucher says his working life has gotten easier since schluter introduced its kerdi system of tile backerboard and membranes. A properly sloped drain will carry all water and moisture down to the drain and away from the finish surface.
Watch how easy it is to clean a slot drain system. The slope should be 1 8 per linear foot to ensure the drain tile is running efficiently.