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    Jul 11, 2006, 10:48 PM
    Concrete shower floor
    I would like to know if a concrete shower floor is suitable. I hear it is not recommended even if it's sealed as it would erode in time.
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    Jul 12, 2006, 04:44 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by rthoo
    I would like to know if a concrete shower floor is suitable. I hear it is not recommended even if it's sealed as it would erode in time.
    In our home up North we had a basement shower mounted over a floor drain set in cement that was sloped. No problems whatsoever in over 20 years. I'll take a cement shower floor over a plastic or fiberglass one any day of the week.
    Good luck, Tom
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