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Tile directly to cement basement floor to create shower
A year ago I had to rip out a small neo angle shower in my basement because it backed up. It has a metal strainer on it that rusted shut and the floor drain was not above the shower pan drain to be reached. Also, it turns out that under the plastic shower pan of the previous shower, the tiling around my house for water went under the pan and into this floor drain. See attached.
Now I want to put a shower back in but I need one that is about 35 inches and everything in the store is 38 inches. I have had 3 plumbers come in and the tiling/drainage coming out of the wall gives them pause. All have suggested I build a cement curb around the perimeter where I want the shower, tile it and the wall, and install the neo angle doors and side pieces as if the curb were the shower pan. Making sure to tile the slope from the curb inward to the drain.
Can I do that?
Extend the Durock down to the cement floor. Build a curb around the perimeter where the old neo angle shower was. Tile that floor and the curb. Then attached normal neo angle shower door and panel on top and attach to walls?
If so, what should I use to build the curb? Regular cement?
Or should I build a small subloor to get above that tiling out of the wall, then buy a shower until to install on top of that? I think I found a 34 inch round at Menards tonight. Keep in mind that the shower drain will not line up with the floor drain, but it didn't before and the floor has a large amount of slope to it anyway so the water will exit and run to the floor without a doubt.
Let me know your thoughts and suggestions.