Sorry if I am double asking... first asked this in Construction and got only one answer... any other ideas in the plumbing section?

I just replaced my shower and put in slate tile on floor and walls. I tried to put in a sloped mortar floor before putting in the tile but I did not put enough slope in it and of coarse did not check it before laying the tile. Now I have a beautiful shower with water that sits and doesn't drain properly. Any ideas? Do I have to completely re-build the floor or is there any way to add something on top that can help slope it?

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Originally Posted by thebicman

Sorry if I am double asking...first asked this in Construction and got only one answer...any other ideas in the plumbing section?

I just replaced my shower and put in slate tile on floor and walls. I tried to put in a sloped mortar floor before putting in the tile but I did not put enough slope in it and of coarse did not check it before laying the tile. Now I have a beautiful shower with water that sits and doesn't drain properly. Any ideas? Do I have to completely re-build the floor or is there any way to add something on top that can help slope it?

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Not sure what you mean by "on top". It may be necessary to remove the slate and add more mortar to the mortar bed and then put new slate down.

I was thinking about a layer of polyeurethane or something like that... I need about 1/4 of an inch and only on about 1/3 of the shower floor... can I add another layer of slate on top of the first layer? Or will that never bond properly?