Shower water which drains slowly or doesn t drain at all is called standing water and it s a sure sign that your shower drain is clogged.
Standing water in shower floor.
The guy i use for home repairs is out of the country for a couple of months.
The drain is functioning fine the water is just lower then the drain.
The shower floor tile and grout will appear to dry in 24 hours but if your shower was improperly constructed the 1 5 inches or more of deck mud under the shower floor tile will never dry.
The asterisks would be the water that forms the stopper.
I had a contractor just remodel my bathroom.
A shower floor should definitely have a slope to not only contain the water in the shower area but also to properly drain the water preventing mold stains within the grout.
When i am done showering there is still standing water in the shower for a few hours about 3 8 an inch.
You can leave the floor level in front of the vanity and slope the floor towards the drain in the shower area.
The side of my house sank a bit causing the floor to be uneven.
A clogged shower drain could be caused by anything from a small blockage to a major obstruction in your main sewer line.
I have standing water in my tiled shower.
When these all too common mistakes occur standing water gets trapped in the shower pan below the tile level.
Demonstration of water not draining properly in new shower.
Can i wait until he comes back to get it fixed or do i need to get it done asap.
One would be to redo the floor.
It has a tile floor for the shower when i am showering water fills about half the shower never leaves the shower area though.
Say you had an expensive shower pan built with the concrete bed membrane weephole drain system.
And it looks absolutely beautiful.