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Re: Jacuzzi Tubs
Dylan,
There should be a shower pan liner installed, that would (if installed properly) prevent water from leaking outside the shower.
However, the 1" recess from the tile to the the shower drain is a trip and fall hazard.
My guess is that the shower floor, for whatever reasons, has been re-tiled over, and the drain was not raised when doing so (because it is quite difficult to raise a shower drain).
If the shower pan liner is properly installed, the shower pan liner will be sloped 1/4" per foot and not be laid flat on the sub-floor below it. If only that were done ...
Then, even though the shower floor tile was not sloped (as it should be), the water would still run down the shower pan liner and into the weep holes into the shower drain.
*IF* ... If only the stuff you cannot see were done properly.
Heck, even a shower pan liner installed flat (not sloped as required), the water should still not leak out of the shower - that is what the liner is for ... water will get through the grout (grout is not water proof), and water will get through the thin set/mud set the tile is laid on, and, *if not shower pan liner is installed*, the water would then leak out. Install a shower pan liner (think swimming pool liner) and no water leaks out.
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