Lowering Floor Joists For Shower

We want to do a barrier free shower as part of a bathroom remodel at our project house so we need to lower the floor framing in that room to provide the depth necessary for the tile installer to establish a sloped mud job leading to the drain.

Lowering floor joists for shower.

Bathroom floor joists in principle there would be no problem to lower the bathroom floor framing because you could build your bathroom floor safely using only 2 6 joists instead of the regular ones 2x8s that can be actually in the place. It is difficult to run large bore 40mm shower waste pipes through joists as above. A recessed shower floor allows for the installation of a sloped mortar bed or a prefabricated shower tray that is flush with the rest of the bathroom floor. Lower shower floor enables wheelchair access.

Add the number of inches by which you would like to lower the ceiling to the width of the ceiling joist and get wood boards in this size. Use the hydro blok floor lowering kit to recess your showe. If you have 8 inch joists for instance and want to lower a ceiling by 4 inches get 12 inch wide boards. Installation video on rapid recess and and the most difficult part of building curbless showers.

Please ensure youtube closed captions are on to see the install instructions for this video. Joist direction can also affect whether you choose to run the shower waste over the floor with the tray raised up on a riser kit or under it. Description the ebbe subfloor lowering kit is used to quickly and easily lower a subfloor between the joists for a barrier free shower curbless shower installation. The only way to lower an i joist or floor truss system for a curbless shower is to replace the original joists in the shower area with lower profile joists that accommodate the step down requirements for the shower base the step down amount plus the type and number of replacement joists depend on the thickness of the base its size and its weight.