kerdi shower base

09-22-2009, 07:46 AM	#1
paluch Newbie   Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 1	kerdi shower base I would like to build a 36" x 72" shower, using the 32" x 60" Kerdi Shower Base. How to you fill in the 4" x 12" that the Kerdi is short? Do you buy the 72" x 72' and cut it???

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09-22-2009, 07:00 PM	#2
RegeSullivan Member   Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: McMurray, PA (Pittsburgh) Posts: 404	kerdi shower base If you are flexible on the size of the shower you could make it 42 X 72 with a 12" seat on the back and rear wall. Or you could do a 12" seat on the rear wall and a 4" seat/shelf on the back wall but a 4" seat would be useless and raising it up high enough for a shelf would make the shower seem small. Rege

09-23-2009, 09:00 AM	#3
Maintenance 6 gravity always wins   Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Central Pennsylvania Posts: 2,387	kerdi shower base That's what I did, bought it large. Located the drain and then sawed it to size on a table saw. The drain on mine is offset slightly to miss a floor joist. It's a great system.

09-23-2009, 09:04 AM	#4
R&D Tile Member   Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 334	kerdi shower base Mud it.

09-23-2009, 09:08 AM	#5
ccarlisle Member     Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada Posts: 1,763	kerdi shower base Yup, just fill it in. Place the tray so that it is centered, then mud the 6" portion on each end.