Shower Bases

In an old home, rebuilding and restoration is a given. Because of the expensive water damage that unnecessarily take place in the home bathroom every year, a homeowner should tend to the shower bases in antique homes soon after moving in. A shower base is necessary to because it provides a barrier between the shower's water and the floor of the home. The different materials shower bases can be constructed from each have their own attributes.

An acrylic shower base is durable, easy to clean, and may be the most common, popular selling of the custom shower bases. The shower base installation using this material can be reinforced with fiberglass to ensure a secure and sealed shower base. Those who want a change of pace can consider carrying the style of their shower walls onto their bathroom shower bases with tiles. Stone, tiled shower bases, when properly installed, can be a beautiful, more artful design than plain acrylic.

A shower stall base constructed of tile has to be meticulously installed or else water will seep in between the slightly askew individual tiles. A homeowner should let an expert be the one installing a tile shower base or she/he could install a custom tile shower base with an expert's supervision. On its website, a company named Corian offers custom shower bases like their "Tile-Basin" tile-ready shower bases which the company declares "can be installed in minutes for a Liner-Free, Mortar-Free."

Unlike acrylic, a terrazzo shower base can be difficult to clean but a homeowner could make matters worse by using the wrong cleaning products. A general rule of thumb is to never use any extremely abrasive cleaners or any products with acid in them on terrazzo shower bases. A Rectangular shower base can be installed using drywall but the drywall has to be installed first.

April Showers Waterproofing Company has a handy how to guide shower repair as well as offer services to build a shower base at the Web site. On their Web page, they offer to do waterproofing, conduct consultations as well as do diagnostic surveys of a bathroom. In an old home, waterproofing is a must, so a shower tray is not a bad investment either. As long as a homeowner is careful in the installation or hires a competent shower base builder, his/her old home is sure to be protected from the expensive and long ill-effects of water damage.