[inda50]

I live in a typical village home with a tiled shower with a tiled shower seat. For medical reasons, I need to remove the seat and make the shower more accessible. Does any one know if there is concrete under the seat ? I would would also like to raise the floor about about 1" so that it is almost flush with the outside tile.

I am looking for a dependable tile installer with experience in this type of work. Please let me if you've done this and how it worked out.

[retiredguy123]

There is concrete under the shower stall at the shower floor level. The seat is constructed of wood framing on top of the concrete floor. A contractor may be able to remove the seat and reconstruct the shower stall, but it would probably involve installing a new waterproof shower pan. This will be pretty expensive, especially if you want to raise the shower floor level. And, you will most likely need a general contractor or bath contractor, not just a tile installer.

[villagetinker]

Be careful about raising the floor of the shower, you may end up creating a potential flooding condition for the bathroom. I tapped on our corner shower seat, and I doubt it is wood, sounds the same as the floor, solid concrete....

[inda50]

Is it ok to tile directly over tile and skip a new shower pan?

[mulligan]

Originally Posted by inda50

Is it ok to tile directly over tile and skip a new shower pan?

Not usually. There needs to be a watertight connection between the finish tile floor , the shower pan, and the drainpipe.. Sounds like you should get 1 or 2 bath remodeling contractors to take a look, and suggest builds that they can live with.