Curbless ADA Patient Shower Replacement in Chandler, AZ

The project

A patient shower at a hospital in Chandler had acrylic wall panels and a drain in the wrong place for a curbless pan. Diamondback rebuilt it as a tiled, curbless ADA shower with a center drain and replaced the floor of the room — one of the patient-room renovations we do for healthcare facilities.

Scope of work

• Set up ICRA containment with HEPA-filtered negative air machines
• Removed the acrylic shower panels
• Cored the concrete at the center of the pan for the new drain, then plugged and filled the old core
• Plumbed the new center drain and installed a Sloan Mixet valve
• Installed a Freedom commercial curbless ADA shower pan with a center drain
• Installed HardieBacker cement board on every shower wall and sealed all seams and screws with RedGard waterproofing
• Tiled the walls to the ceiling with client-approved tile, then grouted and sealed
• Trimmed out the plumbing with Sloan fixtures and installed ADA-compliant handrails
• Removed the old floor, prepared the substrate and installed about 104 square feet of Tarkett Optima sheet vinyl with flash cove
• Patched and painted the room

Why curbless, and why a center drain

With no curb to step over, a patient can walk or be wheeled straight in, and staff can assist without lifting anyone over a lip. A center drain lets the pan slope evenly from every side, which is what makes a curbless shower drain properly instead of sending water across the bathroom floor.

Waterproofing before tile

Cement board and a liquid waterproofing membrane on every seam and screw sit behind the tile, so the wall stays dry even where grout eventually wears — the part of a shower nobody sees and everybody depends on.

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