The slip factor is secondary to the hideous look of the thing. Otherwise I could do as Stella suggests and just get a rubber mat.
It comes from the era where shades of brown were very popular in FR. My kitchen sink is brown. The sink in the kitchen of the rental I was in last year - brown. My floor tiles throughout - well toasted toast. The kitchen cabs here - stick-on oak wood-effect brown vinyl. Ghastly.
I don’t know if the FR went thru’ an avocado phase, like the Brits in the 70’s … almost as bad.
I must admit, had it not been that the drain was rather small, and covered, I’d have enquired whether you were certain it was a shower as I have seen very similar devices in aires up and down this great nation we live in, and I don’t think those are for showering…
We have mosaics on the shower floor in two bathrooms and they are a nightmare to keep clean. Make sure there is a slight slope towards the plug hole. I recommend resisting white mosaics or white grouting - they quickly look grubby. Also, make sure you choose mosaics with a “gritty” surface rather than high polish - just too slippery.
It is truly horrific! Right up there with my avocado sink! They then grouted the tiles in same colour to really set it off I’ll get a picture of my joy! Can’t wait to change it! The good bit is the shower tray, thank the good lord, is white and a decent size!! I agree it is so bad worth a shot covering it. Those mosaic tiles are pretty forgiving.
What era is that ! It’s still wildly popular going by the amount of varying shades of brown in my 7 year old house when we moved in. Can’t get rid of the three different shades of brown in the kitchen units until we can afford a new one.
A friend of mine bought a house in Fencehouses in the North East. The bathroom had a sunken bath in bright red. The walls and floor were all black and the cieling had those small mirror tiles on them. Apparently it was previously a knocking shop (that’s the most polite way I can put it). She kept the bathroom exactly as it was.
Checking, checking … a tiling compound co said “PVA! Noooooo!” Somebody who used it said “We did. Fab!”
And here, dear friends, is approximately what it will look like. I am pleased with the way the mat takes the curve from the surround down into the tray.
The improvement in appearance is monumentally big and massive, nah!
The general drift in my research points to epoxy products.
There was a demo on the counter of my tile supplies shop in Brsl. It was a cardboard carton with a coating of some epoxy jollop all round - and contained several litres of water. 'Nuff said !
Cunning lot - the counter top was of course tiled - with a heating mat under! Very cosy.
D’y think it could be used as a first layer, to bring the height up to an even level, then again with the tiles? As I say, I’d rather build up than grind down. Those ribs can’t be more than 3mm
I would probably use a self levelling compound first. Levelling compounds are ultra stick and often with fibres depending on the build up thickness for levelling. Yes I would build up rater than grind down. See what the epoxy says as a max thickness its pricey so I have never used it for building up.
