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@lemmy.worldI dont know yet. I'm building a whole place and we dont have the water hooked up yet. If it does feel slippery, i will find some sort of sand to put on with a new coat of polycrylic. But i dont think it will be needed.
Anytime. Another option for the shower pan would be a pre-made fiberglass one. They come in a variety of sizes, but the large ones can get expensive. Good luck and share your build!
I used a mix of oak and poplar. There are runners on the bottom, going perpendicular to the slats you see which are made of oak and the top is poplar.
We got the ahower wall unit from fb marketplace but its an Ello and Allo, similar unit linked below. It seems like a decent unit, but im sure there are higher quality ones. Im 90% sure its a generic chinese unit that gets rebranded.
Yep. I started with hardwood 1x2's, cut them to length, sanded them and sealed them with 5 coats of polycrylic sanding between coats. Ive used it before and it penetrates pretty well leaving a very tough finish. Its an experiment though, might not hold up. We will see.
Thats a hard question to answer. The overall process took a ton of planning and pulled from alot of areas that i have done some work before. If you are familiar with framing, some cement and tile work, i say go for it. Prepare for mistakes amd take your time. The shower pan was more difficult than i thought. It was my first one and i would say it was the hardest part. Getting the angles right to flow water into the drain was tedious. Id say watch some youtube videos on that part for sure and shower waterproofing. This took me about 14 days all together.