Showers · Central New Jersey · 2026-02
Marble-Look Shower with Black Fixtures, Built From the Studs
The space
An enclosure that had been re-caulked into submission. Behind the old surround the framing was damp and the pan had no slope worth the name.
The decision
Back to bare studs, then a properly sloped pan and a continuous membrane over walls and floor, tested overnight with water before a single tile went on. Large-format walls keep grout lines to a minimum; the hexagon floor takes the slope.
The detail
Twenty-four by forty-eight tile has almost no forgiveness — a wall that is out by an eighth shows as a lip you can feel. The studs were sistered and shimmed flat before the backer went up, which is why the glass line and the tile line agree.
Studs / Finished
Drag the line
Same spot, same phone. The only thing that changed is the work.
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