How Schluter helps us eliminate shower problems

A great feature of the Schluter drain system is that it has no weep holes to get plugged.   The water proofing membrane is on top of the cement board and the floor slab, so water getting into the slab is completely eliminated.  As for the showers that still have the vinyl liner system (usually a round drain cover), there is still hope.  We have spent many years looking at these problems and devising ways to fix them.  We have a service we offer where we come to your home, power wash the entire shower system, we manually scrape out the build up from the inside of the pipe, clean the grout from between the walls and floor and any damaged grout joints.  We then use a test ball to plug the 2" drain pipe and back fill the drain with CLR to eat up the calcium deposits in the weep holes.  After we have let the shower sit for a day or two to completely drain and dry out we replace the grout as required, put the drain cover back on and then seal the grout.  It's not a money maker for us as we only charge between $250.00 and $350.00 depending on the shower size and how bad the calcium build up is.  But as a tile guy I want everyone to be happy with the tile showers they have, and I want them to last for many years, as they should.