Shower enclosure design and assembly methods using prefabricated shower benches

摘要

Methods and apparatus for creating a shower or bath enclosure, in which, given a predetermined area in which to create the shower or bath, a given prefabricated water proof bath or shower floor module is too small to occupy the entire available enclosure space. The apparatus includes the use of one or more additional enclosure components, such as one or more shower benches, to occupy a space between an edge or edges of the floor module and the exterior boundary(ies) of the enclosure space.

主权项

1. A process for transforming an enclosure space into a shower or bath enclosure space, the enclosure space defined by a boundary, comprising the steps of:
determining proposed dimensions of the enclosure space; selecting a prefabricated floor module, said module comprising a floor and at least one sidewall extending upwardly therefrom, said module defining an outer peripheral edge and being adapted to be placed within the enclosure space wherein the outer peripheral edge of the floor module defines an area that is substantially smaller than an area defined by the boundary of the enclosure space; selecting a shower bench to occupy at least a portion of any open space(s) between the outer peripheral edge of the floor module and the boundary of the enclosure space; said bench comprising a seat and a legwall extending downwardly from the seat, the legwall defining a lower legwall edge; said sidewall defining an upper sidewall edge; installing the bench in such a way that the lower legwall edge rests substantially in registry with the upper sidewall edge; and installing at least one of tile, stone and marble on a wallboard, the module, and the shower bench, thereby resulting in a tiled shower; wherein at least one surface of the legwall and at least one surface of the sidewall are substantially co-planar.