Showers · Shower drainage

Shower drainage
Where the water goes.

Every shower needs a drain that keeps up with the flow. Trays have a round waste; level showers use a linear drain or a gully in the floor.

The basics

The drain's job is to clear water as fast as the shower delivers it. A powerful shower needs a drain that can keep up.

The standard round waste. Read more.

A long channel, often along a wall. Read more.

A square drain in the floor. Read more.

A cover that holds a strip of tile. Read more.

The standard round waste in a shower tray.

A long channel drain, often along a wall, for wet rooms and walk-ins.

A square floor drain, usually in the middle of a wet room floor.

A drain cover that takes a strip of floor tile, so it almost disappears.

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