Hi,

Looking for some advice on how to slope this shower. I will be doing a dry pack mortar bed over a concrete subfloor. With where my drain is situated, my shortest run will be ~16 inches, and my longest run will be ~60 inches. The tile I am planning to use is 2" mesh-backed star and cross tile porcelain. I'm doing an all-Schluter shower.

My thoughts are to do a level 3/8" perimeter rise in the area highlighted in blue, and then 'kink' the perimeters at the yellow line so that it ramps up to 3/4" rise at the fair end. Doing this would give me almost a 1/2"/ft slope from the drain to the sides or the shower over the 16" run - will this feel too steep? It is right where I will stand during a shower. It would also give me a 1.25% slope length-wise. Basically, I'm battling with too steep to the sides and possibly not steep enough to the ends.

My alternative thought is to use a linear drain, avoiding this complication. My concern with that, is I've heard these drains aren't as fail-proof and require more maintenance. I don't like the idea of using the no-hub couplers either, since this will be a no-access from below situation - hard plumbing with a single point drain would be more durable, right?


Some guidance would be appreciated! I would prefer not to cut the cement further and move the drain, but I am starting to think that might be the best move? Alternatively, I was thinking about ramping from the drain towards the nearer end also, basically having the perimeter in more of a V-shaped kink so that I can use a lower perimeter height next to the drain. Over the 16" runs.


Am I overthinking this? 

What slope will work well in thus shower?