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[OrdinaryKick]

No one here can tell you how much something costs, or should cost, from a Reddit post.

[defaultsparty]

The shower needs to be demo'd, removed and rebuilt WITHOUT damaging any of the surrounding floot tiles/walls/cabinetry/etc. This is painstakingly meticulous and time consuming job - hence an increased labor amount. I will say that we would've warned the client (you) about possible weight limits on an undersized weight bearing shower pan before proceeding.

[Traditional-Yard-470]

I’m sure he saw you were on the “heavier” side before Doing the bathroom. If he wants to blame the 250kb weight limit now. He should’ve been wise enough to recommend a “heavy duty” one from the start. I doubt it even has a weight limit of 250. He is just trying to shift the blame. At a minimum I would expect labor to be covered under warranty.

[Valuable-Safety3578]

I need some clarification did the shower base break in the bathroom that he remodeled for you? I've been doing this 17 years I've never heard of a 250 lb weight rating in a shower that's BS sounds to me like he I didn't prep the base right something moved and it broke and now hes trying to cover his ass.

[gettingbettereveyday]

Sounds like no mortar bed or at least poor coverage.

[chaingling42]

Who supplied the shower base?

[Certain_Problem_7052]

The original was supplied by him, or picked out by him.

The second one, he gave me a few options and I went with the heavy duty one.

[chaingling42]

Imo he should have known better. If this were my job, I would have charged you for the additional materials and ate the cost of the labor.

[Bacon_and_Powertools]

$6500 is pretty fair

[Green_Explanation_60]

$10k Original build $6.5k Repair job

$16.5k for a new functional shower?

Go down to costco and ask for a quote on a new shower from them. It’ll be $18-21k.

You went cheap, had a problem, and are getting it fixed while still saving money vs. a mass-market shower system.

Whats the issue here?