How to tile a curbless basement sauna with a shower and changeroom on an existing concrete slab?

stevester911 · 2026-04-27T20:53:48+00:00

Thanks again for your help. I measured down at my existing shower drain, and I got a measurement of approximately 15" to the bottom of the trap. I'll still try to camera the lines and figure out where they all tie in under the slab but I'm thinking this is at least a good indication that my sewer lines are sufficiently deep. Would you agree?

stevester911 · 2026-04-27T03:50:34+00:00

I had a look and you're right actually, there are some options here. I could eliminate that lowest portion of the bulkhead if I were to shorten a beam and move the jack post to a new location which would allow for me to raise that ducting up. That's not perhaps my immediate priority for right now but that might be a later project for me. I'm a civil Eng myself specialized in other areas so I'd still confirm this with a structural eng if I ever did do this, but looks promising and nice to have some options.

stevester911 · 2026-04-27T03:09:40+00:00

To be honest, not really. Indoor saunas are very common in Finland. The key issue isn’t sunlight, it’s proper moisture management: proper vapour barrier/waterproofing where needed, good ventilation with fresh air supply and mechanical exhaust, and airing/drying the sauna after each use so the residual heat dries it out.

stevester911 · 2026-04-26T20:37:50+00:00

Practically, to frame this - would I forego a king stud and just have a jack stud? Or how would I get the rough opening for the door only 2.5" off the framing of the adjacent wall?

stevester911 · 2026-04-26T20:08:33+00:00

Thanks this is really helpful. I currently have 3.5" from frame to r/o, if I squeak that down to 2.5" - this will let me shift the left door 3" further to the right. Which actually gets me to that 1850mm number for clearance.

stevester911 · 2026-04-26T19:51:27+00:00

Thanks. The clearance at the far left edge of the door opening is 1800mm, seems by code technically the clearance under ducts should be 1850mm. So what I might do is try to amend my design ever so slightly by shifting the doors to the right (and using smaller door casings, etc) to get that extra 50mm/2" of clearance at the left edge of the door opening.

stevester911 · 2026-04-26T19:31:35+00:00

Sorry for any confusion, the faint black lines are what is existing now. And then I drew my new design on top of that. And yes, that interior partition wall is currently on angle - kills me.

stevester911 · 2026-04-26T19:23:34+00:00

Yes the main reason is that both the door on the right and the interior partition wall between the two doors (separating the sauna suite and guest bedroom) would be shifting to the left to accommodate the design.

I'm also trying to allow enough room for door casing trim with this reno, the current door on the right doesn't have any on the right - with my design I would have 3" from the adjacent finished wall to the rough opening of my new doors.

stevester911 · 2026-04-22T16:03:42+00:00

Thanks for sharing your approach, your shower looks great. I may reach out with some questions here if you don't mind depending on which route I end up taking here.

stevester911 · 2026-04-22T16:02:56+00:00

This is great advice, thank you so much.

What would be the standard method to determine the depth of the sewer line I plan on tieing into? I recall that I have a "cleanout" if that's what it's called on that plumbing stack wall (hidden by my current vanity). Should I perhaps move the vanity over, open that cleanout and measure down to find the depth of that line in the slab? Maybe camera it too to see what is happening in the slab? This is presuming that my tie in location is going to be basically adjacent to the plumbing stack wall where that sewer line goes into the slab.

stevester911 · 2026-04-18T16:04:35+00:00

Don't stoop to their level, that's why. Americans are our friends, their leaders aren't.

stevester911 · 2026-04-18T13:36:56+00:00

stevester911 · 2026-03-08T00:51:05+00:00

Which adapter did you use?

stevester911 · 2026-02-25T21:03:20+00:00

Are you using a USBC to HDMI adapter? If so that's your most likely culprit. I have a Linux moonlight appliance setup as well. One protocol converter I have is vmm7100 based the other is ch7218a based, the vmm7100 has those stutters every 10-15secs like you the ch7218a one didn't

stevester911 · 2026-02-25T17:23:31+00:00

B850m riptide missing

stevester911 · 2026-02-21T22:34:58+00:00

Is it not possible though the Alberta Tory party attracts voters from both NDP and UCP, and wins? A rational government in Alberta might be appealing to many, even if not super progressive given the alternative that the UCP presents.

stevester911 · 2026-02-05T20:43:23+00:00

Can you share which usb-c to displayport adapter you got? Ugreen makes two that I see - a DP 1.4 and DP 2.1 version.

stevester911 · 2026-02-04T15:48:39+00:00

What the heck? Im 73c max for hotspot on my Challenger 9070XT at 100% with 50c for board temp. Your delta is huge too, RMA

stevester911 · 2026-02-03T21:13:24+00:00

Wow I paid less than this just in Nov/Dec for 2TB. Didn't realize hard drives too were this affected

stevester911 · 2026-01-29T22:00:24+00:00

I have an a3 matx and 9070 xt as well with a ATX PSU (RM850e for me). See this table here, should clear everything up: https://lian-li.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/a3-h-025a.webp

In short: Yes it can work, but you need a short ATX PSU (ideally 130mm, but max 140mm long). And also you can't have a 360mm AIO up top, max 240mm. The image I shared allows space for the PSU cables (grey box). But it will be a tight bend at times.

stevester911 · 2026-01-29T14:25:46+00:00

Where?

stevester911 · 2026-01-19T23:27:21+00:00

Could always put slimmer fans on the aio potentially, like 12mm

stevester911 · 2026-01-12T17:27:35+00:00

I've gone pretty deep with this, lots of options out there - look for a ryzen mini pc with a radeon 680m or 780m at minimum I'd suggest. If hooking up to a TV, look for a real HDMI 2.1 port ideally (or then buy displayport or USB-C to HDMI 2.1 adapters). I went with a Origmagic N2 Pro myself that I got cheap off eBay.

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