Step up or flush transition into a bathroom pod is based on a few factors. As with any bathroom, constraints exist in achieving desired transition heights at the entry threshold into the bathroom. These constraints include:
- Minimum thickness of tile bed.
- Tile adhesive and waterproofing membrane.
- Additional height created through the gradient to the waste outlet.
- Thickness of selected floor coverings.
Builders often sacrifice tile bed thickness and fall gradients in bathrooms – both causing compliance issues and short-medium term performance issues – just to achieve a flush transition. In this case, the lack of floor fall (non-compliant) is often not noticed until the tenant begins using the bathroom and the water pools instead of draining away.
By providing a slab recess for the bathroom pod to be installed into, a flush transition is often achievable. There are a myriad of factors influencing this including the depth of the slab recess, the selection of floor coverings both inside and outside the bathroom, and the location of the floor waste.
Interpod have developed smart solutions to provide tapered thresholds, which serve to ensure a flush transition where desired, or to minimise the step into the bathroom where this is acceptable.
