Old floor out at the wall line. New floor sloped to drain.
The cut line is everything: we remove the failed floor while preserving sound wall tile above it, then rebuild the base properly — sloped bed, bonded waterproofing lapped up the walls, new tile with full coverage, epoxy grout, sealed transitions. Rocky Hill's small shower floors make this a one-to-two-day job, and the wall-to-floor joint — where every old floor failed — gets rebuilt as a movement joint, not a grout prayer.
Condo tub-shower units are the Rocky Hill staple: replace the surround with tile and the whole unit feels renovated. Colonials run two-plus baths, so hall-bath floors and regrouts stack into efficient multi-room days. Most Rocky Hill replacements run day-one rebuild, day-two tile and grout: Rocky Hill condo owners tile one tub surround and the neighbors follow — whole buildings refresh one unit at a time. Shower again 24 hours after grout — timed to the hour at walkthrough.
Six Rocky Hill shower floors, from workhorse mosaic to spa pebble.
Cure times rule: base, membrane, setting and grout each need their hours. Rush them and you buy the next leak. Day one rebuild, day two finish.
Almost always — it stays protected in place or comes down into padded storage and goes back up. Replacement only if it's already failing.
Cut line at the wall base, surgical removal inward, walls sheeted and braced. It's the core skill of floor-only work — we do it daily.
Minimum 1/4 inch per foot to the drain — verified with water before tile, not eyeballed. Ponding anywhere means re-do, on us.