The Pan Beneath the Tile
Liners, membranes, mud beds — the layer your shower stands on.
Not every floor job needs a pan rebuild — roughly half the New Britain floors we open have sound liners worth keeping. This page explains how we test (flood test protocol, weep-hole check, slope mapping), the two rebuild systems we install (PVC liner + mud bed, or foam tray + sheet membrane), and why we photograph and flood-test every pan before it gets buried in tile again.
New Britain notes
New Britain landlords are the highest-volume tile customers in the footprint: surround re-tiles and regrouts between tenants, priced to repeat. In New Britain we flood-test free whenever ceilings below show staining: New Britain baths work the hardest: rental tubs with painted-over tile, missing grout, cracked floors at the toilet base. Landlords need fast, durable, cheap-to-maintain — porcelain, epoxy grout, sealed caulk lines. A sound pan saves you $500–$1,000 — we prove soundness instead of assuming failure.
- Flood-tested diagnosis. Plug, fill, mark, wait — proof of pan integrity or failure.
- Two proven systems. Liner + mud bed (classic) or foam tray + membrane (modern).
- True pre-slope. Water reaches weep holes instead of sitting under tile.
- Clamped drains. Membrane mechanically locked at the drain, never just cut around.
- Photo + test record. You see the pan and the test results before tile covers them.
Pans that hold in New Britain
What goes under New Britain feet: the shortlist we install and warranty.
Common questions
Always — photographed membrane plus witnessed flood test. Any bidder burying untested work is scheduling your next leak.
We plug the drain, fill the pan two inches, mark the level and wait — typically 24 hours for diagnosis, shorter for post-build verification. Any drop means pan failure, located and shown.
Both, matched to the job: liner-and-mud for custom shapes and maximum durability feel; foam tray + sheet membrane for speed and precision slope. Same warranty either way.
Intermittent staining usually means pan or wall-joint failure (shower-use correlated); constant damp means supply plumbing. Our diagnosis separates them free — different trades, different bills.