Grateless Shower Drain

One of the problems with tile showers is how to handle the drain.  It is often difficult to get the water to flow to the low point when dealing with tile.  I have seen tile installers get very creative with this – not always with an aesthetically pleasing result though.

California Faucets has come up with the StyleDrain, a decorative shower drain that provides a tile frame that can receive the same tile as the floor.  (Shown above and to the right)  The perimeter works like a mini trench drain allowing the drain to be much less obtrusive.

While I like this idea and it will help with some installations, I still think I favor the linear drain solution previously discussed here.   The linear drain will be a more expensive solution, but it is much more versatile and would work with almost any tile pattern.