When it comes to selecting tiles for your shower floor, you should only choose tiles that have a DCOF (scale of how slick a type of tile will be when wet) rating of 0.42 or higher.

For this shower project, I chose colored subway tile for the walls, sliced pebble tile for the base and dark gray grout. But there are a wide range of colors, patterns and types of tile and grout ...

For a level, wet surface, such as a shower floor, tile should have a dynamic coefficient of friction, often referred to as DCOF, of 0.42 or higher. The article has been corrected.

Dear Sean: A shower with a ceramic tile floor is most attractive. As your neighbor apparently learned, it can be a little tricky to make it leak-free, but not impossible for someone to do themselves.

Answer: Sorry. As far as I have seen in my 30-plus years in home construction, I have never nor would I ever recommend trying to tile over an existing fiberglass shower base.

Cast-iron shower bases are available in many different textures and colors that can match most wall and ceiling tiles. If your shower stall is going to be an uncommon size or shape, a custom-built ...

Although a tile shower floor with its neat, uniform grout appears to be waterproof, in reality, it is not. Especially as the grout sets and ages, tiny fractures and pits can develop that will ...

If the shower floor is not pitched toward the drain, you'll need to resolve the issue. For example, Finkey suggests, in a shower with tiled walls, sacrifice the bottom row of wall tiles.