How To Make A Shower Pan On A Wood Floor

In this video i ll show you how to make a mortar shower pan.

How to make a shower pan on a wood floor.

Although fiberglass units make shower pans quick and easy they lack the elegance of a handcrafted mortar and tile floor. Use a circular saw to cut boards that are 2 by 6 inches 5 1 cm 15 2 cm to size based on the measurements you took. You need to notch the corners for a two inch overlap. It s been 7 years since i made this shower pan and not one crack or leak.

So if you d like to install a tile shower and are willing to build your own custom shower pan you ll be able to tile it to match the walls. You ll need to apply the thinset then the fabric on the outside and inside corners. Part 1 of new bathroom project. Press the fabric into place with the trowel on both the pan and the wall.

Wait three days for the mud to dry and cure before waterproofing it. A properly built concrete shower pan will weight several hundred pounds once complete and should be built on a foundation capable of supporting it. Paint over the entire pan including corners nooks and the perimeter with a liquid waterproofing product. If you re doing a bathroom remodel and you re stuc.

With less splash back a doorless no threshold shower works perfectly in a small space. Use the level to make sure all sides of the pan slope toward the drain. Measure the distances between the studs on your walls where you plan on building your shower pan and write them down. And with a mortar and tile floor your shower can be any shape.

We use the wedi fundo ligno curbless shower pan. This how to video shows tile board going down onto timber floor and the shower floor drain grates. Regarding the shower pan build if he plans to build a traditional sloped concrete pan with a sandwiched shower liner he should be using a portland cement based floor mix concrete. Use fabric strips to build the shower pan waterproofing.

Frame out the shower pan using 2 by 6 inches 5 1 cm 15 2 cm boards. Pour mud into the shower pan mixing it with a trowel as you go to get rid of air bubbles.