How To Make A Shower Pan On A Wood Floor

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.

How to make a shower pan on a wood floor.

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. We use the wedi fundo ligno curbless shower pan. In this video i ll show you how to make a mortar shower pan. Because water trickles through the slats into a large shower pan a wood floor conceals unsightly drains making way for a fluid minimalist statement.

This how to video shows tile board going down onto timber floor and the shower floor drain grates. A properly built concrete shower pan will weight several hundred pounds once complete and should be built on a foundation capable of supporting it. Frame out the shower pan using 2 by 6 inches 5 1 cm 15 2 cm boards. Put the thinset on the floor and wall focusing on the inside edge.

Learn how to build a walk in shower in this part 1 video. Part 1 of new bathroom project. Press the fabric into place with the trowel on both the pan and the wall. Measure the distances between the studs on your walls where you plan on building your shower pan and write them down.

Use the level to make sure all sides of the pan slope toward the drain. Wait three days for the mud to dry and cure before waterproofing it. Use fabric strips to build the shower pan waterproofing. With less splash back a doorless no threshold shower works perfectly in a small space.

It s been 7 years since i made this shower pan and not one crack or leak. 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. Pour mud into the shower pan mixing it with a trowel as you go to get rid of air bubbles. Although fiberglass units make shower pans quick and easy they lack the elegance of a handcrafted mortar and tile floor.

You need to notch the corners for a two inch overlap. You ll need to apply the thinset then the fabric on the outside and inside corners.