How To Install A Shower Pan Over A Wooden Floor

Allow it to set overnight.

How to install a shower pan over a wooden floor.

Mark the center of each wall stud on the shower pan rim. If the water is still at the same height the next day your shower pan over the wooden floor is waterproof. For the floor of your shower or shower pan there are two basic options. Pre drill holes through the shower pan rim at the marked locations.

You will later screw the shower pan into the wall studs. Then you ll need a new shower pan. Mark the outline of the shower pan on the subfloor using pencil or a chalk line. Then attach the pan to the surrounding studs using screws and washers that are overlapping the lip of the pan.

It s now ready for finishing touches like ceramic tile. Paint over the entire pan including corners nooks and the perimeter with a liquid waterproofing product. Easy by brewing up a nice hot cup of joe and w. Plug the drain and fill it with two inches of water.

What do you do. This how to video shows tile board going down onto timber floor and the shower floor drain grates. Typically i go with 2x10 s to ensure i have the backing to allow the membrane to rise 9 1 2 up to the wall. Allow this to dry overnight.

Pour mud into the shower pan mixing it with a trowel as you go to get rid of air bubbles. Next seal the edges of the pan and any holes with silicone bath caulk. Test fit the shower pan to confirm the drain opening fits over the drain hole in the floor. Time to replace that old nasty shower.

Where do you start. Part 1 of new bathroom project. A curb design which is the one you must step over as you enter the shower or a curb less design where the shower and the surrounding bathroom floor are at the same level. Use the level to make sure all sides of the pan slope toward the drain.

In the above image you will see 2x6 pieces fastened in between the studs around the entire perimeter of the shower pan. Install backing around the bottom of the shower stall. Seal them with another coat of thinset.