How To Install Concrete Shower Floor

Ideally you ll already have a drain roughed in with the pipe sticking a few inches above the floor.

How to install concrete shower floor.

Install diamond mesh around your curb as backing for mortar. A ready made shower pan makes shower installation easier. Plug the drain with a rag. This will allow you to staple only one face of the curb.

Typical slope for a shower floor is 1 8 to 3 16 inch per foot across. This guide teaches you how to install a shower pan including floor prep and compression drain assembly. Get a professional plumber to rough in the shower drain before starting the concrete installation. If you want to install a shower over a concrete floor a fiberglass shower stall will work just fine.

The side facing the outside of the shower stall. Whether you ll be installing tile over your shower s concrete floor or leaving it bare you will need to use a mixture called deck mud to form the shower s base. Also make sure your floor is pre sloped before installing the rubber liner in the following steps to prevent. Use the acrylic caulk or construction adhesive depending on the shower pan manufacturer s recommendations and caulk gun to secure the pan to the concrete or subfloor.

The inside face will be held in place by the shower floor mortar bed. Mark a chalk line across the center of the floor in a north south direction and a second line across. It is used because it is moldable and will hold form. Leave the mortar to cure.

Diamond mesh will be used for the curb only. A drain pipe is already in place. Otherwise you have to break through the concrete to run a new line for a shower stall installation. It is easy to learn how to install a shower in the basement without breaking concrete.

With so many options available you are sure to find the size and style of shower pan that fits your bathroom. A drain pipe is already in place. If the underside of your shower pan is flat apply caulk or adhesive to the floor base in a zigzag pattern.