How To Level Floor For Kerdi Pan

Installing the schluter kerdi drain adapter.

How to level floor for kerdi pan.

A recessed shower floor allows for the installation of a sloped mortar bed or a prefabricated shower tray that is flush with the rest of the bathroom floor. Thanks for any input. Repeat this process across the entire floor roughly every 4 to 6 inches marking the uneven areas with a pencil. Any other ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Add 1 2 plywood shimmed and screwed to joists. Check the floor for level. I m using a preformed schluter kerdi shower tray. Tile installation requires grooves in the thinset to create air pockets which facilitate the adhesion of the tile.

My 48x48 3 4 subfloor is out of level 5 8 from right side exterior wall. Use something like quick pitch and mud bed for the pan and cover with kerdi. Thin set kerdi pan to plywood. This video shares part 1 of how to do a schluter shower installation we discuss what s in the kit how to add a prefab niche customize the pan cut down th.

The level is consistent for the extire 48 run. Thin set kerdi pan to that. So what i am wondering is if it is possible to inset the shower base below the level of the sub floor by removing the 3 4 existing sub floor and replacing it with 1 4 plywood topped by 1 4 fibrerock underlayment. For this shower we used the schluter kerdi drain adaptor because we already had a drain cemented into the floor.

Thin set 1 4 backer board then use self leveler over the top. I am planning on adding a second layer of 3 4 exterior plywood as additional sub floor support before installing the schluter pan. Slab is slightly uneven in several spots so i m wondering if anyone has any recommendations on what to use to create an even surface before i install the kerdi drain and shower tray. Designed to accommodate the kerdi drain point drain the kerdi shower t ts tt shower tray can be installed over a recessed subfloor to create an even transition from the floor tile right.

But before i actually installed the new drain i cut the shower tray to the size i needed our size was about 54 and the tray was 60 to cut the tray i used a razor blade and square. Thinset mortar is a type of cement used for the adherence of tiles and flooring to substrate or subfloor materials. If the floor is level the bubble will be in the center section. I have completely removed the old shower floor tile and deck mud exposing the slab.