How To Make A Shower Pan On A Wood Floor

Part 1 of new bathroom project.

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. And with a mortar and tile floor your shower can be any shape. Pour mud into the shower pan mixing it with a trowel as you go to get rid of air bubbles. Put the thinset on the floor and wall focusing on the inside edge.

Because water trickles through the slats into a large shower pan a wood floor conceals unsightly drains making way for a fluid minimalist statement. Learn how to build a walk in shower in this part 1 video. Use the level to make sure all sides of the pan slope toward the drain. You ll need to apply the thinset then the fabric on the outside and inside corners.

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. Frame out the shower pan using 2 by 6 inches 5 1 cm 15 2 cm boards. 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.

Paint over the entire pan including corners nooks and the perimeter with a liquid waterproofing product. Measure the distances between the studs on your walls where you plan on building your shower pan and write them down. Use fabric strips to build the shower pan waterproofing. 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.

Press the fabric into place with the trowel on both the pan and the wall. This how to video shows tile board going down onto timber floor and the shower floor drain grates. If you re doing a bathroom remodel and you re stuc. You need to notch the corners for a two inch overlap.

Wait three days for the mud to dry and cure before waterproofing it. We use the wedi fundo ligno curbless shower pan.