How To Form A Shower Pan
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How to form a shower pan. For this example we ll use a drain that is in the center of the shower pan. Measure and mark a piece of. A mortar or mud shower pan is a hand built shower base constructed from dry pack mortar. Schluter systems north america 130 008 views.
How to waterproof your shower installation with the schluter kerdi shower kit complete kit duration. I show the way i set a shower pan liner and set the mortar mix. Using a wood float trowel level and a stick of lattice i show the proper way to obtain the 1 4 per foot of slope required for tiled shower pans. Here are the basic materials.
Of shower floor area. We first need to frame in the shower pan with 2x10 lumber around the bottom of the floor and regular 2x4 studs up the walls. You also need to form the curb in which you should fold the vinyl liner and put the pre bent curb lath. Cut and lay it in galvanized metal lath and keep the height barely under the form of it.
Align the outer edge with the outer edges of the bottom. The drain can be anywhere on the pan as long as we slope the concrete for proper drainage. After that cover it with mortar and also you need to mortar the curb. A shower pan is traditionally constructed in two layers with an embedded water proof membrane or layer in the middle.
Bag of ceramic floor mix for every 4 to 5 sq. Unscrewing the shower drain until the shower drain is on the same height as the tile of the floor. Some say drypack your mortar bed i disagree makes it very difficult and although you don t want too much water it should be. The maximum width available is 6 ft.
Place the two by four plate flat on the slab or subfloor. Enough galvanized expanded. Measure across the opening for the shower door from side to side at floor level. Please see my other videos that coordinate the.
The shower pan forms the floor of the shower and is typically finished with a tile surface and sloped to a built in shower drain. Lastly the last step that you need to do is adjusting the drain.