How To Install A Floor Pan For A Shower

Notice the liner in the diagram below goes up the walls and over the curb.

How to install a floor pan for a shower.

When you re installing a fiberglass or acrylic shower liner enclosure not to be confused with a shower curtain and base over a concrete floor special considerations should be taken to minimize leaks. Where do you start. Test fit the shower pan to confirm the drain opening fits over the drain hole in the floor. Installing a base on concrete.

Make any additional surface preparations that are recommended by the shower pan manufacturer as necessary such as applying a fresh coat of a water seal product to the. Pre drill holes through the shower pan rim at the marked locations. What do you do. Pour mud into the shower pan mixing it with a trowel as you go to get rid of air bubbles.

Mark the outline of the shower pan on the subfloor using pencil or a chalk line. Ideally you re putting it in an area where a drain has already been roughed in. Use the level to make sure all sides of the pan slope toward the drain. Remove debris at the area of the subfloor where the shower pan installs using a shop vacuum.

The pvc shower pan liner is a flexible waterproofing membrane that can be purchased at lowes or home depot. Hammer down any protruding nails used to fasten the subfloor to the floor joists below. You will later screw the shower pan into the. If it s not level you ll have to compensate by shimming the shower pan until it s level and then affixing it to the.

Use a wide blade putty knife or a paint scraping tool to peel off old caulking and adhesive. How to build shower floor 2 liner drain now that the curb and pre slope layer of deck mud is complete you are ready to install the shower pan liner. Paint over the entire pan including corners nooks and the perimeter with a liquid waterproofing product. Mark the center of each wall stud on the shower pan rim.

Easy by brewing up a nice hot cup of joe and w. Wait three days for the mud to dry and cure before waterproofing it. Before installation use a four foot level to check the bathroom floor. Use a broom or a vacuum to clear loose debris.

Then you ll need a new shower pan.