How To Install Concrete Shower Floor

Mark a chalk line across the center of the floor in a north south direction and a second line across.

How to install concrete shower floor. Typical slope for a shower floor is 1 8 to 3 16 inch per foot across. Leave the mortar to cure. Deck mud also known as floor mud or dry pack mortar is a simple mixture of sand portland cement and water. This will allow you to staple only one face of the curb.

Get a professional plumber to rough in the shower drain before starting the concrete installation. Ideally you ll already have a drain roughed in with the pipe sticking a few inches above the floor. 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. If you want to install a shower over a concrete floor a fiberglass shower stall will work just fine.

Diamond mesh will be used for the curb only. A drain pipe is already in place. Also make sure your floor is pre sloped before installing the rubber liner in the following steps to prevent. Plug the drain with a rag.

This guide teaches you how to install a shower pan including floor prep and compression drain assembly. The side facing the outside of the shower stall. 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.

Otherwise you have to break through the concrete to run a new line for a shower stall installation. It is used because it is moldable and will hold form. The inside face will be held in place by the shower floor mortar bed. The shower in this project will be flush with the side of the whirlpool bath so the frame needed to extend under the tub overhang.

Install diamond mesh around your curb as backing for mortar. A ready made shower pan makes shower installation easier. If the underside of your shower pan is flat apply caulk or adhesive to the floor base in a zigzag pattern.