Shower Floor Installation Instructions

Make your diy shower tile experience easier with these pro tips from the tile shop.

Shower floor installation instructions.

We chose a curb less design raising the entire bathroom floor and building the drainage slope below the level of the surrounding bathroom floor. Also make sure your floor is pre sloped before installing the rubber liner in the following steps to prevent future mold and mildew. Plug the drain with a rag. You need to scrub the floor at least once a week to get rid of body oil soap.

This guide teaches you how to install a shower pan including floor prep and compression drain assembly. This will later help join the curb to the floor. Before tiling a shower be sure the drain and sub floor are properly seal. Setting the floor tiles is the same as the walls.

If the underside of your shower pan is flat apply caulk or adhesive to the floor base in a zigzag pattern. Pour it into the curb frame until the mud reaches the top of the wood frame making the top as level as you can. Get a professional plumber to rough in the shower drain before starting the concrete installation. Drill screws into the bare floor between the inner and outer curb edges every foot or so and at every joint.

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. With so many options available you are sure to find the size and style of shower pan that fits your bathroom. A ready made shower pan makes shower installation easier. Keeping a pebble stone shower floor clean is somewhat easy but many people don t want to invest the time to do it.

Apply thinset on the floor slide tiles into place and pat them down with the rubber grout float. A curb less design can be achieved by raising the entire bathroom floor or by lowering the shower pan. Mixing pouring the pan. Mix the mud according to manufacturer instructions.