How To Frame A Floor For Sunken Shower

How to prepare a floor for a walk in shower.

How to frame a floor for sunken shower.

This is phase 1 of building the curbless. Walk in showers are large showers that can either be created from scratch or built using premanufactured pans and wall panels sold as kits. I m remodeling a bathroom with a sunken shower and i would like to raise the shower floor to the level of the rest of the bathroom. Draw the outline of the shower floor on the subfloor to use as a pattern for setting the mortar forms.

Also you will need pole jacks to lift with to be safe. The bathroom floor is poured concrete. It has two different elevations which is to say you step down once into the shower turn left then stop down again to get into the heart of the shower where you actually use it. If you are in a basement and lifting from a concrete floor you should also build the temporary pier to lift from.

I m remodeling a sunken shower here in florida. Nail an 8d nail next to the wall and. That will spread the weight out over a larger area and keep the jack from cracking the floor. You don t want to pierce the floor itself with a staple and you need to tuck the corners in like your making a bed.

Today s video shares 5 quick tips for how to make a curbless shower pan for a walk in shower on a concrete subfloor. They can be rented from the tool rental stores. The shower pan sheet of rubber you basically just spread out on the floor and up about 6 inches on the walls and staple along the edges only. Learn how to build a custom sized waterproof shower pan for a curved shower enclosure by following these clear detailed photos and step by step instructions.

The shower basin is poured concrete on 3 walls and concrete block on one wall.