How To Install A Shower Pan Over A Wooden Floor

It s now ready for finishing touches like ceramic tile.

How to install a shower pan over a wooden floor.

If the water is still at the same height the next day your shower pan over the wooden floor is waterproof. Use the level to make sure all sides of the pan slope toward the drain. Easy by brewing up a nice hot cup of joe and w. Time to replace that old nasty shower.

Paint over the entire pan including corners nooks and the perimeter with a liquid waterproofing product. Where do you start. Pour mud into the shower pan mixing it with a trowel as you go to get rid of air bubbles. Seal them with another coat of thinset.

In the above image you will see 2x6 pieces fastened in between the studs around the entire perimeter of the shower pan. Pre drill holes through the shower pan rim at the marked locations. For the floor of your shower or shower pan there are two basic options. Mark the outline of the shower pan on the subfloor using pencil or a chalk line.

Plug the drain and fill it with two inches of water. This how to video shows tile board going down onto timber floor and the shower floor drain grates. Wait three days for the mud to dry and cure before waterproofing it. Next seal the edges of the pan and any holes with silicone bath caulk.

Install backing around the bottom of the shower stall. To install a shower pan start by fitting the pan into place and leveling it with wooden shims if necessary. What do you do. Test the pan to see if it s waterproof.

Allow this to dry overnight. A curb design which is the one you must step over as you enter the shower or a curb less design where the shower and the surrounding bathroom floor are at the same level. Part 1 of new bathroom project. Test fit the shower pan to confirm the drain opening fits over the drain hole in the floor.

Then attach the pan to the surrounding studs using screws and washers that are overlapping the lip of the pan. Typically i go with 2x10 s to ensure i have the backing to allow the membrane to rise 9 1 2 up to the wall. Allow it to set overnight.