Tile Shower Pan On Concrete Floor

The height of the concrete should gently slope from 2 1 2 around the outside of the form to 1 1 4 near the drain.

Tile shower pan on concrete floor.

Pre slope is required in order to allow water collected on the shower membrane to drain into the weep holes of your shower drain assembly. How to tile a shower over a concrete slab. New video installing hydro blok the better shower system. Only a few companies make these foam or plastic trays so they may be difficult to find.

The drain can be anywhere on the pan as long as we slope the concrete for proper drainage. Https youtu be d2kogdwif5a to get this shower floor drain and other supplies go. Creating a pre slope with concrete cutting a rubber liner to fit and nailing to the sides forming a waterproof curb. Once installed they re ready for tile to be set directly on the pan surface without the many time consuming steps of the old fashioned way.

The pre slope is a slight slope of the floor draining toward the shower drain created with dry pack cement before the shower pan is installed. The biggest advantage of tile ready shower pans is the time and effort they save you. The more traditional method involves building a shower pan frame pouring mud into it and waterproofing the area before adding tile. We first need to frame in the shower pan with 2x10 lumber around the bottom of the floor and regular 2x4 studs up the walls.

Despite what you may think water can and will penetrate all the way through the tile mortar and concrete above the shower pan making its way down to the shower pan. Advantages of a tile ready shower pan. Using concrete mix create a 1 4 per foot slope to the shower drain. Remember tile and mortar are not waterproof.

Pour the concrete and spread it out with a trowel. For this example we ll use a drain that is in the center of the shower pan. Pre sloped pans made for using with tile eliminates the need to mud or calculate the proper slope for drainage. Acrylic or fiberglass shower pans have some flexibility and will not crack if there is a small amount of flex to the subfloor.

When working with the wet concrete strike it gently with the flat side of the trowel to help bring the moisture to the surface and smooth out the concrete.