Making A Concrete Shower Floor

Pour a layer of mortar over top of the shower membrane and form the slope down towards the drain hole.

Making a concrete shower floor.

Tar paper protects your subfloor if water ever gets underneath your shower pan. Secure a layer of tar paper to the floor to block moisture. Using concrete mix create a 1 4 per foot slope to the shower drain. Create the concrete mixture pour concrete mix into a bucket until it s about one third full.

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. Lay a large sheet of tar paper on the entire floor of your shower pan and smooth it out as flat as possible. Use a spade handle drill which works like a giant hand mixer. The floor is concrete as well trowel applied over a wood subfloor and sloped to eliminate a curb around the concrete shower pan which was cast in place to match the floor.

Water and water damage. The shower walls and ceiling are precast 1 inch thick polished concrete panels. Diy step by step instructions on how to build a mortar shower pan. Concrete may seem like an odd material to use in a bathroom but it has several qualities that make it an appealing choice.

How to create a stained concrete shower floor. Remember tile and mortar are not waterproof. Mix in water and more concrete mix following the manufacturer s instructions until the result is the consistency of a milkshake.