How To Build A Tile Shower Base

The primary goal of the shower base is to create a sloped floor angled toward the drain so the waste water flows efficiently into the pipes.

How to build a tile shower base. Frame out the shower pan using 2 by 6 inches 5 1 cm 15 2 cm boards. 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. 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.

Also make sure your floor is pre sloped before installing the rubber liner in the following steps to prevent future mold and mildew. Measure the distances between the studs on your walls where you plan on building your shower pan and write them down. Use a circular saw to cut boards that are 2 by 6 inches 5 1 cm 15 2 cm to size based on the measurements you took.

Get a professional plumber to rough in the shower drain before starting the concrete installation. Before that was possible pros had to build a custom shower pan by mixing and applying mortar troweling it flat and laying ceramic shower floor tile.