How To Make A Shower Pan On Concrete

Measure the distances between the studs on your walls where you plan on building your shower pan and write them down.

How to make a shower pan on concrete. For this example we ll use a drain that is in the center of the shower pan. The drain can be anywhere on the pan as long as we slope the concrete for proper drainage. Create a pre slope and drain assembly.

A pre slope is a necessary part that allows all the water collected on the shower membrane to drain away through the shower drain assembly use the concrete mix to create a 1 4 per foot slope. 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. This is a necessary step in the construction of a pan.

Frame out the shower pan using 2 by 6 inches 5 1 cm 15 2 cm boards. 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.