Making A Concrete Shower Floor

Use a spade handle drill which works like a giant hand mixer.

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. Drive a nail into the floor every 8 12 inches 20 30 cm so the tar paper stays in place. How to create a stained concrete shower floor. Diy step by step instructions on how to build a mortar shower pan.

Mix in water and more concrete mix following the manufacturer s instructions until the result is the consistency of a milkshake. Typical slope for a shower floor is 1 8 to 3 16 inch per foot across. Remember tile and mortar are not waterproof. Concrete may seem like an odd material to use in a bathroom but it has several qualities that make it an appealing choice.

Using concrete mix create a 1 4 per foot slope to the shower drain. Water and water damage. The shower walls and ceiling are precast 1 inch thick polished concrete panels. Secure a layer of tar paper to the floor to block moisture.

Create the concrete mixture pour concrete mix into a bucket until it s about one third full. Tar paper protects your subfloor if water ever gets underneath your shower pan. 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.