Tiling Shower With Floor Pan

Today s video shares quick tips for how to tile a shower floor.

Tiling shower with floor pan.

The top of the drain should be 2 inches above floor height and you want to mark the walls and curb to a height 2 3 4 inches above the floor as a guide to the amount of mud you need to maintain a 3 4 inch slope. The more slope the harder it is to install large bodied tiles. After 24 hours the mortar bed enters a green state and should not have tile adhered to it for 28 days. You can t tile directly over a plastic shower floor.

Once the mortar is in place allow it set overnight. Single threshold shower base in grey with center drain. This is why most shower pans are smaller tiles such as mosaics or at the most 4 inch natural stone tiles. Tiling a shower floor is pretty similar to tiling the shower wall.

Pour mud into the shower pan mixing it with a trowel as you go to get rid of air bubbles. Otherwise it is no more difficult to figure out how to tile a shower floor than it is to figure out how to tile a shower wall. We share tips and tools that make this a lot easier no matter what your skill level. 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 plastic whether it s fiberglass or acrylic is simply too flexible to support tile and it s too smooth to allow the mortar to adhere. Tile redi redi base 36 in. 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. How to install tiled shower walls with a prefab base.

Made of fiberglass or acrylic they have an expanded polystyrene eps. Follow steps for tiling a shower wall. You should be aware the shower floor is slightly sloped to ensure that water runs into the drain. Once the mortar is set you can continue the process of placing either the shower pan or tile.