Making A Concrete Shower Curb

As you might expect different people use different methods to build shower curbs.

Making a concrete shower curb.

This means it doesn t take in water through leaks allowing it to last longer. It is a simple diy process and i use three 2x4s to build a nice curb for the shower in my washroom. Find the length of the side of your shower area that doesn t have a wall. Shower curbs on top of a wooden subfloor on the other hand use wood as the basis for the form of the curb.

There is no better way to build a curb. Traditionally wooden curbs utilize lengths of two by four lumber cut down to the width. So would it be an issue to build the shower with the pan liner below the mortar bed and install a waterproofing membrane on the shower curb and corners only but not across the entire shower bed. In this video i show you how to build a shower curb.

Using cement mortar to complete your shower curb is necessary even when you ve selected the cement backer board method for the shower walls. This video shows how to create a shower curb frame from a metal mesh. Shower curbs have been built from portland cement mortar for as long as showers have been around. The curb is the edge of your pan that isn t along a wall and where you would step into the shower.

Would this still be an issue with mold on the corners even though the rest of the mortar bed would only have the liner below. A good shower curb keeps water contained in the shower area preventing you from soaking the bathroom floor.