Making A Concrete Shower Floor

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.

Making a concrete shower floor.

Typical slope for a shower floor is 1 8 to 3 16 inch per foot across. Leave the mortar to cure. Use a spade handle drill which works like a giant hand mixer. Create the concrete mixture pour concrete mix into a bucket until it s about one third full.

Concrete may seem like an odd material to use in a bathroom but it has several qualities that make it an appealing choice. Water and water damage. Using concrete mix create a 1 4 per foot slope to the shower drain. Remember tile and mortar are not waterproof.

Lay a large sheet of tar paper on the entire floor of your shower pan and smooth it out as flat as possible. The shower walls and ceiling are precast 1 inch thick polished concrete panels. How to create a stained concrete shower floor. Secure a layer of tar paper to the floor to block moisture.

Drive a nail into the floor every 8 12 inches 20 30 cm so the tar paper stays in place. Mix in water and more concrete mix following the manufacturer s instructions until the result is the consistency of a milkshake. Tar paper protects your subfloor if water ever gets underneath your shower pan.