Tiling Shower With Floor Pan

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.

Tiling shower with floor 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. Follow steps for tiling a shower wall. Single threshold shower base in grey with center drain. You should be aware the shower floor is slightly sloped to ensure that water runs into the drain.

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. Tiling should begin within approximately 16 hours of the mortar bed installation. You can t tile directly over a plastic shower floor. If you want a tile floor you have to remove the existing shower pan and construct a new mortar bed.

Pour mud into the shower pan mixing it with a trowel as you go to get rid of air bubbles. Tiling a shower floor is pretty similar to tiling the shower wall. Once the mortar is in place allow it set overnight. After 24 hours the mortar bed enters a green state and should not have tile adhered to it for 28 days.

This is why most shower pans are smaller tiles such as mosaics or at the most 4 inch natural stone tiles. 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 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. Made of fiberglass or acrylic they have an expanded polystyrene eps.

Tile redi redi base 36 in. Today s video shares quick tips for how to tile a shower floor. How to install tiled shower walls with a prefab base. The more slope the harder it is to install large bodied tiles.