Concrete Floor Shower Drain Installation

Pour the concrete pour the concrete and spread it out with a trowel.

Concrete floor shower drain installation.

When working with the wet concrete strike it gently with the flat side of the trowel to help bring the moisture to the surface and smooth out the concrete. A shower usually requires a 2 in. For any questions you may have about this video a. Drain with the p trap located under the concrete slab.

Today we started the installation process on the curbless shower for the master bathroom. The position of the drain pipe determines the local of the stud walls around the shower. This is your shower. Ideally you ll already have a drain roughed in with the pipe sticking a few inches above the floor.

This video demontrates how to prepare a concrete box out for the installation of the schluter kerdi drain. If you want to install a shower over a concrete floor a fiberglass shower stall will work just fine. Otherwise you have to break through the concrete to run a new line for a shower stall installation. The height of the concrete should gently slope from 2 1 2 around the outside of the form to 1 1 4 near the drain.

On a new concrete floor a 5 x4 installation will only require a stamp out depth of approx. The pipe should be sticking at least 2 inches above the floor at least an inch space between the pipe and the concrete for the accommodation of the drain assembly. Lay the bay backward to install the shower drain. Frame your shower walls to ensure that the shower bay fits.

The first step is to decide on the schematics of the shower base and ordering it. Use no caulk shower drain which is a leak proof shower drain assembly. 1 in the shower area. A drain pipe is already in place.

It s a little extra work but in the long run we think it.