On 5/29/2014 6:16 PM, Mike wrote:
Besies not doing this, any thoughts on building a wooden shower
pan? I have a small cabin that has space at a premium. My bathroom
has enough room for a 24"x24" shower pan. My idea is to build a pan
out of plywood and 1"x4" sides. Once the pan is built paint the
wood. When the pan is in place bore a hole through the pan, through
the sub floor, between the joists of the raised floor. The waste,
gray water would drain through a hole cut in the wall.

This pan is only for collecting the water and will not be submerged.
The water, once collected, should drain quickly out of the cabin.
This pan is inside my cabin and not outside exposed to heat, weather,
etc.

My questions include:
- What to use as paint so the wood becomes water proof?
- Is there a better way to do this?
- Should I abandon this project and buy a 32"x32" pan?

Mike


I don't think it is a good idea. Water is bound to leak into wood
somewhere and eventually cause rot. Plastic pan material over wood,
with mud base and tiles would allow building any size pan.