building a new shower pan
 

To All:

I'm going to build a custom shower pan for the purpose of tiling.
I've never done anything like this before, so I want to make sure I'm
doing this right...

I'll be putting this in my basement, on the concrete slab. This
shower is going to replace the fiberglass shower pan that was
destroyed and removed. Most instructions I see for doing this call for
laying down roof paper, or some type of barrier, before putting down
the initial sloping sand mix,. This, i understand is designed to
preven moisture from wicking into the concrete.

If I'm putting sand mix down, and then a 40 MIL CPE liner, and then
thickset, and then the thinset and tile, do I need the roof paper at
the bottom? Or is this for putting a shower on a plywood base?


Any thoughts/suggestions/words of wisdom?

-Thanks in advance,.


Todd

building a new shower pan
 

Todd,

Take a look at the following link
http://www.schluter.com/8_4_kerdi_shower_kit.aspx

Not quite what you asked for, but it may be of some help. The kit components
are also available separately. Specifically, the waterproofing membrane.

I haven't used this kit myself, but plan to do so when (if?) I ever get
around to adding a new shower to an existing bathroom.

Hope this helps.

Peter.

"Todd" wrote in message
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To All:

I'm going to build a custom shower pan for the purpose of tiling.
I've never done anything like this before, so I want to make sure I'm
doing this right...

I'll be putting this in my basement, on the concrete slab. This
shower is going to replace the fiberglass shower pan that was
destroyed and removed. Most instructions I see for doing this call for
laying down roof paper, or some type of barrier, before putting down
the initial sloping sand mix,. This, i understand is designed to
preven moisture from wicking into the concrete.

If I'm putting sand mix down, and then a 40 MIL CPE liner, and then
thickset, and then the thinset and tile, do I need the roof paper at
the bottom? Or is this for putting a shower on a plywood base?


Any thoughts/suggestions/words of wisdom?

-Thanks in advance,.


Todd

building a new shower pan
 

On Jan 22, 1:09*am, "Peter Bogiatzidis" wrote:
Todd,

Take a look at the following linkhttp://www.schluter.com/8_4_kerdi_shower_kit.aspx

Not quite what you asked for, but it may be of some help. The kit components
are also available separately. Specifically, the waterproofing membrane.

I haven't used this kit myself, but plan to do so when (if?) I ever get
around to adding a new shower to an existing bathroom.

Hope this helps.

Peter.

"Todd" wrote in message

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To All:

I'm going to build a custom shower pan for the purpose of tiling.
I've never done anything like this before, so I want to make sure I'm
doing this right...

I'll be putting this in my basement, on the concrete slab. *This
shower is going to replace the fiberglass shower pan that was
destroyed and removed. Most instructions I see for doing this call for
laying down roof paper, or some type of barrier, before putting down
the initial sloping sand mix,. This, i understand is designed to
preven moisture from wicking into the concrete.

If I'm putting sand mix down, and then a 40 MIL CPE liner, and then
thickset, and then the thinset and tile, do I need the roof paper at
the bottom? Or is this for putting a shower on a plywood base?

Any thoughts/suggestions/words of wisdom?

-Thanks in advance,.

Todd- Hide quoted text -

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FWIW...I have seen this type of system used a couple of times on
Holmes on Homes. They seem to love it.

building a new shower pan
 

"kzin" wrote in message
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On 21-Jan-2008, Todd wrote:

I'm going to build a custom shower pan for the purpose of tiling.
I've never done anything like this before, so I want to make sure I'm
doing this right...

I'm all for DIY myself but from what I've read about this you may want to
think twice.
Everything I've seen indicates this is a job for a pro.

That didn't stop me.

building a new shower pan
 

In article , Bob F
wrote:

"kzin" wrote in message
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On 21-Jan-2008, Todd wrote:

I'm going to build a custom shower pan for the purpose of tiling.
I've never done anything like this before, so I want to make sure I'm
doing this right...

I'm all for DIY myself but from what I've read about this you may want to
think twice.
Everything I've seen indicates this is a job for a pro.

That didn't stop me.



Me, neither.

There are a variety of online sources for DIY shower pans. The folks
over at Taunton Press have one of the better tutorials. It costs you
$20 or so. Money well spent if you want to do it right.

-Frank

--
Here's some of my work:
http://www.franksknives.com/

building a new shower pan
 

On Jan 21, 10:22 pm, Todd wrote:
To All:

I'm going to build a custom shower pan for the purpose of tiling.
I've never done anything like this before, so I want to make sure I'm
doing this right...

I'll be putting this in my basement, on the concrete slab. This
shower is going to replace the fiberglass shower pan that was
destroyed and removed. Most instructions I see for doing this call for
laying down roof paper, or some type of barrier, before putting down
the initial sloping sand mix,. This, i understand is designed to
preven moisture from wicking into the concrete.

If I'm putting sand mix down, and then a 40 MIL CPE liner, and then
thickset, and then the thinset and tile, do I need the roof paper at
the bottom? Or is this for putting a shower on a plywood base?

Any thoughts/suggestions/words of wisdom?

Get your hands on Michael Byrne's book, Setting Tile put out by the
Taunton Press (of Fine Homebuilding fame). Your local library
probably has a copy but it's definitely worth owning. You should also
visit the John Bridge tile forums. There are a lot of pros and
skilled amateurs that frequent those forums and are quite helpful and
encouraging.

R

building a new shower pan
 

Thanks for the advice.

Do you know if it covers building a shower pan on an existing basement
slab? My primary concern is making sure the pan is built correctly for
being placed on a slab. All instructions that I have are for placing
the shower pan on a plywood subfloor.

- Thanks,

Todd



On Jan 23, 10:02 pm, RicodJour wrote:
On Jan 21, 10:22 pm, Todd wrote:



To All:

I'm going to build a custom shower pan for the purpose of tiling.
I've never done anything like this before, so I want to make sure I'm
doing this right...

I'll be putting this in my basement, on the concrete slab. This
shower is going to replace the fiberglass shower pan that was
destroyed and removed. Most instructions I see for doing this call for
laying down roof paper, or some type of barrier, before putting down
the initial sloping sand mix,. This, i understand is designed to
preven moisture from wicking into the concrete.

If I'm putting sand mix down, and then a 40 MIL CPE liner, and then
thickset, and then the thinset and tile, do I need the roof paper at
the bottom? Or is this for putting a shower on a plywood base?

Any thoughts/suggestions/words of wisdom?

Get your hands on Michael Byrne's book, Setting Tile put out by the
Taunton Press (of Fine Homebuilding fame). Your local library
probably has a copy but it's definitely worth owning. You should also
visit the John Bridge tile forums. There are a lot of pros and
skilled amateurs that frequent those forums and are quite helpful and
encouraging.

R