Install Shower Pan Liner Basement Concrete Floor

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Install shower pan liner basement concrete floor.

Place cardboard or another material into the shower pan base to protect its surface. Ideally you ll already have a drain roughed in with the pipe sticking a few inches above the floor. Otherwise you have to break through the concrete to run a new line for a shower stall installation. This limits your ability to change the basement layout but if the stub outs are in place using them will save money and labor.

Waterproof the shower pan. A kohler sterling shower base installed on concrete. Depending on local building code you can use a vinyl sheet membrane or hot mop with tar. The most efficient and least expensive method of installing a basement shower without the need to break concrete is to install it over existing plumbing stub outs.

Get a professional plumber to rough in the shower drain before starting the concrete installation. If you want to install a shower over a concrete floor a fiberglass shower stall will work just fine. Also make sure your floor is pre sloped before installing the rubber liner in the following steps to prevent. The shower in this project will be flush with the side of the whirlpool bath so the frame needed to extend under the tub overhang.

A real wrestling match but we got er done. The roofing paper provides cushion between the concrete and the vinyl membrane which is critical.