Installing Shower Drain In Concrete Floor

This guide explains how to install a shower pan over existing plumbing.

Installing shower drain in concrete floor.

If you want to make everything a consistent color you can paint the floor or add interlocking flooring. A drain pipe is already in place. Otherwise you have to break through the concrete to run a new line for a shower stall installation. Using concrete mix create a 1 4 per foot slope to the shower drain.

You can hire someone to saw a trench in the concrete floor from where the drain will be to where the drain pipe will exit the building. Ideally you ll already have a drain roughed in with the pipe sticking a few inches above the floor. Remember tile and mortar are not waterproof. Add a drain cover.

If the subfloor is wood waterproof it before using self leveler and before spreading mortar or adhesive. If the floor is not level the shower pan will not be able to drain properly. Pre slope is required in order to allow water collected on the shower membrane to drain into the weep holes of your shower drain assembly. Fix an uneven floor using a self leveler.

Installing a floor drain into an existing concrete slab will require some sawing of the concrete. It is easy to learn how to install a shower in the basement without breaking concrete. It s a little extra work but in the long run we think it. The concrete will be much lighter than the surrounding concrete floor.

If you want to install a shower over a concrete floor a fiberglass shower stall will work just fine. Today we started the installation process on the curbless shower for the master bathroom. Install the cover and trap to finish off your new system.