How To Install A Shower Pan

With a little know how you can do it yourself.

How to install a shower pan. Connect drainpipe to shower pan s strainer with a compression gasket. Installing an acrylic shower base is easier than you think. Prepare the area for installation.

With the stainless plate installed you can take your drain adapter and do a dry fit over the abs pipe. This video from bunnings will show you in just a. Put the back shower wall in position locking the bottom tabs into the base.

Assemble the necessary tools and equipment. May 30 2018 a mortared shower pan allows you to custom fit a shower enclosure. Installing your shower pan.

You want to ensure the adapter fits tightly in place. Complete the installation by covering the walls with backerboard and then tile or other finished material. Once you confirm the adapter fits remove it apply abs primer add glue to the abs drain pipe and adapter and install.

Screw or snap the drain screen into place over the flange so that it sits flush with the shower. Use a rubber mallet to tap gasket and pipe flush with shower floor. Measure along all of the walls that will come in.

Put the new shower base aside and draw an access slot on the subfloor roughing in the new p trap and drain line. Test the base and plumbing connections for make sure everything works without leaking. Now dry fit the enclosure.