One dreadful thing to discover is when you wake up in the morning and find out that there is a damp spot on your bedroom floor near to your shower.
Indeed, this smells trouble.
The finishing plaster had degenerated at the bottom of the shower and after a thorough inspection underneath the house you uncovered that there are really defects and impairments beneath the shower.
The next dreadful thing to discover is that there is no one else to do the fixing except you.
However, with the basic things in mind, you will be able to install a shower pan by yourself and might even find it interesting.
First thing to do on how to install a shower pan is you fix the damage.
The defect is usually under the floor and around the pan, all you have to do is take it away and replace it.
But if the damage has gone too far like for instance water has mutilated the walls as well as the ceilings of the floors below, then it would be a bigger dilemma since it would entail an extensive repair and use up huge amount of money.
For this reason, the method on how to install a shower pan is considered to be a fastidious job.
Second thing to do is set up the drain base properly so that every time water goes down to the grout it will always find the drain.
Keep in mind that when mortars are exposed to too much water, it absorbs too much water too and if the mortar was not mixed properly it will disintegrate and eventually will fail.
Next thing to do is create a tilted mortar base.
The slope can move the water all the way to drain.
An inclined base which is two inches thick would be ideal.
After creating the ideal mortar base, the next thing to do install a shower pan membrane and drain top.
The membrane is made from rubber and is water resistant.
This goes over the base of the grout and goes up a few inches on the wall sides.
It is best to fold the liner around the corners.
Then follows the installation of the second mortar bed over the liner which is strengthened by wires.
Then create forms and spill the mortar mixture in order to settle for the right shape.
After the second coat of mortar is finished, set up a thinset coat followed by the tile.
Wait until the thinset cures, and then set up the grout.
As you slowly learn how to install a shower pan, along the way you make errors and inaccuracies and a lot of queries could show up.
Take for instance, you would ask yourself how to create a threshold which would be followed by how to make the fall in the floor.
This ranting would continue and continue thus, it is best to see through videos that could provide answers to questions that you have on how to install a shower pan.
These visual demonstrations can give you tips on how to do each step just like what real tile experts do.