Kerdi Shower Pan On Sloped Floor

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Kerdi shower pan on sloped floor.

Tile contractor tom bouchard shows how to make a tile ready watertight sloped shower pan with a linear drain using schluter kerdi board kerdi membrane and thinset mortar. Schlüter kerdi shower is a modular system for the construction of floor level showers with ceramic tiles. Schluter kerdi shower lt lts are prefabricated expanded polystyrene sloped trays with integrated kerdi waterproofing specifically designed to accept the kerdi line linear drain. Using the maximum floor slope allowed by code to get the 2 vertical you d need 48 of run which is what you have on your short dimension.

Waterproof with kerdi over the drypack and then tile over that. The sloped trays which have optional levelling boards are available in different dimensions. The shower pan is the big worry the schluter simply didn t work well so we went with a poured and sloped floor and professionally tiled. Thin set kerdi pan to plywood.

Dimpled floors uneven slope to the drain just a big mess. Thin set 1 4 backer board then use self leveler over the top. Shower curbs and shower doors can disappear offering freedom and security to individuals with limited mobility or homeowners wanting to age in place. Running parallel to the 60 side of the shower.

I spent a lot of dough on the schluter thing the work was double checked and it still did not perform in our application. Kerdi line linear drains add a touch of elegance allowing for single sloped floors and large format tiles that carry through from the floor right in to the shower or wet area of the bath. Using thin set to slope shower floor you can do a single layer dry pack probably down to 1 so you re only raising the floor 1 not 3. The trays are available in 39 x 39 100 cm x 100 cm 55 x 55 140 cm x 140 cm 48 x 48 122 cm x 122 cm 36 x 72 91 cm x 183 cm 38 x 76 97 cm x 193 cm and 36 x 55 91 cm x 140 cm.

Add 1 2 plywood shimmed and screwed to joists. Code also requires the slope of the shower floor to be between 1 4 per foot and 1 2 per foot. A sloped tile shower pan with a linear drain. The subfloor is tong grove 3 4 osb with joists at 16 o c.