Kerdi Shower Pan On Sloped Floor

A sloped tile shower pan with a linear drain view all 34 photos 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.

Kerdi shower pan on sloped floor.

The subfloor is tong grove 3 4 osb with joists at 16 o c. Schlüter kerdi shower is a modular system for the construction of floor level showers with ceramic tiles. The sloped trays which have optional levelling boards are available in different dimensions. 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.

Add 1 2 plywood shimmed and screwed to joists. A sloped tile shower pan with a linear drain. Shower curbs and shower doors can disappear offering freedom and security to individuals with limited mobility or homeowners wanting to age in place. Code also requires the slope of the shower floor to be between 1 4 per foot and 1 2 per foot.

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. Dimpled floors uneven slope to the drain just a big mess. Thin set kerdi pan to plywood. The matching floor drain system schlüter kerdi drain base is available as a set.

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. 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. Thin set 1 4 backer board then use self leveler over the top.

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. In a curbless shower the top of the curb essentially becomes the flat part of the bathroom floor. Waterproof with kerdi over the drypack and then tile over that. Thin set kerdi pan to that.