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.

Kerdi shower pan on sloped floor.

Schluter kerdi shower lt lts are prefabricated expanded polystyrene sloped trays with integrated kerdi waterproofing specifically designed to accept the kerdi line linear drain. A sloped tile shower pan with a linear drain. Dimpled floors uneven slope to the drain just a big mess. 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.

Thin set kerdi pan to plywood. 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. Shower curbs and shower doors can disappear offering freedom and security to individuals with limited mobility or homeowners wanting to age in place.

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. Running parallel to the 60 side of the shower. 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. The matching floor drain system schlüter kerdi drain base is available as a set.

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. 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 1 4 backer board then use self leveler over the top. In a curbless shower the top of the curb essentially becomes the flat part of the bathroom floor.

The sloped trays which have optional levelling boards are available in different dimensions. Schlüter kerdi shower is a modular system for the construction of floor level showers with ceramic tiles. I spent a lot of dough on the schluter thing the work was double checked and it still did not perform in our application. Thin set kerdi pan to that.