| Installing a custom ceramic tile shower in your home | | | | into the base of the shower area and secure it to |
| is something a do it yourself homeowner can do with | | | | the sides of the shower wall frame with staples and |
| a little upfront knowledge. The most important | | | | or nails. In addition, an opening in the membrane |
| aspect of a successful custom ceramic tile shower | | | | should be cut out to allow the adjustable shower |
| installation is properly installing a shower pan | | | | drain assembly to slip through. |
| membrane liner. The shower pan membrane liner is | | | | With the shower pan membrane installed, the |
| used to ensure a leak-proof shower. | | | | cementitious ceramic tile backerboard can then be |
| Shower pan membrane liners are used to funnel any | | | | secured to the framed shower walls. The |
| water that seeps through the floor or wall grout to | | | | backerboard is a rigid material that is ideal for |
| the shower drain below. The shower pan membrane | | | | attaching tile in wet areas such as a shower stall. |
| liner is made up of a flexible type of plastic material | | | | After installing the ceramic tile backerboard, a final |
| that sits below a bed of mortar, and the tile, in the | | | | coat of mortar needs to be applied on top of the |
| shower floor area. | | | | membrane to protect it and to provide a solid base |
| Prior to installing the shower pan membrane liner, the | | | | for laying the ceramic floor tile. |
| floor of the shower needs to be pre-sloped to | | | | With the final coat of mortar cured, the ceramic tile |
| ensure that the water will flow towards the shower | | | | can then be installed in the shower. |
| drain assembly. The pre-slope is accomplished by | | | | Once the tile and grout have been installed, the |
| applying a layer of mortar to the floor of the shower | | | | shower drain assembly should be adjusted so that |
| unit area. The layer of mortar is troweled in such as | | | | the drain height sits flush with the finished ceramic tile |
| way as to create a gentle slope from the shower | | | | floor. |
| wall edges to the center of the shower where the | | | | For more information on installing a shower pan |
| drain resides. | | | | membrane liner, see the Shower Pan Membrane Liner |
| Once the pre-slope mortar has cured, the flexible | | | | Installation EBook from The Shower Pan Membrane |
| shower pan membrane liner can then be installed. | | | | Liner EBook will quickly teach you the step-by-step |
| There are a couple of types of shower pan | | | | process for installing the shower pan membrane liner |
| membrane liners on the market, with each having | | | | correctly. It includes instructions on framing the |
| their own benefits. With either type of membrane, | | | | shower stall, pouring the pre-slope and shower base |
| the homeowner needs to form and fold the material | | | | mortar, and installing the shower pan membrane liner. |