Making A Concrete Shower Curb

The curb is the edge of your pan that isn t along a wall and where you would step into the shower.

Making a concrete shower curb.

Traditionally wooden curbs utilize lengths of two by four lumber cut down to the width. Build a curb for the shower pan using 2 in 4 in 5 1 cm 10 2 cm boards. A great and well made shower curb does all that and is fully waterproof. So would it be an issue to build the shower with the pan liner below the mortar bed and install a waterproofing membrane on the shower curb and corners only but not across the entire shower bed.

This video shows how to create a shower curb frame from a metal mesh. It is a simple diy process and i use three 2x4s to build a nice curb for the shower in my washroom. Find the length of the side of your shower area that doesn t have a wall. Shower curbs on top of a wooden subfloor on the other hand use wood as the basis for the form of the curb.

In this video i show you how to build a shower curb. Shower curbs have been built from portland cement mortar for as long as showers have been around. This metal metal mesh is a diamond mesh specially designed for cement floating and it i. Using cement mortar to complete your shower curb is necessary even when you ve selected the cement backer board method for the shower walls.

A good shower curb keeps water contained in the shower area preventing you from soaking the bathroom floor. This means it doesn t take in water through leaks allowing it to last longer.