Shower pan is pretty much important for your bathroom to look more elegant and nice. However, there some steps in which you should install your shower pan. There are some different ways in which you can do this operation.

For the traditional method which is the most common to build the shower pan. First of all you should install the masonry base in a good way because it holds everything, then you set the ceramic tile over the masonry. It sounds traditional, yet this method requires some clever and high skills. If you master those skills you can handy install your shower and surely it will operate perfectly. After you set a sold sub floor, you will have to build two layers of drain holes . So the first layer would be poured in the bottom drain holes, and after the first layer dried you can set the second one and leave it some time to well dry. You need to pay attention very carefully, because if you mess any part of the shower uncovered it would surely leak later on and cause you many problems.

If you are a very busy person and you do not have time to waste with this traditional shower pan installation, you can choose a ready tile shower system which includes all constructions and the ceiling ready to install. Doing this would save you more time and energy yet, when you want to repair or replace your shower pan, you need to bring a professional since you did not experience all the steps. It is better to do this installation yourself to be aware of any problem that might happen to you later. In addition to that, you have to be aware of another important thing, in fact when you want to set some accessories such as shelves, you have to do while you are in the process of building your shower pan. If you decide to do later, you would be just breaking the good shape and the look of your shower pan. So, as you see the installation of shower pan is not that easy, yet if you pay just a little attention concerning this you would perfectly do the job.

All in all, here are some guide steps to install your shower pan such as:

1. The first thing to do is to build a solid sub floor and the decision is you to choose either a wood or concrete.

2. The other job is to place the drain for the water to take its way properly under the floor.

3. Then pour the first layer to the base of the drain.

4. Place a gravel under the drain holes to keep the hole open and let the water goes.