Re: building a new shower pan

Posted by kzin on January 21, 2008, 11:03 pm

> I'm going to build a custom shower pan for the purpose of tiling.
> I've never done anything like this before, so I want to make sure I'm
> doing this right...

I'm all for DIY myself but from what I've read about this you may want to
think twice.
Everything I've seen indicates this is a job for a pro.

good luck
ml

Posted by Bob F on January 22, 2008, 6:19 pm

>> I'm going to build a custom shower pan for the purpose of tiling.
>> I've never done anything like this before, so I want to make sure I'm
>> doing this right...

> I'm all for DIY myself but from what I've read about this you may want to
> think twice.
> Everything I've seen indicates this is a job for a pro.

That didn't stop me.

Posted by Frank Warner on January 23, 2008, 6:26 pm

> >> I'm going to build a custom shower pan for the purpose of tiling.
> >> I've never done anything like this before, so I want to make sure I'm
> >> doing this right...

> > I'm all for DIY myself but from what I've read about this you may want to
> > think twice.
> > Everything I've seen indicates this is a job for a pro.

>
> That didn't stop me.
>
>

Me, neither.

There are a variety of online sources for DIY shower pans. The folks
over at Taunton Press have one of the better tutorials. It costs you
$20 or so. Money well spent if you want to do it right.

-Frank

--
Here's some of my work:
http://www.franksknives.com/

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