When working with the wet concrete strike it gently with the flat side of the trowel to help bring the moisture to the surface and smooth out the concrete.
How to make a shower floor out of concrete.
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Drive a nail into the floor every 8 12 inches 20 30 cm so the tar paper stays in place.
For this example we ll use a drain that is in the center of the shower pan.
Continue mixing until all clumps are eliminated.
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No additives such as latex should be used when making concrete for shower floors.
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The drain can be anywhere on the pan as long as we slope the concrete for proper drainage.
The height of the concrete should gently slope from 2 1 2 around the outside of the form to 1 1 4 near the drain.
Lay a large sheet of tar paper on the entire floor of your shower pan and smooth it out as flat as possible.
Pour the concrete and spread it out with a trowel.
Step 5 the concrete mixture can be stirred by hand with a masonry tool or shovel or with the use of a paddle bit attached to a power drill.