Shower Pan On A Wood Floor Plywood Thickness Two Layers

Form the curve toe nail 2 6 blocking at the base of shower on interior walls to support the vinyl liner.

Shower pan on a wood floor plywood thickness two layers.

Cdx plywood should be a minimum of 7 16. Most make this layer at least 1 thick at the drain and again slight slope so the layer is thicker at the walls. Glue is sprayed between each layer and the sheet is hot pressed. Cut the top of the drywall at 6 ft.

There s a sloped plywood shower pan that already exists photos attached. The second layer is poured placed on top of the installed shower liner. Above the plywood floor to allow for the slope fill and two layers of 3 ft. The plywood must be exterior grade for all wet areas and it has to be installed in such a way that the joints between each layer do not line up using what is known as a stagger pattern to keep the pieces from ever lining up.

This top layer is typically thicker to provide strength as this is the layer that will be tiled and the finished floor layer of your shower pan. My question is rather than the traditional method of sandwiching a membrane between two layers of sloped concrete does the pre sloped plywood allow me to skip installing that first sloped layer of concrete and just do the second layer on top of a.