Installing A Tub Shower On Existing Concrete Floor

In order to add a bathroom to a house on a concrete slab you will need to locate the existing water supply and waste lines.

Installing a tub shower on existing concrete floor.

As a finishing touch consider adding a tile floor and backsplash to your bathroom and tub. Drain with the p trap located under the concrete slab. Mark the outline of the shower pan on the subfloor using pencil or a chalk line. We also include how to install a freestanding tub faucet.

Shower stall on concrete a shower usually requires a 2 in. For a stable floor floors and studs must be at the right angle. Pre drill holes through the shower pan rim at the marked locations. Leave a 5 5 opening for the drain.

Mark the center of each wall stud on the shower pan rim. Ideally you ll already have a drain roughed in with the pipe sticking a few inches above the floor. Lay the bay backward to install the shower drain. Shower base installation instructions.

Then design a bathroom layout that will function properly with the existing plumbing plan or with limited modification. Step 1 put your new bathtub in the the room you ll install it in 24 hours before installation to allow the tub to adjust to the climate at the location. Frame your shower walls to ensure that the shower bay fits. The most efficient and least expensive method of installing a basement shower without the need to break concrete is to install it over existing plumbing stub outs.

You will later screw the shower pan into the wall studs. In this video home renovation brothers dave and rich show you how to install a freestanding tub. Reinstall the baseboard and finish moulding around and in front of the tub. This limits your ability to change the basement layout but if the stub outs are in place using them will save money and labor.

Test fit the shower pan to confirm the drain opening fits over the drain hole in the floor. Sketch the new design in place if possible fine tune the design and then finalize the plan. If you want to install a shower over a concrete floor a fiberglass shower stall will work just fine. With the tub in place finish off the wall with drywall and paint.