How Do You Install A Shower Pan In A Handicapped Shower?
A shower pan for a handicapped shower has special requirements. The most important is that it has no threshold. The threshold interferes with wheel-chair access. The second requirement is that it is larger so there’s room for the chair to navigate. The two requirements actually work together: The larger shower area allows you to end the slope of the floor before the doorway. A fabric membrane is the best material for a handicapped shower, since you don’t need a second coat of concrete with it, which raises its height. Create the layout for the shower stall. Keep the head of the shower as far away from the entrance as possible. When you calculate for the slope of the shower you’ll need to use a drop of 1/4 inch for every foot the drain is from the wall, or if you stop the slope about a foot beyond the area where the water hits, at that point. If the drain is 3 feet from the wall, the slope is 3/4 inch. Lay roofing paper or plastic on the subfloor. Cover that with wire mesh. Overlap the
