1.1 - Shower Pans: How To Make & Why They Suck (Condensed Ver.) - Martin Haddock | Da Vinci Concrete The Craftsmen's Collective

How do you make a concrete shower pan? Is it worth it? What are some things you should be mindful of when making them. Because these questions and more pop up in the Facebook forums from time to time we figured doing an episode on it would help. This is the condensed version without all the tangents and what nots.  



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Timestamps: 

0:00 Opener 

0:23 Podcast Intro 

1:54 Episode Starts 

5:12 If you want to offer trays I recommend 

9:30 Difference between shower trays & sinks 

11:55 Things I'd do differently next time 

14:32 Drain taper  

17:03 Martin's pet peeves 

18:05 Install 

24:38 Templating 

40:44 And back to installing 

43:33 Mold making 

54:20 My Mold starts to separate before & DURING casting 

57:43 Grouting 

1:16:00 Sealing 

1:21:52 Closing Remarks