I just had my basement completed all but for the bathroom is finished. I have a very small bathroom with a shower. My question is do I need to have a shower pan in the floor of the shower before it is tiled nor not? The floor of the shower is concrete and the tile person is telling me that all I need is to have pressure type wood place across the entrance of the shower and then tile the shower floor. The walls of shower as well as the outer walls are to be tiled also. This seems strange to me. Can someone who knows how this should be done share some knowledge with me? This does not sound right!

Thanks,
catsanddogs

I just had my basement completed all but for the bathroom is finished. I have a very small bathroom with a shower. My question is do I need to have a shower pan in the floor of the shower before it is tiled nor not? The floor of the shower is concrete and the tile person is telling me that all I need is to have pressure type wood place across the entrance of the shower and then tile the shower floor. The walls of shower as well as the outer walls are to be tiled also. This seems strange to me. Can someone who knows how this should be done share some knowledge with me? This does not sound right!

Thanks,
catsanddogs

Yep, if it is going to be tiled no need for a shower pan, especially that you are already on concrete. If you were tiling the floor and a second story bath you would want to lay down a water proof membrane first, backer board, then tile. Only need a shower pan if you are going to just be tiling the walls and not the floor, or if you are doing a fiber glass surround. As far as the wood for the entrance that will work, a PT 4x4 and liquid nails would do the job, I have also seen window blocks used too.

Cat are you saying that your shower drain and trap are already in place in the concrete? Was the concrete floor sloped to the drain when it was poured? The pressure treated wood is being used to create a curb and I would not recommend this unless this is a very small doorway on the shower, 30" or less.