Making A Concrete Shower Curb

This video shows how to create a shower curb frame from a metal mesh.

Making a concrete shower curb.

Shower curbs have been built from portland cement mortar for as long as showers have been around. There is no better way to build a curb. Traditionally wooden curbs utilize lengths of two by four lumber cut down to the width. Using cement mortar to complete your shower curb is necessary even when you ve selected the cement backer board method for the shower walls.

A great and well made shower curb does all that and is fully waterproof. Find the length of the side of your shower area that doesn t have a wall. Shower curbs on top of a wooden subfloor on the other hand use wood as the basis for the form of the curb. A good shower curb keeps water contained in the shower area preventing you from soaking the bathroom floor.

As you might expect different people use different methods to build shower curbs. So would it be an issue to build the shower with the pan liner below the mortar bed and install a waterproofing membrane on the shower curb and corners only but not across the entire shower bed. This metal metal mesh is a diamond mesh specially designed for cement floating and it i. The curb is the edge of your pan that isn t along a wall and where you would step into the shower.

It is a simple diy process and i use three 2x4s to build a nice curb for the shower in my washroom. This means it doesn t take in water through leaks allowing it to last longer.