By: Al Bullington | 2010-08-23 | Real Estate Real Estate Build a shower pan properly and it should last for decades. Get it wrong and you soon find out. Building a shower pan often is left to pros, but even pros sometimes get in a mess. Here are the main steps to installing a shower pan the right way. Drain Mystery Revealed A tile shower drain contains more than meets the eye, at least more than you can see from the top of a finished shower. That's because the drain actually contains drain holes on two layers. One layer you see in the floor. The mystery layer though is really buried down in the shower base itself. The lower dr... read more
By: Al Bullington | 2010-03-27 | Bath showers The shower pan membrane is the key to a shower that doesn't leak. After it's in, the next challenge is covering the walls. Here's how it goes... read more
By: Al Bullington | 2010-04-03 | Bath showers Sadly shower pan construction is trickier than it looks like. The really important parts of a shower are hidden away in the floor. Get the hidden part wrong and you have major trouble. Get it right and your shower will work perfectly for years. Here's what to watch for... read more
By: Al Bullington | 2010-04-01 | Bath showers Proper shower pan installation produces a leak proof shower that will stay that way for decades. Make a few common mistakes and you'll have a leaky, expensive mess. Here are a few common mistakes. read more
By: Al Bullington | 2010-03-29 | Bath showers Building a shower pan is a step by step process. See, ceramic tile showers really like to leak. Here's how to get started right. read more
By: Al Bullington | 2010-03-27 | Bath showers Shower pan installation is a simple step-by-step process. The problem is you can't look at a shower pan and see the important parts. They're all buried in the floor. read more
By: Al Bullington | 2010-03-27 | Bath showers The tile ready shower pan looks like an easy solution. It's what many pros now use. Skip the mud work, but here are some tips... read more
By: Al Bullington | 2010-04-07 | Bath showers Installing a tile shower pan curb is a step-by-step process. The real trick is the important part is buried. Get these three tips for getting the hidden part right. read more
By: kaithjenny | 2011-02-15 | Shopping Apart from just the taste, you will find there's a surprising sum of functions for a cupcake decoration to produce the treat as pretty on the outside as it tastes on the inside. read more
By: Al Bullington | 2010-03-27 | Bath showers Learning how to make a shower pan the traditional way is a step by step process. Each step is simple, but each step must be done the right way or disaster waits. Here are the basics. read more
By: Greg Vandenberge | 2010-03-29 | Bath showers I've seen plenty of tips and advice all over the Internet and rarely do I find the most important thing that you will need to know when building a shower pan. Every once in a while I will purchase a book on home repairs or bathroom remodeling that mentions the most important thing you need to know when building a shower pan, but I rarely see it anywhere else. read more
By: Al Bullington | 2010-03-28 | Bath showers Shower pan construction the traditional way uses masonry products to build the shower floor. Now there are other ways to build a tile shower floor. Some methods are easier in some ways. But for low cost and proven performance, it's still hard to beat the multi-layer masonry shower pan. Here's the way the mortar is made to build the floor. read more
By: Al Bullington | 2010-03-26 | Bath showers Tile ready shower pans are the way to get a tile shower with no mud. They're a lot faster to build than a traditional tile shower, but look out for the problems... read more
By: Al Bullington | 2010-03-29 | Bath showers Learning how to build a shower pan starts with the basics. Funny how so many projects begin with getting the simplest things right. Installing a tile shower is no different. Here's how to start shower pan construction the right way. read more
By: Al Bullington | 2010-04-02 | Bath showers Skip the mortar work with a tile ready shower pan. Don't skip steps though or you'll be sorry... read more