Pre Slope Bed Vs Sloped Mud Floor

Deck mud is a leveling mortar designed for interior or exterior underlayment.

Pre slope bed vs sloped mud floor.

The perfect pitch stuff is not really your friend it leaves a weak spot in the mudbed. I try to make my pre sloped the proper thickness at the drain so it will be 1 1 2 at the walls. Start with a solid clean and properly supported shower floor. The most common method for constructing a pre slope is with a mixed cement and sand deck mud that has a consistency that will allow it to be balled up in the palm in your hand.

If we make the pre incline 3 4 thick at the drain it requires to be a total of 1 1 2 inch thick at all your walls. Under that slope is the pvc liner which is on top of your preslope. Typically per foot is the amount of slope required to get the water to cooperate. It is for all types of paver tile and marble installations on floors and counter tops.

However using a mud bed is usually a longer installation process than using pre constructed kits. If you are using a preformed shower pan the manufacturer of the pan should provide instructions as to how thick the mortar bed needs to be. The setting bed on top on the other hand must be consistently at least 1 1 4 to 1 1 2 thick everywhere follows the slope of the bottom layer and thus sloped. The overall thickness of the mortar depends on a variety of factors.

Seriously if you ve got water getting under all that tile and cement and pvc lining you ve got bigger issues than a little preslope. Deck mud is a mixture of washed graded sand and portland cement that conforms to astm c 144. If you are going to start with a preslope here is the how to. Your finished flooring after your liner and leading mud bed are set up requires to be 1 to 1 1 4 thick at the drain.