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mortar base shower pans are obsolete.
they store gallons of water and promote mold and mildew growth on the shower floor.
either
1) get a pre-made plastic shower pan base from Mustee or similar, and set it in mortar
OR
2) get a foam base from Schluter, trim it to size, thinset Kerdi to it, and then set the floor tile directly on the Kerdi.
either way, you don't store water in your shower floor, there is no preslope and rubber folding to contend with, and it will never leak.
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The concrete shower pan is not at all difficult. I'd say make one.
IN THE NEGATIVE - If you cannot make a pan, you probably should not try tiling.
IN THE POSITIVE - If you even THINK you can tile, you CAN build your own concrete pan.
mortar base shower pans are obsolete.
they store gallons of water and promote mold and mildew growth on the shower floor.
either
1) get a pre-made plastic shower pan base from Mustee or similar, and set it in mortar
OR
2) get a foam base from Schluter, trim it to size, thinset Kerdi to it, and then set the floor tile directly on the Kerdi.
either way, you don't store water in your shower floor, there is no preslope and rubber folding to contend with, and it will never leak.
ar-jed
Using modern pans works right up til you hit that older house.
The inability to make an actual custom pan rto an arbitrary size then takes a really large bite out of your @ss.
If you learn how to do the 'old way' you can make anything correctly and make it work.
Adding in more modern materials like Kerdi and other membranes just makes it better and lets you eliminate
the old lead and copper pans and te soldered joints they often required.
Craftsmanship appears to be a very dead commodity.
I can still repair an actual lead pipe joint.
With asbestos gloves and the whole ine yards.
I though one of the older inspectors was going to go in a closet and beat off when he inspected a repaired joint.
I did leave the gloves beside the repair.
The gasoline torch was just for show.
I actually use acetylene very carefully.
It can burn a hole in the old lead pipe and joints in a flash.