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   mark_cadioli | May 26, 2001 09:20am | #1

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   Brady

   Fairly straightforward job. Assuming the floor waste is in place, level back to the four internal corners. decide the amount of fall required and mark points accordingly. ( Are you waterproofing first?) I put drain holes into the side of the waste to allow any moisture that may get under the bed a place to exit. Cover them over with some broken tile. Apply bonding agent for bed. Mix mud and place. Establish the perimeter screed level then four diagonal screeds falling to the waste. ( don't forget to allow for the tile thickness at the waste)..fill in the remainder and float off. make sure your mud is mixed fairly dry. from this point you can either wet bed or leave to cure and stick down later. If wet bedding and your tiles are porous, first soak them in a bucket untill there are no more bubbles rising..allow to drain. Then sprinkle a generous even layer of neat cement powder over the bed and commence laying. ( the bed should be just wet enought to moisten the neats.) Alternatively you can mix up a paste of neat cement and water and apply to the back of the tile and bed into place.

   Kind regards

   mark

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   Brady_Fry | May 26, 2001 09:20am | #2

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   I do quite a bit of tile work, but I have never troweled in a mortar bed. Can this be done by an experience amatuear, or should it be left to the pros. Has any one tried the styrofoam inserts that grade the shower toward the drain. Also, if I hire a professional what would be a reasonable range for a 36X36 shower pan.