How to Frame a Custom Shower

Prefabricated shower pans facilitate relatively fast and easy installation but are generally only available in a limited number of sizes, designs and types of material. Custom shower building allows a homeowner to construct a shower with unusual specifications and materials. Several aspects of shower construction must be taken into consideration to ensure that a long-lasting and high-quality shower results. One of the earliest considerations is the frame that must be built for the shower.

Measuring tape
Carpenter's pencil
2-by-4-inch boards
Saw
Hammer
16d galvanized nails
2-by-10-inch boards

Instructions

- 1
  Remove any materials necessary to expose the subfloor.
- 2
  Measure the opening at the threshold. The threshold should ideally be even with floor joists and wall studs.
- 3
  Transfer the threshold measurement to 2-by-4-inch boards and cut three lengths of 2-by-4s to this size.
- 4
  Stack and attach the three 2-by-4s to the floor joists and wall studs at the shower threshold using 16d galvanized nails.
- 5
  Measure the spaces between the wall studs within the shower walls.
- 6
  Cut lengths of 2-by-10-inch boards to fit the spaces between the wall studs.
- 7
  Install a 2-by-10 in each stud bay around the shower perimeter to form a solid wall around the base of the shower where the pan will be created.

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