How to Build a Shower Pan

(Plus Shower Floors and Walls)

 Video Review

Like to actually watch somebody build a ceramic tile shower who really knows what he's doing?  

I just watched a DVD, actually two of them, that you might be interessted in. Randy Davis is a professional tile setter in Mississippi. He's put together a series of videos showing everything about how to build a shower pan and then tile the walls and floor of the shower. Now this is no slick video from professional movie makers with professional actors. This is Randy talking you through every step of building two different ceramic tile showers.

These are actual jobs in people's houses with every step of the job caught on camera. There is no professional photgraphy either, just rough footage showing you exactly what it takes to build a tile shower. You're getting a real tile guy's perspective from how to get the mud texture right to Randy's single mud layer technique.   

Here's what you see on the video:

• How to build a shower curb from scratch, using wood or brick,
• How to attach the membrane liner to the drain,
• How to mix the mud, the recipe and mixing method,
• How to fold the shower pan liner in the corners and get a perfect seal,
• How to build the slope in the floor,
• Then how to install backer board for the walls,
• And how to tile the floor,
• Plus how to lay the wall tile and grout the tile,
• Even how to install soap dishes,
• Plus more.

Every step of building a ceramic tile shower is shown and described in detail.

If you want to learn how to build a shower pan and every other part of a tile shower, save yourself a lot of time and trouble with Randy Davis's tile shower video . You can get free video previews on his site too so you can see what you'll get. At least you might want to check out the free video previews and see a lot of other great content too.

Installing Ceramic Tile

 Video Review

Randy Davis from Mississippi has done a series of videos showing how to install ceramic tile in several different actual projects. Mr. Davis has many years experience as a tile setter. The videos can be downloaded or you can get dvds by mail which is what I did.

The main course, or workshop, which is how Mr. Davis refers to it, is on two dvds.

• Tiling floors,
• Laying wall tile,
• Cutting tile with a saw,
• Removing and replacing a toilet,
• Working with thinset,
• How to grout,
• How to mix mud,
• What tools you need and how to use them.

Mr. Davis is doing all the work and doing the talking. You can tell he has experience as a teacher. He shows every step of the jobs he's doing plus talks you through it.

You get to see a kitchen floor done, then a bathroom floor. Then you see a tub surround and a shower wall.  These are actual jobs, not staged productions.

A second video shows a kitchen counter top job complete with a backsplash. That video even shows how to remove and reinstall a kitchen sink.

I don't know about you, but I learn skills easier if I can see something done. Watching a pro do a project just like yours and listening to the explanation of the job is very valuable.  These videos that show you every step of doing ceramic tile projects.

I suggest you check out the free video previews at  Randy Davis's tile site and also check out all the free content at his site!