1.2 - Shower Pans: How To Make & Why They Suck (Full Episode) - Martin Haddock | Da Vinci Concrete

How do you make a concrete shower pan? Is it worth it? What are some things you should be mindful of when making them. Because these questions and more pop up in the Facebook forums from time to time we figured doing an episode on it would help. This is the full episode with all the tangents and what nots.

🌸 See chapters/timestamps at bottom for specific topic interests 🌸

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🎏 Timestamps:
0:00 Opener
0:23 Podcast Intro
1:54 Episode Starts
5:12 If you want to offer trays I recommend
9:30 Difference between shower trays & sinks
11:55 Things I'd do differently next time
14:32 Drain taper
17:03 Martin's pet peeves
18:05 Install
24:38 Templating
27:13 Forklift Vs. Phone
32:02 And back to templating
45:42 And back to installing
47:25 Kitchen countertop lesson
49:55 Mold making
1:00:41 My Mold starts to separate before & DURING casting
1:03:46 Sometimes you just have to make it work
1:18:31 Grouting
1:36:47 Sealing
1:41:14 Product, health, & decision making rant
1:52:33 Closing Remarks