Shower curb is a type of concrete curb, but it’s constructed in different location and situation. Shower curb is using the similar materials with normal concrete curb which is concrete or cement mortar, but it’s different in term of the purposes of building shower curb. Usually concrete curb is built in the roadside, yard, and etc, while shower curb is built into the rest room.

The purpose of building shower curb in the rest room or wash room is to prevent the water flow out to the external floor. It’s act as a shower drain as well, it directs the water to the drain instead of flowing out to the external floor. In this situation, it’s meaning that the shower curb will be contacted with the water, shower curb is built by concrete too, which means in order to prevent the water contacts the concrete shower curb and affect the durability of shower curb, shower curb needed to be protected by some kind of water proofing system.

How To Build Shower Curb

There are several ways and methods to build shower curb, one of the way is using plaster board. The plaster board acts as a wall to prevent the water soaks into the shower curb. It’s kinda simple to build the shower curb with the method of using plaster board. Procedures as below :

1) Assuming that the concrete curb has been done.

2) You have to install the plaster board that has been bought from the supplier.

3) Jointing the plaster board with screws that can be joining with the shower curb.

4) Cutting the extra portion of the plaster board.

5) For the curving shower curb, the plaster board need to be cut in 45 degree that can be joining with the following shower curb.

6) After shower curb has been cut, join them in a suitable length.

7) After the shape has been set, install the plastic board on the shower curb.

8 ) After placing them nicely, secure the plastic board outside the wall of the shower curb by using the galvanized roofing nails.

9) Shower curb with plastic board has done!

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There are couples of design of concrete drain in construction, such as berm drain, toe drain, embankment shoulder drain, cascaded drain and etc. All of them are made from concrete, the mixture of the concrete is depending on what drain to be constructed. Concrete drain can be constructed by hand, without any machine, concrete can be mixed by hand as well if the quantity used is less. Sometimes concrete drain can be spoiled or failure, concrete drain such as cascaded drain is connecting with the concrete curb, if the concrete curb doesn’t function well to control velocity of the water flow, the high speed of water flow might destroy the concrete cascaded drain, so rectification work for concrete drain has to be carried on.

How To Rectify Eroded Concrete Drain

1) The eroded concrete drain shall be excavated and form benching with a case backhoe.

2) Suitable earth shall be filled in layer and compact with a plate compactor.

How To Build Concrete Drain

1) After completion of reinstatement of the eroded concrete drain to the profile, excavation of the concrete cascading drain shall be carry out by case backhoe.

2) The bottom trench earth shall be levelled and trimmed manually by general workers for laying for 50mm thick lean concrete.

3) After the lean concrete had set, erection of formwork shall be carried out.

4) BRC reinforcement of the correct dimensions shall be installed.

5) Grade 20 concrete shall be laid and compact with poker vibrator up the drain bottom slab.

6) After the base concrete had set, concrete drain side wall reinforcement and formwork shall be installed.

7) Grade 20 concrete shall be delivered, laid and compact to specification.

8 ) Prior to all concreting works, formwork and reinforcement shall be inspected by the Engineer or his representative to ensure that the formwork and reinforcement are properly aligned and secured in place.

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