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Here’s how to install marble tile

1. Repair damage.

Damage is usually to the sub floor below and around the shower
pan. Remove rotted material and replace it.

2. Install the drain base.

Tile floors are not water-proof. The mortar that’s exposed to
water absorbs some water. If you don’t mix the mortar properly, it will crumble
and fail. Install the drain properly, so whatever water weeps into the mortar
finds the drain. Now rough in the drain base.

3. Build a sloped mortar base.

Build your slope in here. The slope moves all the water to the
drain preventing standing water. Build a two inch thick base that slopes to the
drain. Let this bed cure before the next step.

4. Install the shower pan liner membrane and the drain top.

A waterproof rubber-like membrane goes over the mortar base. The
membrane goes up the sides of the wall a few inches. One of the tricks to
building shower pans is properly folding the liner in the corners.