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BASE’N BENCH® INSTALLATION GUIDE

Tile Redi® Shower Pan and Bench Kit

To help guide you through the Base’N Bench® installation process, we have provided the following REDI BENCH®

Installation Guide which is intended to provide an easy-to-follow step-by-step process for the installation of your Tile

Redi® REDI BENCH as well as your Tile Redi Shower pan. In connection with your REDI BENCH and shower project, please

comply with the recommendations and standards established for such projects from time to time by the Tile Council of

North America, Inc., for the installation of a tiled shower.

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR REDI BENCH

1. The REDI BENCH® is designed to be installed exclusively with Tile Redi® shower pans (known as Redi Base®, Redi

Trench®, WonderFall Trench®, Wonder Drain®, Bathtub Replacement™, Redi Free™, and Redi Your Way®) using the

REDI FLASH® flashing system.

2. The shower stall will need to be framed out as an assembly of the REDI BENCH and the Tile Redi shower base, with

the framed out opening equal to the outside dimensions of the shower base plus an additional 12 inches on the side

of the shower base where the REDI BENCH is to be installed to accommodate the depth of the REDI BENCH. Please

see the REDI BENCH spec sheet.

3. Install the REDI BENCH frame between the shower base footprint and the shower wall framing. Either wood or metal

framing may be used as required by local building codes. The REDI BENCH framing (the framing height is based on

personal preference, but it is usually a height of 18”) should be installed along the appropriate side of the shower

base so that it will be butted up against the splash wall of the shower base. The bench framing will then need to be

securely attached to the shower floor substrate, and the shower framing on the three sides of the REDI BENCH. The

REDI BENCH framing will need to be level because the REDI BENCH is already designed with a slope so the seat of the

bench will drain into the shower.

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTION FOR SHOWER PAN WITH PVC DRAIN

4. Frame out shower stall area to shower pan dimensions.

5. Sweep out any debris from sub floor.

6. Test fit shower pan drain housing into subfloor bore hole. DO NOT NAIL OR SCREW ANYTHING INTO THE PAN. DO

NOT SAND, CUT, OR MAKE ANY CHANGES/MODIFICATIONS TO THE SURFACE OF THE SHOWER PAN WHATSOEVER.

7. Make sure the shower pan is aligned properly and fits snuggly against the shower frame studs on all sides.

8. This step depends on whether there is access to the drain connection from below the subfloor:

a. If there is access from the subfloor below, then cut a section of drain pipe (PVC, as applicable to the type of drain)

which is long enough to extend below the subfloor and easily make a connection to the waste water pipe.

b. If there is no access from the subfloor below, then make sure the drainpipe stubbed up from the subfloor is

adjusted to a height sufficient to fit properly into the shower pan drain connection.

9. Turn the shower pan over and note that there are ribs under the shower pan floor. Calculate the amount of mortar

needed by measuring the height from the rib bottoms that rest on the substrate to the underside of the pan floor at

the deepest point in between the ribs. Once you have that value, calculate the thickness (depth) of your mortar

base (Type N or S Mortar) using the formulas listed below based on the type of shower pan you purchased:

a. Redi Trench® / WonderFall Trench® / Redi Free® Trench Pans:

b. Subtract 1/2” from deepest rib measured in Step 6.

c. Redi Base® & Redi Free® (Non-Trench) / Wonder Drain® Pans: (Left or Right Drain ONLY) Subtract 1/4” from

deepest rib measured in Step 6

d. Redi Base® & Redi Free® (Non-Trench) / Wonder Drain® Pans: (Center Drain ONLY)

10. Subtract 1/8” from deepest rib measured in step 6, PROVIDED the mortar base should always be at least 1/2”.

Please note, do not place the mortar directly on a wood or Gyp-crete substrate. First, waterproof the wood substrate

with a fluid applied waterproofing membrane or NO. 15 or No. 30 roofing paper so the wood does not absorb the

water from the mortar.

Summary of content (2 pages)

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BASE’N BENCH® INSTALLATION GUIDE Tile Redi® Shower Pan and Bench Kit To help guide you through the Base’N Bench® installation process, we have provided the following REDI BENCH® Installation Guide which is intended to provide an easy-to-follow step-by-step process for the installation of your Tile Redi® REDI BENCH as well as your Tile Redi Shower pan.
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11. Spread your mortar base (should be a milk shake consistency), EVENLY ACROSS THE SUBFLOOR AT THE THICKNESS CALCULATED FROM STEP 6a, 6b, or 6c, and offset 1“ from each outside edge of the pan with exception of the curb side. Mortar will protrude out from under the curb, run the finished side of trowel along curb face to backfill any excess mortar. a. If there is access from the subfloor below and you followed step 5.a.