Installation Guide
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Tighten the drain as directed by the instructions that came with the drain kit. After the drain is fully installed, test for proper
drainage.
If the shower base does not drain properly, correct this condition before proceeding with the installation.
Watertight installation is the installer’s responsibility, as drain leakage is excluded from the Warranty. Jacuzzi is
not responsible for reinstallation costs.
Replace the strainer, if your drain kit came with one, and tape over the drain
hole to prevent nishing material from entering the drain. Place a cement
board or equivalent on top of the shower base ange and secure to studwall,
see Figure 6.
Apply tile, or other nishing material, leaving a 1/8” gap between the nishing
material and the ange lip of the shower base, see Figure 8. Seal this gap
with a silicone sealant. Leave a minimum 1/4” weep hole at the back and front corners of the shower base, see Figures 7
and 8. Add 100% silicone under the tile and backer board on top of the threshold only, see Figure 7. Refer to local building
codes for proper nishing or other trades.
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The weep holes are necessary to allow drainage
from leakage through an unsealed tiled grout.
Filling the area marked "Do Not Fill" in Figure 9, will prevent
moisture from draining back to the base through the weep holes,
see Figure 9. Such moisture is due to leakage through the tile
grout. Sealing the tile grout will prevent this leakage.
CAUTION
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CAUTION
Figure 5
Cement board
Blocking
Figure 6
Silicone sealant
1/4” Min Weep Hole
Leave drain valley
clear of silicone
Figure 6
100% Silicone under
tile on top of threshold
sealing the front
perimeter from any
possible water passage.
Figure 7
Shim (If
necessary)
Silicone sealant
Cement
board
Blocking
Tile
STUD
Grout
DO NOT FILL
Figure 8
Figure 9
1/8”
Gap
Tile
Cement
board
Tile
adhesive
Blocking
1/4” Min Weep Hole
Silicone sealant
Figure 7
Figure 8