Shower mud bed assembly — layered cross-section from the wall to the center drain
A shower floor is two mortar beds, not one: a pre-slope under the liner and a finish bed on top. Both slope ¼″ per foot to the drain.
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Cut section of a shower floor showing five layers from the bottom up: subfloor, a pre-slope mortar bed sloping ¼ inch per foot to the drain, a PVC pan liner that turns up the wall and drains through weep holes, a finish mortar bed (dry-pack) that is 1½ inches minimum at the drain and thicker at the wall because it slopes, and tile set in thin-set on top.
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