Scares me how many "tile guys" are yelling "DON'T SCREW INTO THE SHOWER PAN!" As an installer we should know that there are different methods available now and should be able to recognize that he's using a top sealed method with no pre-slope or pan liner. I understand the average diyer not being up to date with our practices (Isaac is doing his best) but come on installers, we need to do more to educate ourselves within our trade.

Contractor in FL here. That mixing technique is genius!

One of the best shower pan videos I have seen.

I’m not a full time tile guy but I’m a remodeler and have been doing tile/showers for many years. There must be a hundred ways to do a shower. I have changed my technique over the years changing with the new methods. Every time I watch one of your videos and see yet another way to do it, I think “maybe I should do it that way?” Nice to learn something new/different. Never seen anyone mix deck mud that way.

This was so helpful I just completed my dry pack shower pan successfully because of you! Thanks :)

I learned how to do dry pack in the 90s. Those guys were really good and pretty fast too. I was never fast but if you take your time you can get those pans pretty perfect. Tile guys have gotten away from this but I firmly believe in what the old timers taught. You should know your craft and this is part of it.

Love the mixing tip! Most of the time it's a huge mess. That works great!

thanks so much for all,God bless you and your family,Watching from Canada.

I LOVE this method. Thank you so much for taking the time to impart your knowledge to those of us who really want to learn. Bravo, dude. Bravo.

I really appreciate all the information you put out there I’m a general contractor north of you in Oregon Washington. I am not a tile guy, but I have been doing tile for quite some time. I have learned a lot from your videos. In fact, I went down to Eureka California did a shower for a friend of mine. He was actually my roommate in college and I think I may go back and pull the bench out. They haven’t had a problem but I don’t want them to have a problem in the future and I think I may have done something wrong so I may just go pull it out make sure and re-tile it I don’t want them to have a failure. The pan liner was done right I know that because I watched your videos and make sure it was done correctly so I appreciate all the information to bring love to learn new things. I really don’t wanna do tile it’s not what I do but it’s another skill to put in the toolbox big jobs I sub out to my tile guy. We only do the small jobs. Appreciate you

Sooo glad your channel came up on my screen! I have watched several dry pack videos for showers but yours is by far the most useful to me as a DIYer with no dry pack float experience. I'm subscribed and next will search for a video of yours on sealing the dry pack and laying in the tile. Tx, Mike

I have been doing tile for years.. This is so helpful. Thank you.

Thank you so much for the work you do in putting your videos together and making them available. I have found them to be an invaluable resource for the DIY community! I completed my shower base today using this method and am happy with the results. Is it perfect? No... but I think it is better than what I did 20 years ago, and certainly good enough! It's got the proper slope and darn near perfectly level all around. Thank you again!

This is the best DIY I have found for a custom shower base. My husband and I are very handy, but neither of us have ever done a custom shower base. Most of the DIY just show bits and pieces or use high cost prefab, but don't actually show it being done old school from start to finish. Thank you. We DIY because we cant afford to hire someone.

I am about to do this step this weekend. I have watched this video close to 20 times and I feel confident I can do this. Thank you SO much for this tutorial. You are a wonderful teacher!

My man , you are the MAN !! Wouldn’t be able to feed my family without this knowledge . Thanks Man keep up the good work !!

As always informative video. I am a DIY'er and I will be using this method in a few weeks, glad I saw it today. I will be adding a 45° angle to the screed notch out to get cleaner edges. Thanks for your knowledge and for sharing it with the world. God bless you and your family

Thank you for this video. I've been stressing for weeks over how to do this cuz I've never done it before, and what I've already done I have to rip back out because it's totally wrong. But now that I've seen his video I know exactly how to do it thank you so much

Bro! This is exactly what I needed. I’m going to try this on my walking-on shower when my house is completed (cookie-cutter track). Thanks a lot!

Awesome video, you make me feel confident that I can do this job. Love your unique techniques!

Thanks for all your videos man. I am a contractor in Ky but I always like learning new ways to do things

Been doing tile for years now and this is actual how I learned it first cause like you said, people that have done it for years use feel, screed lines, levels.

OMG. That drypack in the contractor bag trick. I was getting ready to buy a bucket auger... not now.

Great video. I’m going to be doing this in a few weeks. You just relieved me of a tremendous amount of anxiety and stress. I’ve be watching your videos for a couple of months now and they are very helpful and educational. You are blessed with two great talents, your trade and teaching. Thanks.

Thank You! This video was SOOOOO helpful to me. I've watched many vidoes but, yours is by far the most useful to me as a DIYer. Again, Thank You I've learned so much from you. This is exactly what I needed.

I just used this method and it worked great, thank you!

Ordered my flow fx drain and will be using this method soon. Thanks so much for making this video. Never done a dry pack or shower pan before so I’m sure I’ll watch this video three more times lol.

Thank you so much. Great video I’ve done lots of tile work well pretty much every type of work do you do when a house. But I’m doing my first shower and I was pretty nervous about how to get the slope done correctly. So awesome job really appreciate it

Very cool mixing technique, thank you for sharing!

Thank you so much for all your videos. I've learned so much. Today i did this method for my shower remodel. It worked great. After all it is my first time ever doing a mud pack. My wife enjoyed the video so much she even jumped in and helped out. Thank you again.

Awesome video, thanks! I used a foam substrate on my last remodel, but this give me confidence to try dry pack.

I use this method after seeing this mock up....perfect every time....thanks for sharing this method!!

I have used that technique years ago before I get my skills sharpened it will work way smoother is you make the notch against the wall 1/8 shorter that will make your screed action way faster also I would recommend the beginners start packing the drain and the ledger first then poor the cement that will avoid cracks along the walls and around the drain and the last tip I can share is to finish the floor nice and smooth the easer way is sprinkle some of the dry mix you use and a wood float I have different sizes but you can always cut the wood float is nice to have different sizes so works easier depending on the sloop you are building and after you can use a 6 inches metal thrower to finish off and clean the edges

I used this process over the weekend, and I can recommend. I didn't think the "mix in bag" would work, but it was great and mess free.

Bro. The bag method for mix made my day. Been doing buckets. So simple and obvious but a game changer. Thx.

Excellent video and "training wheels" technique. Like all trades, working is all about feel for the material. You definitely have the touch. Thanks for the demonstration, it is appreciated!

I always enjoy watching masters at their craft. You are one of those 😀

One of the better instructional videos I've watched. Thanks!

Hey Coach, THANK YOU for this tutorial. I learned 3 new things, most efficient was the mixing the dry pack in a bag. Simple yet genius. THANK TOU & new sub…I may schedule some one on one, I’ve got a huge job ahead and a small window to get it done! TYVM

simplicity comes with knowledge and experience. thank you bro

You are a gifted teacher! Thank you

Sand cement and tradition! Thanks again for the awesome content coach. You've been a tremendous help these past 2 years doing tile. Ive learned the basics, I learned wall floating, now I think I'm ready to try floating a pan. I hope to make a living one day off of this, I am very passionate about it and I only want to do jobs right and they have to look pretty. I finally have tools, budget and the confidence to start a company! I want to give you my greatest gratitude as you are such a concise, chill, well spoken person and really shine a light on the raw talent and drive tradespeople have. Much love from one (former) addict to another (been cali sober 6 years).

This is the video I needed, thanks for sharing not just your skills and knowledge, but also your ability to teach.

You are a wonderful teacher! Thank you for caring so much!!

Sir your video very helpful for me. After starting watching videos. I made almost 20 new showers. Thanks

Like others have said, I am so glad you made this video. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! Loved the thought and detail you gave to creating the process. Great for DIYers. So much knowledge and experience wrapped into this video. MDF is inexpensive and easy to work with, drawing reference lines and putting down ledger boards, making jigs for screeding, using a bag to mix deck mud, showing your technique and explaining why you do things - Brilliant! Btw, your method isn't "dummy proof", it's a method that is inexpensive, efficient, and repeatable - its a great method & process! Keep up with the great work and content!

Beautiful!!! You can finish concrete any day of the week for me. Who needs tile with that finish!!! Thumbs Up Isaac.

Mind blown brother 🤯thank you for the content , love the screed rail system you got. Totally putting this in idea in my pocket. Much love ✌🏽 ♥️

Dude! watched this once and was able to finish a 4x3ft deck perfect, to fit full tiles all the way up to the shelf/knech. thumbs up for this easier way!

I couldnt watch the whole video,, but this is a very unique way of installing a shower base 😂 I personally make every curb (if there is one) out of dry pack. And I always use a shower liner,, as an added level of protection

Just the video I needed! Thanks for taking the time to make this! Great fool proof idea.

Once again Issac great stuff. I have always done dry pack we usually do big showers,, I know there will be some to say I'm behind times but it has always worked for me so I say why change its the same with my custom stick framing on homes we do, not knocking the other methods. Wish someone had showed me this back when I first started. Again great stuff man.

As a DIY'er, I sid a couple showers with a quick pitch style method with the weep style drain. The problems I had with the screening off the old plastic stick method was irregular shapes of wide spacing. I would create dips or humps and of course not being straight horizontally at the wall when tiling. This time I upgraded to this flofx drain and this method for making a pan.. I feel much better with the results even with a now larger shower and irregular shapes. It was cheaper, easier and allowed me to have a lower curb. I'm happy I bought my drain and tile leveling tools from your store.

I wish that I would have found your videos sooner. But you are making it so much easier for me now.

This is the best DIY I’ve seen this year - big fan of your instructions, feedback and ideas

That's some great out of the Box thinking great job brother. It's awesome that you think about the new people who are trying tile.

Hey Coach - I just completed my shower pan using pretty much exactly your process. I had no major problems and I think you would approve of the job I did. All thanks to your excellent instructions in this video! Thanks.

Thank you so much! What a great teacher. Great videos!

Mixing the mud in a bag ?! Ingenious!

Best tutorial I’ve seen so far, you know your stuff bud.

I did this before watching the video and I like this method. First I put waterproof sheets and waterproof cement. After I put this sand mix cement for levelling. The results of the mosaic tile became wonderful.

You made this look so easy - thank you so much!

Thank you Isaac. I like to think I'm a pretty good DIY'er. I have flipped several houses but installing a mud bed shower pan felt a little out of my league. I watched around 100 of your videos which are the best on KZfaq. This one in particular caught my attention. Installing a new bath at my house, I used my laser level to scribe a level line at the top of the curb and followed the directions in the video. In my case, the FlowFX drain ended up being 1-inch above the floor and the perimeter line was at 1.75-inches. I was extremely nervous being my first time and as I was by myself and didn't know how much time I had to work the mud. I also didn't know if I had enough deck mud. I mixed 4-50 lb bags and hoped for the best. I had made 2 screeds, 1 short for the sides and one long one for the corners. At first I was freaking out because it is definitely not as easy as I thought it would be. I took a few breaths and went to work. The first thing I realized I wasn't very good with the wood float. It just seemed to make a mess when I tried to make circles. But the closer I got to correct level, I started to get the feel for it. I worked at it for a while using the screeds. Flattened with the wood float, and then final finish with the steel trowel. As it turned out, I used the full 4-50lb bags. There was less than a handful left at the end. The final outcome was fantastic and I look forward to installing the waterproofing and tile. My only recommendation is to make sure you have enough mud. Way better to have too much then find out you need more. Thanks again for your fantastic videos.

Isaac, these are great!! You definitely have a talent for teaching what you know. I can’t thank you enough for all you do. These are the best videos with content and production value. (Just need you to move to TEXAS now!! 😉). Have a Grest 2022!

Chase is the man! Best drain around!

Just wanted to thank you for the tremendous amount of effort and thought you put into these videos to teach us the easiest ways to achieve great results. The amount of time you take to make everything perfect says a lot about your work ethics and the pride you take in your skills you have learnt through years of experience. I haven't only learnt about tiles from you but also learnt how to do the job the right way how to be proud of the finish product at the end. It's not easy to find great people like you so thank you.

I really appreciate your videos. I am not a pro. I have done a few tile showers with no problems, so far. However, you have provided excellent and useful advise for my next upcoming shower project, soon to begin. Beyond that, I want to complement you on the professionalism that you offer in a humble way. You seem like a genuinely good man. What's more, you are, both a technician and an artist at heart. It is a marvelous combination. Keep up the fantastic work in this wee corner of the world.

Excellent video! Very informative. Thank you

Soo helpful. I'm like apprenticing. Getting ready to tackle shower, Thanks

I’ve done one of these before, gotta do another and stressing over it. This really helped. Subscribed to pick up more hints. Ill be buying some merch to thank you and promote your channel. Thanks

Watching from France. Great tutorials. Thank you!

Love your videos. I am confident I can do this.

Fantastic video! Very informative. Keep up the great work 👍👊

Skills! Very informative. I wish I had seen this video before I started my DIY project. I was using a thin metal float and constantly cutting into the cement. I could not get it a smooth as you did. Your videos have been a guide through out bathroom reform, thanks

Excellent series, thanks for your help.

Every one of your videos is awesome tile coach. Thanks

That's some nice mud, smooth like butter

Outstanding video on step-by-step dry pack shower floor base thank you 🙏 for showing us this process A+

Hey thanks...this method really works...it was quick and easy...

Awesome tutorial!!! Thank you!

yet another very clear and so helpful video - thank you so much Doc!

Smart ideas! Thank you!

Great Video. Well explained!

Very thorough video. Thank you my friend 🙏🏼

I’ve watched this video 3 times…. Great work brother

Great video lots of tips. Thank you.

Awesome as always

great tips....ive tiled alot of walls but always been never attempted this ...this is a surefire way

Thanks Coach !

Thank you , thank you , thank you. Just what I needed! I can't afford to hire a contractor to so I have to do it myself.

That looks excellent.

Excellent video, daunting task made simple.

Thank you for the great work to share knowledge

Issac🔥Nice job brotha! Best part of this vid is the ledger board & screed board! Simple but ingenious

Very cool. I am going to do my shower in the next day or two. It is a 3’x6’ shower. I like the training wheels.

Thanks for the awesome tutorial!

Great video ! Thank you !!

Excellent video!!!

Your videos are awesome mate, keep it up.

Top video bud. Going to use this soon on shower re mod