Five Easy Steps for Installation:
1) Unscrew threaded drain riser and position center ring on top of flange adaptor bolts with the float stick socket openings pointing UP. Be sure the drain is level.
Note: The center ring is designed to sit on top of the flange
adaptor bolts. This clearance adds 1/2" in height to conform to the 1 1/2" minimum mortar bed requirement, allows for the prepitch, and provides optimum efficiency for moisture to pass through to weep holes.
Weep hole protectors are recommended.
2) Preposition float sticks. Insert the male tab on narrow end of float stick into the selected female socket of the center ring so that the tops of float stick and center ring are flush. It is desirable for the float stick end furthest from the center ring to be approximately 2 - 2 1/2 ft. from adjacent float stick end.
Add extra or extended float sticks as needed. Cut sticks to desired length.
Reinstall drain riser into drain flange adaptor to hold the center ring and float sticks in place.
Cover drain holes in cover plate with masking tape to keep drain clean during balance of installation. (Note: If a level line, where wall and shower floor meet, or a greater pitch is desired, sticks may be shimmed.
Pack mud under sticks to shim to desired height. It is not desirable or necessary for sticks to fit tightly into corners or against a wall.
Do not fit sticks so tight as to puncture or putpressure on pan.)
3) Mix the dry ingredients of your mud (1 part Portland cement and 4 parts sand) with your shovel or trowel. Add enough water to the dry admix (or premix) to bring this floor floating material to the consistency of a compact snowball.
This consistency will allow the material to be easily distributed, troweled, and tamped.
4) Starting with the area farthest from your exit, spread your moistened admix one section at a time.
Slightly over-fill the section and spread the mud with your trowel or screed stick by dragging it along the top surface of the float sticks.
Tamp or lightly compact the mud with your trowel.
5) After tamping and compacting, use your sponge to sprinkle water (approximately 1/2 gal.) over entire surface
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