Cut old acrylic shower surround with a reciprocating saw and remove the surround.
Replace 2nd floor shower pan.
Test fit the shower pan to confirm the drain opening fits over the drain hole in the floor.
No point in tearing out entire shower when it fails the issue is almost always just the pan.
Mark the outline of the shower pan on the subfloor using pencil or a chalk line.
Pre drill holes through the shower pan rim at the marked locations.
Steps to replacing a shower pan.
Mark the center of each wall stud on the shower pan rim.
If your shower has a shower pan replacing just the pan is possible but not always advisable.
In this video house flipping brothers dave and rich show you how to remove a shower pan.
Set new acrylic shower pan on floor and check its fit against the studs.
If necessary build out studs with inch plywood strips so pan clears any.
Saw through drainpipe connected to old shower pan.
Matching your tiles will be the problem though in most cases.
You will later screw the shower pan into the.
The point of having a shower pan is one part versatility and one part convenience.
They fit on the floor inside the shower and act like a tub keeping water off the floor.
The first step is to demo the wall tile which will probably have d.