Raised shower pan for dog wash?

Hey all I'm looking to replace our laundry sink with a dog wash station. The waterproofing and sloped pan and all that stuff is pretty known at this point from past projects. What I'm lost on is 2fold. 1. Id like the shower pan to be about 30" raised from the concrete floor (to allow room for accessible drainage, ergonomics and some of the second point). The plan would be to tile 3 sides of the bathing zone, do i just frame up a platform and run joists as if I were building a small platform? Would you just use 2x4s and some 2x6 joists? 2. Dog hair. I don't want to cause a clog downstream as the connection to the main drain i close to where it is buried. Is there some screen/device i should add to regularly clean out? Hopefully before the P trap so it's not so gross... but wherever it should go it will go. Open to opinions. Cheers and happy DIYIng submitted by /u/NorthernScotian [link] [comments]

Mar 29, 2025 - 17:29

Hey all

I'm looking to replace our laundry sink with a dog wash station. The waterproofing and sloped pan and all that stuff is pretty known at this point from past projects.

What I'm lost on is 2fold. 1. Id like the shower pan to be about 30" raised from the concrete floor (to allow room for accessible drainage, ergonomics and some of the second point). The plan would be to tile 3 sides of the bathing zone, do i just frame up a platform and run joists as if I were building a small platform? Would you just use 2x4s and some 2x6 joists?
2. Dog hair. I don't want to cause a clog downstream as the connection to the main drain i close to where it is buried. Is there some screen/device i should add to regularly clean out? Hopefully before the P trap so it's not so gross... but wherever it should go it will go. Open to opinions.

Cheers and happy DIYIng

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