Patent ID: 7296309

Claim:
A shower enclosure support structure comprising vertical framing members, horizontal framing members, shower pan support material, a shower pan, spacing material suitable for support of interior enclosure structure material, and mortar piers or other spacer materials to support the interior enclosure structure material over the shower pan floor; wherein said vertical framing members and said horizontal framing members are installed around a shower drain located within the structure of the building to define the shape of the finished shower enclosure, said shower pan support material is installed upon the foundation of said building wherein the enclosure defined by said installed vertical framing members and said installed horizontal framing members, said shower pan support material is installed such that the upper surface of said shower pan support material slopes toward said shower drain, said shower pan is installed over all surfaces of said shower enclosure support structure up to and including all horizontal surfaces that are within the expected wet area of said finished shower enclosure, said mortar piers or other spacer materials to support the interior enclosure structure material are installed on the floor of said shower pan, said spacing material suitable for support of interior enclosure structure material is installed on the inside of said vertical framing members, and said shower pan is connected to said shower drain, wherein said spacer materials are installed between said vertical framing members and said interior enclosure structure material creating an air space above said shower pan contiguous with the air space between said vertical framing members.