Installing a shower tray and door

Stevie Dakota

Going to be installing a 1200 x 800 shower tray and door soon, low tray, just wondering if anyone has any special tricks learnt along the way that would help?

The new tray will go in, then floor and walls tiled, then the doors.

Cheers.

Buford T Justice

Upstairs / Downstairs?


What kind of floor?

Are you putting in an upstand with this?

boatbuilder

If the shower tray is fibreglass, make sure you bed it totally in a thin layer of mortar (sand, cement and pva glue), even if its upstairs on a timber floor....this stops it flexing when you walk on it.

Don't bother with those plastic strips to seal around the edge of the shower. Just put a neat bead of white silicone.

Sparkpea

all trays must be bedded on a wet bed of sand and cement, except the plastic raised trays with legs, make sure its level all over - no need to put a fall in it as the tray already has one in the mould of it. dont track it into the wall unless it is tapered and even then 10mm is ample so that it doesn't throw the doors off

Stevie Dakota

Cheers for the replies, it's going upstairs.

The old one is coming out so I will see how that is mounted.

slavetothegrind

http://www.classic-marble.com/classi_seal.php

i would, upstairs especially!

sorry for linking to the company just makes it easier to describe, not related in any way

boatbuilder

Yes, definately use the classi seal. Costs about €30 if I remember correctly, but well worth it.

Joey the lips

Stevie Dakota wrote: »

Going to be installing a 1200 x 800 shower tray and door soon, low tray, just wondering if anyone has any special tricks learnt along the way that would help?

The new tray will go in, then floor and walls tiled, then the doors.

Cheers.

For what its worth i will give you my bit.

Depending on what door tray you buy but as a general rule I never buy the door and tray together. Sometimes after fitting the tray and tiles the adjustment has been reduced so much the door wont fit. especially with marble tiles.

On the tray

If i were fitting a tray i would fit it on a bed of flex tile adhesive. Its very forgiving and a lot less messier than cement. If i dont use that then i would use sand and cement. After that i would use large blobs of silicone but unlike the asshole builders that built my house i would use something.

There is lots of trays out there. I would buy one with an upstand or use classi seal. TBH I think the classi seal better because the upstand kicks out a lot however a lot of people make the mistake of cutting the corners on the classi seal. Do not do this. bring it around the corner.

There is a large variety of trays out there. There is level access to shallow to deep. I would buy the 70mm shallow ones... Why. They allow for a little pooling and they are not to deep. Despite all the attempts shallow trays pool and overflow out to the floor especially with women as they have soap in there eyes a lot longer or kids who dont care.

The trays with the legs.... They are good but i dont trust the legs...But thats just me. I have seen them. They are great for waste access.

Buy a tray with a fast flow waste. They are not much more expensive and will allow for the installiation of a pump later.

On the door.

There is loads out there. However you are limited on the offsets. I like the off set quads a lot however nothing beats novellini for standard doors. There spare parts and back up service is brilliant. If your budget can go higher Merlyn is great also.

I always rec that if your ordering the door you order a spare set of wheels and put them away. If the supplier cannot give you wheels when they want your money imagine your chances when they have the order complete.

Lastly... I would consider tanking the shower area. Its like an insurence policy. You buy these for hoildays so why not insure your shower. You tank from the shower tray to just above the shower valve. Look at your shower usuage. If there is women in the house they are going to need a riser rail kit and lots of hot water. Although not fashionable a T90 is a good way to go here.

Stevie Dakota

That's great advice Joey, many thanks.