Advice on low profile shower tray upstairs en-suite

skerry

Hi
Just looking for any advice on fitting a 40mm high, low profile design shower tray in an upstairs en-suite. I do plan on tanking the shower and floor. Will the tanking protect the timber if I do ever have a leak?
Any advice is much appreciated.

engineermike

Hi -
Yes, tanking is advised at foot print of shower and walls - something in the region of 5m2.
A lot depends on what your doing along the walls cladding ? -
Is it some kind of DOC-M kit your putting in for shower 'tray' drainage ?
mike f

Joey the lips

You dont need to tank if your fitting a shower tray and tiling. Its overkill but to be honest if you want to do it then knock yourself out.

Tanking is only necessary in wetrooms where different surfaces meet and there is rules on movement. It is not rec upstairs on wooden structures.

A 40mm shower tray and tiles will not need any tanking but it will need a fast flow waste.

Poco90

I have 2 low profile trays upstairs and didn't tank. My plumber and tiler were happy with this. They only mentioned tanking when i was toying with the idea of putting in wet rooms, as Joey already said.

skerry

Thanks for the replies guys. I have already bought the tanking kit so might go ahead with it regardless, can't do any harm I guess. Have a fast flow waste to go in too. Was just trying to take extra precautions as the en-suite I'm getting done is prone to dampness due to the lack of an proper extraction system when the house was built. Mildew frequently in the room so want to get the whole thing done proper as right now I don't even use the shower in that room cos it gets too damp.

@Mike F - Whats a DOC-M kit?

Joey the lips

skerry wrote: »

Thanks for the replies guys. I have already bought the tanking kit so might go ahead with it regardless, can't do any harm I guess. Have a fast flow waste to go in too. Was just trying to take extra precautions as the en-suite I'm getting done is prone to dampness due to the lack of an proper extraction system when the house was built. Mildew frequently in the room so want to get the whole thing done proper as right now I don't even use the shower in that room cos it gets too damp.

@Mike F - Whats a DOC-M kit?

A doc m kit is a complete bathroom pack generally used by the disabled or special needs.

Mellor

Is there a stepdown at the door threshold.?
If not, then there is little point taking as it won't do anything other than direct the water into the landing.

Calibos

I'll be raising the floors of the landing and bedroom in the area of my house where we'll be fitting a new bathroom by about 30mm for the purposes of sound proofing. ie. with a saddleboard at the landing bathroom junction under the door. First off is that kind of height difference a trip hazzard? Any regulations that prevent that. The main question though is whether I should tank the bathroom. Its not like I have anything against shower trays aesthetically speaking but unless I have only come across cheapo tanking kits, the approx 300 euro prices for the kits don't seem excessive. Is it something that, "Sure I might as well" ...do. Funnily enough, there is an ensuite above this new bathroom location with a shower tray and the bloody sil/cone at the tile tray join failed and as a result the plasterboard ceiling of this new bathroom has water staining :rolleyes:

I am also thinking of fitting a whirlpool type bath. Does that swing the decision towards tanking?