Will this leak?

NinjaTruncs

I'm getting an en-suite redone and I'm a little concerned with how the shower tray is fitting in.

The shower tray is 800 wide and on two sides it is about 25-30mm away from the wall. The tiler intends to kick the last row of tiles out to make up the gap. So the bottom row of tiles in the shower will be sloped in towards the shower tray.

I've expressed my concerns that the end result could leak and he's assured me that it wont.

Has anyone any experience with something like this?

Thanks.

K.Flyer

Shower tray should be tight in against the walls and fully sealed before any tiling.
Kicking tiles out like you describe is not a good idea and can play havoc with getting the glass enclosure to sit and look right without big gaps being filled with lots of sealant.

corkgsxr

Even if by chance it didn't leak it'll look rotten.

Build out the wall or get a bigger tray

freddyuk

Let him do it and then we can see it on the WTF Plumbing thread.! It is definitely going to leak and no professional worth his salt would ever attempt this. Listen to the above comments. Get a decent tiler who will install a wall board/s to bring the tray tight and seal all round up to the level of the tray. Tiles will not be waterproof on their own. No point in taking a chance because you will be doing untold damage to whatever is underneath. If this guy has set the tray and trap too I would definitely be worried. "Bodger" is the only description.

NinjaTruncs

Hey guys thanks for the comments, yeah I've told him to build out the wall and tile straight down. Hopefully he can do that properly.thanks again.

agusta

NinjaTruncs wrote: »

I'm getting an en-suite redone and I'm a little concerned with how the shower tray is fitting in.

The shower tray is 800 wide and on two sides it is about 25-30mm away from the wall. The tiler intends to kick the last row of tiles out to make up the gap. So the bottom row of tiles in the shower will be sloped in towards the shower tray.

I've expressed my concerns that the end result could leak and he's assured me that it wont.

Has anyone any experience with something like this?

Thanks.

I think you need to rethink this,
If im reading this right,you have 3 walls around shower tray,your room is 855mm wide,shower tray placed in middle leaving the gap 25-30 mm either side.If you build out both walls with slabs you will lose 2 inches plus off bathroom.
1/move shower tray tight to one wall and leave 55-60 mm gap on the other side.Using 2x2 battons partition the 55-60 mm gap.[just the length of shower tray]
2/fit 12.5mm slab or cement board onto partition
3.fit sealux seals with sealux silicone
4/fit a tanking kit above shower tray
Ready for tiling

Stoned Since 2011

Mix a few gauges of morter and plaster out the wall.