Shower Tray Installation

yop

Gentlemen & Ladies.

Can anyone tell me please when is the best time to install a shower tray, before or after the plasterboarding is done??
One person said oh do it before but I was thinking that if the tray has to come out you will burst out tiles and plasterboard etc when taking it out.

Some one else said it makes not difference.

Anyone know?

gibo_ie

Hi Yop,
I have had to have three showers installed in different houses recently. One was an older house which was having the tray replaced. This wasactully put up flush to the wall and the plasterboard was cut away for this, this helps with water drainoff but harder to fit the doors as you loose a bit of mm on each side.
The other two were put in after plasterboarding and before tiling and worked out a lot better in my opinon.

Hope this helps.

rooferPete

Hi Yop,

I fully agree with gibo, finish the shower cubicle (in my opinion preferably skimmed) and then install the shower tray, then tile the walls.

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yop

Thanks lads, I appreciate the feedback

flocker

Hi Yop,

l have seen it done both ways.
The tray can get covered in plaster if the tray isn't covered and the plasterer is messy if installed first.
Some trays have a large taper from the base to the top edge, so if the tray is fitted after plastering the bottom row of tiles are kicked out to meet the tray.
The plasterboard could be cut to let the tray in a little.

Marine ply is also used to line the inside of a shower, your guaranteed to have grounds then.
Hopefully you will never have to remove the tray. The solid cast ones are preferable to the fibreglass variety imho.

Farls

Just done this myself the other week, had the area fully skimmed before putting the tray in, had a headache and a half sorting out the piping though! Hate building stuff thats different to plans :mad:

Anyway eventhough i'd say you have it in by now, have the area skimmed before fitting...its a lot easier and cleaner.

Hows the house now as well? you must be well on, long time no see!

Farlz

yop

Solid cast shower tray, took a bit of puffing to carry it up the stairs!!

Not 3 bad farls, insulation insulation insulation!!! So many small hidden things, like the "fillets" around the bay windows, tying in the studded walls, strenghtening these, even cleaning the house seems to take hours!!

But it is going good, unfortunately we will not be in for October but November please god. Still only at it since May 23rd.

Farls

Sounds good yop, good to hear your on so far.

Those cast trays are heavy, around 40kg the one was i got...good ol hike up the stairs

I got all the insulation for free for the house, my cuz works in an insulation factory in town (ballytherm) he "made" a load of seconds one day and got the the whole lot. Thats a good schedule your working there, i've been at my house just over a year now, took a big break from it over winter though and only back doing full weeks at it again now. arms killing me from skimming downstairs this week

Farlz