Walls & Shower Tray

Still working on the walls, but we also took some time out today to learn how to insert the shower tray into the house in it's intended area.

The first step was to check the manufacturers specifications that arrive with the shower and it's other fittings, to check that the dimensions provided, coincide with the details we had on our house plan.  Also these spec's had to be read over, to ensure that we follow all of the instructions correctly, as otherwise it can comprise the warranty if something should go wrong.  Once clear on all of this, it is time to measure the physical space where the tray is to go, against the dimensions of the tray, if these match up, then the tray is then placed into the slot to double check physically.

From this point, a pencil is used to mark out the circular area where the plug hole/draingage hole for the tray onto the floor below, along with a mark along the edge of the tray (so we know where it comes up to on the floor).

The tray is then removed, and a square is drawn around this circular mark out with a clearance of at least 20mm from it.

This square is then cut out, along with the sisilation that falls below it (as pictured to the right).  This is a good point to check that the joists and nogs below it have been done correctly to support the shower tray above, by reaching through the square cut out & reaching around to double check they are present.  If these have been forgotten, this can be a very time consuming task, to go beneath the house to get these in... much better to do this from the beginning to save time and effort.

Nail glue is then run along the floor (up to the line previously marked out to show the edge of the tray) so that the tray is held down when finally placed on top of it.

Once the tray is placed on top of the glue, it is important to weight it down so that it makes good contact with the glue and sticks into place.  

The cardboard box that it was delivered in, should be cut out to firstly cover the tray (to protect it from any damage of subsequent building around it), then heavy buckets or water or a brace from the ceiling should be used to hold it down for at least a 24hour period.

Once this is done, then the Aqualine gib can be inserted 10mm above the tray line & up to the ceiling, after a silicone bead is placed onto of the lining to fill this gap.  Once all the gib is in place, then the shower lining is inserted so it sits on top of the aqualine gib & runs over the tray with a sufficient overhang.  An additional two silicone beads are placed on this overhang, as additional barriers towards capilary action (as pictured below)