Having renewed the backing board in my shower, and fitted a new tray, I find there’s a much bigger gap round the edges of the tray than expected. I’ll try and take a pic later.
I measured the old tray before taking it out, and it was “about” 7’6” square – I assumed there wouldn't be any other sizes close to that, so that’s exactly what it must be. But it looks like it was somehow slightly larger than the new one, which IS 7’6” square.
I was very careful in replacing the old 12mm marine ply with 12mm backer board, so the available space should be exactly what it was before. Unfortunately I had to smash the old tray to pieces to remove it, so can’t verify that it was a slightly different size – doesn't really matter though, we are where we are.
So my question is… is it OK to tile down inside the gap between the tray and backer board, then seal? I know normally the tiles would come down on top of the tray… if not, is there anything else I can do?
Thanks
I measured the old tray before taking it out, and it was “about” 7’6” square – I assumed there wouldn't be any other sizes close to that, so that’s exactly what it must be. But it looks like it was somehow slightly larger than the new one, which IS 7’6” square.
I was very careful in replacing the old 12mm marine ply with 12mm backer board, so the available space should be exactly what it was before. Unfortunately I had to smash the old tray to pieces to remove it, so can’t verify that it was a slightly different size – doesn't really matter though, we are where we are.
So my question is… is it OK to tile down inside the gap between the tray and backer board, then seal? I know normally the tiles would come down on top of the tray… if not, is there anything else I can do?
Thanks