Shower Tray

[jprother]

Some advice please, I am about to install a shower and the tray is a low profile one so there is now way of screwing or fixing to wall/floor. I am going to put in on a raised base covered with 18mm ply but I am not sure how to secure the tray to the base can you use something like grip fill / no nails / silicone. I have read you can use motor on concrete floor but I have not found much on a wooden floor.

Thanks
Julian

 

[seco services]

if your putting it on a raised base why didn't you just buy one with leg surports ?

you can use mortar on ply base or silicones etc
read the instructions and stick by what they say.

 

[jprother]

Not very keen on seeing a very thick pvc base on the shower, the base is going to be much bigger than the tray so you step on the base (tiled) then into the shower.

 

[seco services]

right follow you. if you have the instruction s it should state what they recommend you use sand/cement mix, silicone etc.

 

[jprother]

Thanks for your help , I have no instructions got it from B+Q clearance section so it was sold as seen.

 

[seco services]

do you know the make/model of it ?

 

[jprother]

Thanks Again, i think its a Cooke & Lewis Deluvio.

 

[TicklyT]

It's not so much a matter of fixing the tray down, more a matter of holding it up.

A mortar mix allows you to bed the tray so it's supported evenly over the entire area of the base, so it doesn't rock, twist or crack. Beads of silicone or adhesive will only support it where they touch.

With a mortar mix you stand a chance of removing the tray if you ever have to. Adhesives will probably stick it down too well.

Gravity, and sealant around the edges are sufficient to hold the tray in place.

 

[jprother]

Sound advice, thanks.