shower tray sealing.

[sg66]

Any plumbing merchant Def plumbcenter as that's where I get it from, makes a flexible upstand on anything, just make sure you line it up correctly as it really does stick.

 

[Pond frog]

It's amazing what you can learn on a welding forum, I'm just about to fit a new shower and wasn't sure how to seal the tray, now l know. I'll be buying some classi seal in the morning.

 

[Wedg1e]

My weapon of choice in sealants is Sikaflex 291i, marine polyurethane. It's about £8 a cartridge, goes on like the contents of a cream cake and just works. Use it indoors, outdoors, on my car and on offshore darkrooms at work...!
Limited colour choice mind: black or white

 

[wookie]

My weapon of choice in sealants is Sikaflex
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Limited colour choice mind: black or white

Actually it's available in any colour you care to think of but only as a special order in big quantities, we used to have it in "Post Office Red" especially for sealing up the bodies we made for the PO, the panels all were pre-coloured as well so we didn't have to paint the finished vehicle.

 

[angellonewolf]

It's amazing what you can learn on a welding forum, I'm just about to fit a new shower and wasn't sure how to seal the tray, now l know. I'll be buying some classi seal in the morning.

first make sure the floor is solid if wood i removed the flooring and put in osb board and screwed it down then built a frame and more osb on that rock solid trimed the edges flush and then fixed the shower tray but applyed silicone all round the edges when fixing it then tiled and then siliconed round again after

done the same when done a mates bath fixed extra board to the floor when fitting the bath siliconed the 2 edges so it stuck to the wall and fitted wood underneath to sure it up he was will inpressed apparantly its the only bath heshad that dont move when you stand in it

take a while fitting in stead of rushing to fit it unless your a bathroom fitter they have ways on quicking the job up and good experance helps in this but i fitted the shower tray left it for a day before doing any more work untill is was well dry its my house so i can spend as much time as i needed to get it right my time is not money when your doing your own job

and in a lot of cases you can fit it better than a bathroom fitter as you can spend the time (please any one dont take this as an attack on any bathroom fitters)

 

[steve_s]

I think the mistake most people make with showers is putting the tray (or bathtub) in first then tiling from the top of it. I always tile the walls then put the tray in, then you can get 4" deep sealant down the sides of it, no leaks that way
Also means that if you re-model the bathroom later, you don't have any gaps in the tiling.

That is not the way most manufactures of trays say in there instruction I fit a fair few of this type

The biggest reason shower trays leak is movement and mold, mold left unchecked will eat its way under any sealer and lift it and once its under its a 'b' get rid of.
I use plastic quadrant its like £3 for 5 meters when it gets mold pull it of and replace.

I will stick the tray to the wall (where possible) with silicon (good stuff not cheap B&Q rubbish) then when tiling I run a bead of silicon on the edge of the tile where it sits on the tray, then the quadrant over that.

The key is to dry the shower tray when up have had a shower it stops the mold as there is no damp/wet for it to grow in but folks don't

 

[Burdekin]

Just put a shower and tray in. One thing I would add is both had quite large radiuses in the edges so the silicon needed to fill these so it didn't leave a place for water to sit. The bath took three layers. I also use a profile tool to smooth the silicon and they come in different size radiuses and make it easier if doing multiple layers.

Also the best wee tool I found for bathrooms is the wee grouting profile tool, it works a treat and is basically a little ball on a stick, you fill the joints and then work in the grout and smooth it off with the tool and comes out perfect.

 

[GW8IZR]

The key is to dry the shower tray when up have had a shower it stops the mold as there is no damp/wet for it to grow in but folks don't

That's a fact! saves an incredible amount of effort later down the line .. but as you say most don't bother.

I'm afraid I do it for about two weeks after I've re done the sealer and then slip back into my lazy ways.