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    Offset preformed shower tray

    Can anyone help with our dilemma. We have purchased and fitted a sureform wet room shower tray. It is 1100 by 770 the drain is off set. Which on purchasing did not take into account the problem it was going to cause. We are still to tank and lay the underfloor heating. We thought we would dry...
  2. J

    Shower and bathroom installation questions

    Hi -- I'd be very grateful for any advice anyone could give me. I'm a general contractor rather than a specialist tiler. I've installed bathrooms before in the course of general home renovation, so I've been able to get the floors up, fix and reinforce joists where necessary, and install...
  3. R

    Setting Out Setting out subways - shower, niche and sloped roof

    Hello again. Got the kit laid out and ready to lay the first tiles after a challenging time with the shower tray. Just a couple of answers would help me out a great deal. 1) The centre wall for the shower is 1400mm, tiles 200x100. Accounting for 2mm for expansion at either end and 2mm grout...
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    Black Slate Shower Tray HELP!?!

    Hi all New to the forum, anyone have an idea how to clean and get these white stains off a newly installed black slate shower tray (8 months ago), my wife have stupidly used a product called ViaKal and it might have damaged the surface - but im unsure if this is stain or damaged. I would be...
    • Rx78
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    • black former help shower shower tray slate tray wetroom
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Tanking and Wetrooms
  6. V

    Which adhesive for shower floor with ceramic tiles

    Hi, DIYer here and I'm going to rip up my shower floor which is currently tiled and put down some large ceramic tiles (90x14x1cm) instead. I don't know what the sub-floor is but guessing it's wood. I have a couple of questions - I did have a quick browse of the forum but couldn't see the exact...
    • Vatreni
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    • adhesive ceramic ceramic tiles floor former shower shower tray tile tiles wetroom which
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Tanking and Wetrooms
  7. J

    Drain too high

    Hi, New member and rookie homeowner from Australia here. I am in the middle of my first bathroom build at home, and have an issue with the drain height. where i am at : I hired a contractor to come and level the floor prior to waterproofing, he sloped all the falls to the center drain which...
  9. M

    Raising Shower Floor Questions

    Hi, We recently had a tiler raise an existing shower floor to turn it into a walk-in disabled shower. Unfortunately they stuffed up the fall levels and the water runs out the side and they need to do it again. However we have also since wondered about whether the shower needed to be...
    • mdr07
    • Thread
    • floor former questions shower shower tray waterproofing wetroom
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Tanking and Wetrooms
  10. M

    correct way to waterproof shower niche

    this is my first property i am renovating. i have made the niche so far from stud and the back i have used 12mm plywood and sealed using ob1 sealant/adhesive. I have already purchased some aquapanels to use. would it be best screw the aquapanel in the niche and use the knauf joint adhesive, then...
  11. M

    Backerboard on top or behind shower tray?

    Hi all, DIYer here. I'll be fitting a new shower tray soon and boarding the walls with Marmox. My intention was to board the walls first then fit the tray, filling any small gap around the tray with a quality sealant (recommendations?). Once tiled, the tiles would overlap the tray, leaving a...
  13. M

    Space around shower tray

    Hi all, I’m about to fit a new walk in shower and have stripped the existing bathroom. The room is 1530 wide by 2100mm long. I intend to fit a 1500 wide shower tray at one end of the room, however, I need to deal with the 30mm of extra space. I can make up the extra 30mm in waterproof...
  14. C

    Layout advice for "brick" layout tiles in walk in shower

    Hello! I am about to lay a walk in shower with 120cm X 20 cm tiles. In general the room will be a "brick" type layout. The walk in shower is closed on 3 sides and borderless on the front. The drain is a hole type drain which is off center, which means I will have to generally cut the 'v...
    • Claude
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    • advice brick former layout shower shower tray tile tiles walk in shower wetroom
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Tanking and Wetrooms
  15. M

    Water not flowing to shower drain / Incorrect Fall Levels?

    Hi, We have just done some bathroom modifications privately to level out a shower floor for an elderly disabled bathroom. We just did the shower area and not the whole bathroom (so only the pink tiles are new). The water is flowing outside of the shower, suggesting the fall levels are not...
    • mdr07
    • Thread
    • drain fall former level levels not shower shower tray water wetroom
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Tanking and Wetrooms
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    Setting Out how should I centre in shower with offset mixer

    Kind tilers out there: the back wall of my glass shower cubicle is 990mm but the plumber centred the mixer lever for a 1000mm shower. I am going to tile with a 600 x 300mm tile (in landscape stack), I don't know how to lay it out. Is it better to: 1) have a grout line running plumb from the...
    • amyL
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    • centre former how mixer should shower shower tray wetroom
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Tanking and Wetrooms
  18. K

    Shower Tray trim vs Silicon

    I'm tiling an en-suite shower (it has one of those bog-standard heavy cast-concrete (?) and enamel bases if that makes a difference). I am not an experienced tiler, so I'm doing my learning. Looking on the YouTubes, nobody seems to be using that concave shower tray trim anymore, (that would go...
    • kbc
    • Thread
    • former shower shower tray silicone tray trim wetroom
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Tanking and Wetrooms
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    Setting Out Tiling a shower

    I have a 995mm x 995mm built in shower in the corner of my small bathroom. The the mixer was not centred properly on wall, so it sits a little off centre. The genebra and shower rail are on the adjoining wall. Should I centre the mixer on the one wall within the 600 x 300 tile and tile outwards...
  21. C

    MX Shower Tray with riser kit issue

    Good morning. I’ve been trying to work out how to stop my shower tray from moving! I’m fitting a complete en-suite and someone before has run the shower waste above the floor boards etc so I have to use a riser kit or build it up. (Floor boards run under the partition into another room). I...
  22. F

    How to fill gap between floor tiles and shower

    Having had my wooden skirting replaced below our shower with some UPVC, I’m left with a 15mm gap between our floor tiles and the new UPVC skirting. The bloke that did the job filled it with wall tile grout and it’s cracked and looks pretty bad Any ideas on how best to fill this gap? Going to...
    • Ferneya75
    • Thread
    • fill floor floor tiles former gap how shower shower tray tile tiles wetroom
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Best Floor Tiles
  23. D

    Glass mosiac shower installation

    I am currently tiling a shower area. Field tiles are installed with space for a vertical 300mm vertical feature/ border and a 100mm horizontal border. Both horizontal and vertical borders will be fitted with glass mosiac tiles of different designs but both of a depth of 7mm. I have used the...
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    My 1st Job First diy basement shower

    Hi. I am a diy. My first job so dont go all crazy on me. I do have an issue, my inside corners have large joins. Its cause wall goes in. How do i best hide it?
  26. C

    Ardex

    Hi everyone, new member of this forum, thanks. Need advice on Ardex wpc. Applied a few days ago 2 coats as specified. I am tiling my shower area shortly but find the Ardex to be mildly tacky, is the tile cement and tile going to adhere or is there a problem heading my way. Many thanks ChrisD
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