Never done one of these - Help!

[leafsta]

Hi all,



I have the above shower tray that I am about to install and have never done one with adjustable legs that cannot be accessed once the tray is in place on the floor (the sides are fixed - all in one tray). It is going onto 22mm wooden chipboard (i know this is not recommended practice but I have no control over this).

What is the best way to go about fitting one of these?

 

[DHTiling]

Stand the tray onto 18mm to 22mm ply , draw around it and then cut an inch or so in from the line so the ply is smaller than the tray.

Screw the ply down and then level the legs off that height.. it might take a few goes to get the legs level.. once level then stick the legs in situ with liquids nails or grip etc...

The drain can be accessed from a small cut out in the floor to allow connection once the tray is in situ..

 

[Bubblecraft]

Dave is spot on with that answer. That's exactly what I would do

 

[leafsta]

I normally fit the waste from above to eliminate the need for a cut out - is this not a good idea?

Cant quite grasp the levelling part being honest, once ive cut the ply and lied the tray onto the ply, then essentially i will have a gap of 18/22mm between the perimeter of the tray and the floor, is this still not enough room to do the levelling? Maybe I am relating this to levelling a bath - am I on the wrong lines?

 

[DHTiling]

wind the feet down to approx same depth as ply to tray edge that sits on the floor.. the legs are to take out tray deflection..

 

[leafsta]

So to double check, am I ok to tile the floor before installing the tray?

 

[Ollie02948]

I do the same as what dave and bubblecraft do, but measure thickness of tiles an adhesive and ad that to finished height of tray which will then give you a gap around th bottom for tiles to be fitted under, just saves awkward cuts on weird shape trays like these

 

[leafsta]

Yeah if I can avoid having to cut around it I would be happier.

 

[StephenR]

And test it for leaks on draining before you fix it in place. You don't want any surprises later. I use a flexi on the waste for the first 300mm on trays like this until going into rigid plastic. Then if you do have a surprise, you can prop it up a bit to fix it without having to disconnect.