My 1st Job Sealing around shower door frame.

[Dumbo]

I have refitted my ensuite and I have made it to the last step only to run into trouble I cant seem to fix.

I have a tiled shower floor with wet room tray underneath, all tanked etc and tiled the walls. Sliding shower door frame fitted. Siliconed up where the metal meets the tile but I keep getting a tiny amount of water though the frame.

I have removed the Silicon, cleaned it up, refitted but still the same problem - only slightly better this time. It is somewhat "submerged" as it gains about 1cm of water as the 4bar pump through the Grohe RainShower really dumps it out.

Should I have primed the shower door frame or anything like that ?

I know it's a bit late now but may be you should of thought about how much water your drain could deal with when fitting your shower pump .

 

[Waluigi]

That’s a standard framed screen.

Before installing the screen, the joint between wall and floor needs siliconing and the Silicon to have set.

Then seal both vertical horizontal profiles on the inside where the profiles meet the tiles, from the top of the profile to the bottom and no more.

Then on the outside you want to seal the the vertical profiles as they meet the tiles and all along the bottom profile as it meets the floor.

Also the section where the main screen slides into the compensating profile up about an inch to 4”

Also if the screens horizontal profile screws into the vertical profile, that needs a bead too.

A pic to show the detail. Silicon isn’t yet smoothed off. Red marker to show the sealant.

All screens have the same principle.

 

[WetSaw]

Usually only the outside wants Silicon so that water doesn't get trapped. If it's filling up you may have to restrict the water flow.

 

[Boggs]

You are fine with Silicon in the inside vertical channels but not on the bottom between channel and floor as condensation builds up inside the wall channel and this needs to drain back into the wet area.

 

[The Enforcer]

So I had Silicon exactly along the red line - i just had it on the wrong side.

My (untrained) logic was to stop the water getting under there in the first place. But I guess it makes sense to let it in and out without trapping it.

It isnt so much the problem with the rates of flow and waste, more that my tiling game isnt quite on point and it seems to build up in that corner only.
Its an awesome shower when its going - certainly beats the salmon suite and green carpet that we had ! It looks pretty - just cant use it at the moment.

 

[White Room]

Those tiles in your shower will be a bugger to keep clean.