Hi,
I will soon be attaching our Mira Flight quadrant shower tray to the walls. I've also bought the riser kit for it, so the tray is on legs.
I have a few thoughts and questions regarding the use of silicone and/or grab adhesive (gripfill) to secure it to the walls.
Here is a picture of the tray and where it will go. (The tray isn't blue by the way, it's just still got the protective plastic on it ).
After reading some other threads and forums, I've decided to add battens to the walls (like you would for a bath). Here is a picture of the 2 battens.
I've also drilled into the wall and fashioned a couple clamps from 2 short lengths of 2"x1" timber. These will be screwed into the wall with coach screws and will tuck under the tray to clamp it against the walls (again like you would for a bath). Here is a picture showing the timber clamps in place.
And here is a view of one of the battens and clamps underneath the tray.
I've read on other threads that most of you guys use silicon to attach shower trays to a wall. Why do you do this? I'm asking because at the end of the day, the silicone that's really responsible for waterproofing the shower tray is actually added after the tiling stage, and it goes in the 3-4mm gap between the top of the tray and the bottom row of tiles. So would you be better off using something like gripfill? Or do you use silicone because it makes the task of removing the tray a bit (or maybe a LOT) easier, if there's ever a problem in the future?
A couple of other ideas
1. The tray has a total of 5 legs on it and I was thinking about putting a small blob of gripfill under each leg for bit of extra hold/stability.
Does this seem like a good or bad idea?
2. I've also thought about running a bead of gripfill along the top of the battens, ie here
Does this seen like a good or bad idea, or will using gripfill mean the tray will be almost impossible to remove and replace it there's ever a problem?
So how do you guys attach your shower trays to the wall?
Thanks in advance
I will soon be attaching our Mira Flight quadrant shower tray to the walls. I've also bought the riser kit for it, so the tray is on legs.
I have a few thoughts and questions regarding the use of silicone and/or grab adhesive (gripfill) to secure it to the walls.
Here is a picture of the tray and where it will go. (The tray isn't blue by the way, it's just still got the protective plastic on it ).
After reading some other threads and forums, I've decided to add battens to the walls (like you would for a bath). Here is a picture of the 2 battens.
I've also drilled into the wall and fashioned a couple clamps from 2 short lengths of 2"x1" timber. These will be screwed into the wall with coach screws and will tuck under the tray to clamp it against the walls (again like you would for a bath). Here is a picture showing the timber clamps in place.
And here is a view of one of the battens and clamps underneath the tray.
I've read on other threads that most of you guys use silicon to attach shower trays to a wall. Why do you do this? I'm asking because at the end of the day, the silicone that's really responsible for waterproofing the shower tray is actually added after the tiling stage, and it goes in the 3-4mm gap between the top of the tray and the bottom row of tiles. So would you be better off using something like gripfill? Or do you use silicone because it makes the task of removing the tray a bit (or maybe a LOT) easier, if there's ever a problem in the future?
A couple of other ideas
1. The tray has a total of 5 legs on it and I was thinking about putting a small blob of gripfill under each leg for bit of extra hold/stability.
Does this seem like a good or bad idea?
2. I've also thought about running a bead of gripfill along the top of the battens, ie here
Does this seen like a good or bad idea, or will using gripfill mean the tray will be almost impossible to remove and replace it there's ever a problem?
So how do you guys attach your shower trays to the wall?
Thanks in advance