how to fit shower tray on suspended floor, advice please

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I am doing my mother-in-laws bathroom for her, she is over 80, not very well off, and needs to get rid of the bath in favour of a shower.

I am looking at the tray she bought from B&Q (hope that does not make you go “oh no”). It is a quadrant 1200 x 800 resin composite and quite slim line. I don’t think she will go to the cost of tiling the floor, I suspect some sought of lino product or stick down tile. The bathroom is suspended floor and she likes the slim line tray.

How should I fit this tray, i.e. hoping to keep it slim line

1. Are the floorboards a possibility for mounting the tray on to?

2. Should I put anything on the floorboards like ply, if so what thickness?

3. If I have to use ply, would it be a possibility to remove the floorboards
in the shape of the tray and insert a piece of ply instead, i.e. maintaining the slim line look?

4. Would the Bal Rapidset I have be any good for sticking it to the floor/ply?

5. If not what should I use to stick it down correctly?

6. Do I need to prime/coat the surface/floorboards/ply with anything?

Any advice/info appreciated.
 
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I have checked the waste and it looks like I will just be ok by a few mm. It is not going to be a wet room but I am going to use a tanking kit in the shower area as seems common good practice to do this.

Thank you for the link but I don't think it will help my case much as they go on about cement and 2 man lift (mine is quite light in comparison) and a stone tray.
 

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