Hi I am fitting a shower tray and would like some advice please.
Firstly I have read that I should bed it on some mortar or silicon, silicon seems a good choice for me as I think it will be easier just to smear a layer over the whole base as I read somewhere. The bathroom has floorboards and for looks I want to keep the shower tray as low as possible so I don't really want to put ply underneath or similar, will it be ok on the floorboards with this silicon bed?
How thick should the silicon bed be?
Also it has no upstand so is there anything special I should do to prevent future problems, ie add anything or, or fit in a certain way?
If I had an upstand I understand that I should have channeled the wall a little to get the upstand level with the wall ready for tiling, so as there is no upstand do I still channel to rebate the shower a little so that the tiles overhang a bigger chunk of the tray or is this pointless now?
ie shall I just push it up against the corner?
Any help appreciated.
Firstly I have read that I should bed it on some mortar or silicon, silicon seems a good choice for me as I think it will be easier just to smear a layer over the whole base as I read somewhere. The bathroom has floorboards and for looks I want to keep the shower tray as low as possible so I don't really want to put ply underneath or similar, will it be ok on the floorboards with this silicon bed?
How thick should the silicon bed be?
Also it has no upstand so is there anything special I should do to prevent future problems, ie add anything or, or fit in a certain way?
If I had an upstand I understand that I should have channeled the wall a little to get the upstand level with the wall ready for tiling, so as there is no upstand do I still channel to rebate the shower a little so that the tiles overhang a bigger chunk of the tray or is this pointless now?
ie shall I just push it up against the corner?
Any help appreciated.