Incomprehensible shower door

[Roger465]

Well… the instructions that is. I bought this one from Screwfix, and even at age of 63 (so I’ve seen a few in my time) these are the worst instructions EVER. Just pictures of bits of the door, with hieroglyphics superimposed on them, and I have no idea what these mean.

I’ll attach a few, and see if anybody can help me

 

[DAZB]

Picture 1 looks like it means Viewed From Inside, Picture 2 is possibly warning you about the location of the plinth in relation to the glass and Picture 3 shows the orientation of the edge profile with the water droplet showing the inside of the shower enclosure. (i think !)

 

[Roger465]

Thanks! Well, spent a long time on the phone with their Customer Service guy – not only did he not know what any of the symbols meant, he didn’t even have access to the instructions to look at them himself. But he did get an “engineer” (shower installer) to call me – he had the instructions, but the symbols were a mystery to him too (obviously he didn’t need or use them, as that’s what he did for a living).



I think you’re probably right in your interpretations – kind of what I tentatively thought myself, and talking it through with their installer, it was all to be done pretty much in the way common sense would suggest. Sadly I’ve learned that my common sense can be wrong, which is why I wanted to be absolutely sure!



Door now fitted and looks good

 

[AGAS]

shame about the tiles though bit old fashioned , sorry just say what i think glad you got it sorted thou

 

[Roger465]

shame about the tiles though bit old fashioned , sorry just say what i think glad you got it sorted thou

It was a repair job - the entire ensuite is tiled, dating from 1994 I think. I'm on a tight budget, and decided to salvage the existing tiles when I had to replace the bottom half of the shower, rather than re-tile the entire room

 

[Hot&Cold]

It was a repair job -

Why was it a repair job ?

 

[Roger465]

Why was it a repair job ?

Tray was cracked...

 

[Hot&Cold]

Tray was cracked...

That can happen but usually a new tray can b e fitted to an existing enclosure,it takes some working out thou .

trying not to make more hard-work that is necessary is the key,who the feck wants hard-work

Been there done it without hard-work

 

[Roger465]

That can happen but usually a new tray can b e fitted to an existing enclosure,it takes some working out thou .

trying not to make more hard-work that is necessary is the key,who the feck wants hard-work

Been there done it without hard-work

Well, the door and bottom row of tiles had to be removed. Then the tiles going up for a couple of feet were falling off; it become apparent that the plywood behind, and some of the stud work was rotten, so all that had to be reconstructed etc etc. Worst job I’ve ever tackled – took me about 3 months, on and off.

 

[Hot&Cold]

Roger465 Great stuff you got it sorted.

happy showering