Recessing a shower tray

[ln1234]

Are there any issues with recessing a stone resin shower tray so it sits on joists rather than plywood? The idea is to create support for the tray using noggins between the joists, and allowing the tray to look more recessed with the plywood and tiles around it.

Any potential problems with this?

Cheers

 

[tryitandsee]

Why not ditch the stone tray altogether and go for a wet dec, which is sat on the joists.

www.wetroom-solutions.co.uk/wetdec4.htm

If you have room for the waste in the floor, looks much better.

 

[ln1234]

Why not ditch the stone tray altogether and go for a wet dec, which is sat on the joists.

www.wetroom-solutions.co.uk/wetdec4.htm

If you have room for the waste in the floor, looks much better.

Thanks - is that something that a DIY'er could undertake? (assuming their not totally incompetent!)

 

[Richard C]

Stone resin trays are quiet brittle & must be fully supported across the base with no stress points. Manufacturers recommend bedding on a weak mortar mix & this is usually a warranty condition, if you just sit the tray on a plywood base or, worse, timber joists there is a big risk it will crack as this OP found out.
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A GRP tray or (as advised) a wet deck would be more suitable if you don’t want to bed on mortar.

 

[tryitandsee]

I am a DIYer, but I did have the help of a good carpenter.Showers are it seems, a worry because of the perceived leaks.

It was really an alternative idea, as it looked like you were trying to lower the visual height of the tray

 

[ln1234]

I am a DIYer, but I did have the help of a good carpenter.Showers are it seems, a worry because of the perceived leaks.

It was really an alternative idea, as it looked like you were trying to lower the visual height of the tray

Actually, the reason I was thinking this is because wetrooms seem quite complicated, and most of the tradesmen that i've asked seem to think it's akin to launching a rocket to the moon, and hence very expensive.

Is the fixing and levelling of a wetroom former (taking the advice on board) and the subsequent tanking something a DIY'er could undertake?

 

[tryitandsee]

It's not easy to say/help you in deciding what is, or isn't an easy project for a DIYer to carry out. I don't think I would have attempted it without the carpenter friend. It was the tiling that was problematic and the fear you would finish the bloody thing and it would leak down through the ceiling below.

It was do-able between us and I paid him a day rate. It took 5 days plus all the materials. But I ended up with a walk in shower and not a box in the corner with silicone gun massacre everywhere (and no leaks).

I can only enclose my thread on the subject,

www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=434119#434119

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