Shower and wonky tiles

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I have to put a glass shower wall up against this wall, which is wonkily tiled. The divergence between minimum and maximum tile protrusion is 13mm. I think the shower shop say that for the vertical metal strip you screw to the wall, they can give me one that is sort of adjusted to the undulations of the wall, but I can't pin them down on that.

My question is - if I get a straight vertical metal frame/holder, and fill in the gaps between that and the wonky wall, is 13mm too much for the flexible filler?

This shower has been the biggest test of my character in many a year...

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Replacing the tiles, at least the ones on the edge, is an option. I am still in the denial stage of grief, but if there is no other way, that's what I will have to do.

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This side of the shower is not the door side, it's the return/solid glass wall. I have similar problems on the other side though, but with a variance of 7mm.

The walls are wonky (it's a 500 year old house) but the tiling has been done on hardiebacker board, and the shower frame will be screwed through the tiles. So my problem is with the tiles being wonky, not the wall.

It looks like I will have to get the tiling done again. Ugh.

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Risotto said:

The tiles nearest the camera, on the 4th and 5th rows down from the top are pitched outward for some reason. It's attaching the wall-mounted strip to the tiles that's the problem because it won't touch most of the tiles. OP wants to plug the gaps with sealant.

Yes, this.

Risotto said:

I'd either - a) remove and replace the two worst tiles as a minimum or, b) investigate whether you could scribe the wall-mounted metal strip, which would at least allow the whole length of it to be in contact with the tiles. Given the shower looks to be under construction, I'd guess you have some spare tiles and I'd try option A first.

Right. And scribing is what the shower shop say they could do, but I suspect redoing the tiles is the better solution.

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Risotto said:

I didn't want to offend if you're doing the shower yourself, but if you've paid someone else to do the work I'd be having words with whoever is at fault. Is the problem solely down to wonky tiles, or is the substrate also wonky and the tiler has just tiled over its imperfections regardless?

The substrate is a flat board. The problem is caused by the tiler using inconsistent depth of adhesive. I could, as Fawlty says, have a word. But I just want to move on and get the job finished by someone more competent.

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samdale said:

• Bold 1 - outwards as in away from the wall, pushed towards the right of the photo?

I'm talking about the EDGES of the tiles, nearest the cameraman. Because...

• Bold 2 - Why would you do that? Attach strip to the wall in front of but up against the tile edge. Silicone along tile edge/strip.

Oh just thought, maybe shower tray doesn't come out far enough to allow for my idea...

The shower tray doesn't come out far enough, but also, the wall is pretty wonky itself. Shoddy 16th century workmanship .

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Yes, this week. Other than me.