Showertray fit with pipes behind?
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Hi, I've removed a bath and plan to fit a shower. I have the basis of the necessary plumbing in place - the hot+cold+waste from the bath. I want to fit the shower in the same place, but I'm having trouble visualising how the try can fit in the corner because there are pipes in the way.
I know I could box them in, but then I would have to box all the way to the height of the shower enclosure. If I cut away the two inner sides of the shower tray (probably impossible anyway) then it would be weakened.
Help! What am I missing here? Pic attached...
I know I could box them in, but then I would have to box all the way to the height of the shower enclosure. If I cut away the two inner sides of the shower tray (probably impossible anyway) then it would be weakened.
Help! What am I missing here? Pic attached...
Thanks. I understand I'll be chasing the H+C pipes vertically up to a surface-mount mixer, then tile over the lot.
But, its the mess at the bottom that is giving me a headache. I don't think I can chase all the pipes in the pic back into the wall. The left wall would be OK, its an external wall and is a cavity wall. The back wall is an internal wall and is only single block, so chasing all those pipes in horizontally for the width of the tray might not be good. The chase would have to be 23cm high. Or have I been staring at this for too long?? see pic 2...
Something else I had considered was making a wedi tray and tiling it, for a walk-in style shower, but I've still got the problem of getting the glass screen down past the pipes on the back wall.
But, its the mess at the bottom that is giving me a headache. I don't think I can chase all the pipes in the pic back into the wall. The left wall would be OK, its an external wall and is a cavity wall. The back wall is an internal wall and is only single block, so chasing all those pipes in horizontally for the width of the tray might not be good. The chase would have to be 23cm high. Or have I been staring at this for too long?? see pic 2...
Something else I had considered was making a wedi tray and tiling it, for a walk-in style shower, but I've still got the problem of getting the glass screen down past the pipes on the back wall.
Thanks GbM - 4" is the top of the two waste pipes, so the sink waste on the back wall would pass under the tray, and the ex-bath waste, now the shower waste, passes under as well. The toilet is being replaced, so I'll make sure to get the built-in overflow. That leaves the 5 copper pipes. I will have to re-route them to get them under the 4"
The act of explaining it and taking pictures has helped in itself. I have realised that I could as Big Al said hide the back wall and pipes with wedi board, and butt a 800x1400 tray to it, and also up against the pipes on the left wall. Then bridge from the left wall to the tray with wedi board, and tile over it. Then fix a plain glass screen to the back wall, with an overhead brace to the left wall - the walk in arrangement simplifying the odd shape. I think I could use this as its got the height if I need it.
linky
What do you think?
The act of explaining it and taking pictures has helped in itself. I have realised that I could as Big Al said hide the back wall and pipes with wedi board, and butt a 800x1400 tray to it, and also up against the pipes on the left wall. Then bridge from the left wall to the tray with wedi board, and tile over it. Then fix a plain glass screen to the back wall, with an overhead brace to the left wall - the walk in arrangement simplifying the odd shape. I think I could use this as its got the height if I need it.
linky
What do you think?
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