Improving appearance of shower drain.

Avoriaz

Hi, our house is ten years old. We bought it three years ago.

The shower drain is a MacAlpine fitting. The visible top part is silver coated plastic and, as you can see, the silver is flaking off and it all looks rather tatty. I clean the accumulate limescale off occasionally but no amount of cleaning improves the flaky silvery plastic.



The central 6 spoked piece removes to allow access for removing accumulated gunge but the silvery surround, which screws into the main unit underneath, is sealed with silicon to the shower base.

I don't have easy access to underneath the shower tray, otherwise I would fit a new unit.

I very much doubt it would be possible to remove the top part and replace it from above. The unit underneath would probably drop away if I unscrewed the top section. There is a washer directly underneath to form a complete water seal and I doubt if I could ever get a decent seal again just working from above.

I have considered two options.

Painting it with white or silver paint, perhaps Humbrol enamel paint, but I am unsure how water resistant that might be.

Placing something over it that would look nice but not impede water drainage. Something circular with a slight dome shaped that could sit in the space on little legs so that water would still easily flow.

Any suggestions as to a paint that would do the job or where I might be able to get a suitable cover?

Or perhaps you think it can be replaced from above.

You may think this is a fuss over very little but the rest of the shower looks spotless and that tatty drain just irritates me.

Thanks

Avoriaz

I've found a few possible options on eBay.

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I think I will buy a few of them and see what suits best.