Getting my bathroom done - help with shower tray queston

economic

Hi

i am getting my bathroom done and have some questions about it. Its a small bathroom and am having a shower tray put in. the shower tray is 1300mm in length and fits into the 1350mm width of my bathroom so that i just need a shower door on one side (walls enclose other wside and the 2 smaller sides).

prob,em is there will therefore be a 50mm gap between one side of the wall and tray. i want to instead get a 1400mm tray so that part of it fits into the partition walls either side or one said. my questions are:

- is it better to do this - get a bigger tray and put it into the walls, so to avoid any leaks etc?
- would the walls be abel to handle this or could it cause problems with the walls?
- if i keep the 1300mm tray would filling the gap with wood and putting sealant and tiling over it be fine to avoid leaks? i dotn want a stud wall put in to fill the gap as its a waste of space and additional work.

thanks

Any

Putting a wood there is no different than building a wall in my opinion, and will look odd.
To put it in the wall if you buy i different one very much depend what sort of wall is it now..
I would ask the person who is doing it on their opinion. If you have a good one, they will know best.

economic

the person doin git told me the walls are too thin and the joists may weaken if they are cut into. but i feel he may just want to avoid doing extra work.

Any

Why would he be cutting into joists? Never play with joists. Seriously, the issues coming from weak joists are just not worth it!!!
If the wall is thin, it only makes more sense to put extra "wall" on it to fill the gap.
I don't think it's much more work than filling it with "wood". You need to make sure that the material is right to hold tiles on it securely and for long time.

MX5huggy

Getting the door the right width could be more of an issue.

I would make the gap smaller or tank the whole room and have a wet room.

economic

what i mean is there are these wooden supports going vertical and either side of this are the wall boards (aquapanel). part of the wooden support has been cut veritcally to put in two water pipes (brass/copper standard ones).

andyhop

Frame out to 1300

You will struggle to fit a door if the gap is wider, not all manufactures offer profile extensions

Tray should be fitted tight between walls, using UPVC, tiles, timber etc at one end will result in a short term job . No trades worth there salt would entertain this way

Doozergirl

Agree with above. Make it fit 1300 comfortably and well.

OP, you are talking about studwork, not joists. It's pretty frustrating when people think they know better but can't describe something in the most basic of terms

Head_The_Ball

I have no idea if this is a sensible idea so get other opinions.

You could build out the lower section of one wall by 50 mm to about 1 metre in height, tile the lot and have a narrow shelf for storing shampoo bottles etc.

That would give you 1300 width at floor level for the shower tray.

The tiles on the shelf should have a slight downward slope towards the shower tray to prevent water pooling.

Make the shelf higher perhaps to a height that gives easiest access.

economic

Head_The_Ball wrote: »

I have no idea if this is a sensible idea so get other opinions.

You could build out the lower section of one wall by 50 mm to about 1 metre in height, tile the lot and have a narrow shelf for storing shampoo bottles etc.

That would give you 1300 width at floor level for the shower tray.

The tiles on the shelf should have a slight downward slope towards the shower tray to prevent water pooling.

Make the shelf higher perhaps to a height that gives easiest access.

I was thinking the same but a 50mm shelf would be too small in width for a shelf.

economic

Doozergirl wrote: »

Agree with above. Make it fit 1300 comfortably and well.

OP, you are talking about studwork, not joists. It's pretty frustrating when people think they know better but can't describe something in the most basic of terms

I was talking about the wood in between the walls. yes maybe joists isn't correct, but still cutting into it for the tray could cause support problems for the wall wouldn't it?