Shower plinth advice please

JuzaMum

This is the fascia board I am looking at buying
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/294694734752?hash=item449d2ccba0:g:2bAAAOSw6oVh1tda&amdata=enc:AQAHAAAA4Iad89U6HzbNSOB2aaiQO670dy5ryKPsbTnSVR6hx33vmKon3NOil2nqokKwxJkoQy3cnrSgPhPjeigLUZfo0S7nH4tLVdT6fva432+5Vetb01zCFOENcm2oOwDUXeopSLkKRhui3CtzDUbItnbEwxXdbtin/iSlLrt68lxPxm747gtIyUfHpd/DoiIZPu8JEUOu5ANA53LACcyDNsPpYh93HlcoZv8khNJJLA4toIWGYQSC5BNhqech4gT+w1VUQ57MdZ2uBqo8M76OubP7u+sC2J0gGuIuNOU1Tul7BYQw|tkp:Bk9SR5r-v5LcYA

plumb1_2

JuzaMum said:

Now the 'professional' fitters have attached the boards to the wall it will be quite a bit of work to remove them and make good so they don't want too! 

Professional doesn’t sound correct.

grumbler

JuzaMum said:

This is the fascia board I am looking at buying
https://www.ebay.co.uk

Looks good to me

Doozergirl

JuzaMum said:

Now the 'professional' fitters have attached the boards to the wall it will be quite a bit of work to remove them and make good so they don't want too! 

It's not really about wanting to.  It's about leaving you with a bathroom that is both safe and watertight.  

What you're proposing is a blatant bodge in a brand new bathroom.   That's not good enough.  There's simply no way I'd leave a customer with that, nor tolerate it myself.  

plumb1_2

Doozergirl said:

JuzaMum said:

Now the 'professional' fitters have attached the boards to the wall it will be quite a bit of work to remove them and make good so they don't want too! 

It's not really about wanting to.  It's about leaving you with a bathroom that is both safe and watertight.  

What you're proposing is a blatant bodge in a brand new bathroom.   That's not good enough.  There's simply no way I'd leave a customer with that, nor tolerate it myself.  

I agree, any decent plumber/fitter should leave you with a job you are happy with, not having yourself trying to make use of a bad job.

plumb1_2

If you are thinking of fitting the plinth 2” higher than the tray, you are gonna end up having a nasty accident. You gonna have to keep reminding yourself there’s a trip hazard enter and exit the tray.
Especially with wet feet, you’ll  end up with 2 people in ambulance uniforms and you in your birthday suit.

JuzaMum

plumb1_2 said: you’ll  end up with 2 people in ambulance uniforms and you in your birthday suit.

It could be a fantasy come true for some! I have fitted a curtain (no plinth yet) and it all seems to work without water covering the floor.

GDB2222

JuzaMum said:

plumb1_2 said: you’ll  end up with 2 people in ambulance uniforms and you in your birthday suit.

It could be a fantasy come true for some! I have fitted a curtain (no plinth yet) and it all seems to work without water covering the floor.

That’s excellent. So, just cover up the plinth, without going above the tray height, and mastic all the joints. 

Bendy_House

Hi Juza.

If you pop in to the yards of a couple of local window installers, you will almost certainly find a skip full of PVC cladding offcuts, including soffits and fascias. They should be pleased for you to take some. (I got enough lengths to make up two long bench seats for a Dory, double-layered - and buoyant, in case the boat sank again.)

The stuff can be cut - carefully - with a craft knife as it has a 'foam' interior. The secret is to cut without pressing too hard - in a number of repeated 'goes'. Once nicely scored, it can even be snapped cleanly.

The edges of the soffit boards will have a nice finish to them, so cut the 'other' end to sit against the floor. I wouldn't have it sticking up more than, say, 10mm at the front. And obviously well sealed against the top edge of the tray, with a neat sili bead using a Fugi-type tool.