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Hi all,

I need to replace a shower tray. It sits on a base of plywood so I reckon it was glued. No access from underneath.

Any recommendations on how best to do this? Brut force? Chisel and hammer? Or is there a more advanced way of doing this?

The tiles sit on top of the tray - do I have to remove the lower row of tiles? Or can those be saved?

Any recommendations on how to tackle this would be much appreciated.

Cheers,

Pete

 

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Is it damaged if so you may be able to get s repair kit from someone like Anglo adhesives

 

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That would stress me. I’d take the bottom row of tiles off if they were recently fitted and save them. Then you have space to pry or whatever the ply and tray. If you leave the tiles it’s one of those that after you may wish you had removed them.

 

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Hi.
Thanks for the replies.

Installation is old so tile removal basically requires hammer/chisel. That's why I'd love to avoid this.

The shower tray does not slope to the drain almost at all plus there is inclination toward the door too. So water escapes.

want to install a tray with a lip.

so basically if the tray is glued it must be pried out via brute force, correct? No method to do it a bit more elegantly?

 

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• Nov 2, 2019

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I'd say use a bit of brute force.. try to use a pry bar to lever up the right hand corner.. if you can pull it off adhesive and get it moving might be able to pull out from under the tiles.undo the waste first 😉

 

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pc__tf said:

Hi.
Thanks for the replies.

Installation is old so tile removal basically requires hammer/chisel. That's why I'd love to avoid this.

The shower tray does not slope to the drain almost at all plus there is inclination toward the door too. So water escapes.

want to install a tray with a lip.

so basically if the tray is glued it must be pried out via brute force, correct? No method to do it a bit more elegantly?

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I had same experience before now,but I was lucky the glues weren't that strong,so I used a knife on the ages where the glues are and separated the glue from the tray

 

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If it's a stone resin tray just break it up with a hammer , start by the drain where it is thinnest . Easy

 

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Will go with that - thanks for the replies!!