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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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pc__tf

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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?
 
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?
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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