Fitting Heavy Shower Tray in recess. Any Ideas ??

[Scott]

I have similar ones from screwfix, a double inline and a quad. Also useful for the screens and acrylic bath panels.

 

[easyt]

I have similar ones from screwfix, a double inline and a quad. Also useful for the screens and acrylic bath panels.

Yes I will definitely need them to put the screen in place.

I put her shower base in situ to try out the wall alignment. First I cut out the plaster on the wall opposite the doorway in a 1m arc so that I could take it in on edge and then lower onto some rollers. I also took off the airing cupboard doors (gave me another 7mm. I got some damaged underground drainage pipe cheap from B&Q. 3m length with damage to end - £5.

Regarding using polystyrene - I used to keep tropical fish in my last house and had three large tanks all stood on polystyrene. The 2 foot deep tank used to indent the polystyrene by about 2mm. Mind that was a lot of water. Should be OK for a shower base though.

 

[Scott]

Rollers are a good way of moving things, worked for the Egyptians!

 

[easyt]

When I had my old steel oil tamk removed three plumbers arrived to that and some other work. One was there just for an hour to help out. They drained the oil into a temporary tank and asked me to take a coner to make it easier. It was a 2600 litre tank, 45 years old and well made. No chance. We could lift it but bexause of where the temporary tank was sighted we needed to cross a 6 foot path, scale a 2 foot wall. cover 50 feet of lawn, cross 15 foot of patio, down three steps and a further 30 feet to their van.

I produced two 30 inch lengths of land drain and with me on the rollers it was a doddle. I said to them 'why the hell don't you buy some robust ribbed land drain, why struggle'.

 

[Scott]

I moved one of the steels thats gone into my new roof on my own, it wasnt masive but 6 metres long and about 180kg. One piece of steel tubing and 25mm diameter in the midle of it and it was a doddle

 

[jimmy495]

could you not put your addy down and put 15mm copper pipe in the addy and then slide the copper pipe out

 

[easyt]

I moved one of the steels thats gone into my new roof on my own, it wasnt masive but 6 metres long and about 180kg. One piece of steel tubing and 25mm diameter in the midle of it and it was a doddle

Yes I decided To roll the base up to the plinth onto a bed of weak sand and cement mortar but resting it on two copper pipes. That will let me manoeuvre it left and right slightly. Then I crouch like a sumo wrestler - elbows locked on knees - Grasp the two glass lifters on the base and raise the 60 kg enough for OH to pull out the pipes.

 

[jimmy495]

now that sounds like a plan :lol::lol:

 

[andy8758]

If tray is in a blind recess, get some of that plastic tape used to secure packages (probably used to secure cardboard around your shower cubicle panels). Use a batten at front of recess, with plastic tape around bottom of tray. Stand tray in verticle on batten (wont damage tray surface) and using tape (you need help and stout gloves) lower tray backwards slowly.

Once tray is lowered back in place pull out tape, and check levels - some jiggling of tray will cause any unevenness in mortar to level up. Some additional mortar may need to be trowelled under fromt of tray.

My plumber taught me this - seems to work well in most situations.

 

[easyt]

Can't be lowered vertically Andy. There is a tiling strip and so the distance between walls has to be less than the tray length. Has to be slid in.