Hi all
Have read many posts on this forum and it has been a great help. This is my first post though.
So I'm trying to install a new shower tray into a recess (walls on three sides). I don't understand how I can get the tray flush against all three because even if the walls are perfectly square and the right size to take the tray, I can't see how I could physically drop the tray in there when there is mortar at the bottom (tray manufacturer instructions).
As it stands, the walls are out of square (plumb is good) and I can only just get the tray in. That leaves a gap along one edge of circa 25mm. I was thinking to put the tray in and centre it so the are two gaps of around 12mm on each side. Then mortar along to fill those gaps, silicoln and place boards on top of that. Then tile the board.
It feels like a bodge though but I can't understand how a normal installation would get a tray to be flush against three walls in a recess without pushing the mortar everwhere if sliding it in. And since it can't be pushed firmly against all three walls (because two of the walls are opposite each other!) there will always be a mm or 3 on one side won't there?
Have read many posts on this forum and it has been a great help. This is my first post though.
So I'm trying to install a new shower tray into a recess (walls on three sides). I don't understand how I can get the tray flush against all three because even if the walls are perfectly square and the right size to take the tray, I can't see how I could physically drop the tray in there when there is mortar at the bottom (tray manufacturer instructions).
As it stands, the walls are out of square (plumb is good) and I can only just get the tray in. That leaves a gap along one edge of circa 25mm. I was thinking to put the tray in and centre it so the are two gaps of around 12mm on each side. Then mortar along to fill those gaps, silicoln and place boards on top of that. Then tile the board.
It feels like a bodge though but I can't understand how a normal installation would get a tray to be flush against three walls in a recess without pushing the mortar everwhere if sliding it in. And since it can't be pushed firmly against all three walls (because two of the walls are opposite each other!) there will always be a mm or 3 on one side won't there?