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Discuss Shower door in the Tiling Forum at TilersForums; Hi I have to fit a shower door in to a recess which is 830 mm wide. Unfortunately every shower door I can find will fit a recess 750-800 mm ...
          
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    I have to fit a shower door in to a recess which is 830 mm wide. Unfortunately every shower door I can find will fit a recess 750-800 mm or 850-900 wide.

    Unless you guys have any other suggestions the only think I can think to do is screw a batton on the the wall to take up 30 mm or so and then fit the smaller shower door. The shower recess is moisture plasterboard and I am going to tank it with Mapegum. If I apply the tanking to the wooden batton and tile on to that will that be OK?

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    Are you putting the door in before you tile?
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    You can get 830mm doors..

    Some are here but not cheap.. MATKI CLASSICA RECESS SHOWER DOOR available at Bathroom City might be best to have a hunt around the net.

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    As above. Is this the finished size or do you still have to tile??
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    I can either tile before or after the door goes on but the gap with the tiles on first will still be too large for a standard door. It is a small room and needs to be a bi-fold door and I can't find the right size anywhere at a sensible price.

    Will a wooden stud, tanked with Mapegum and then tiled work OK?

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    Quote Originally Posted by johnfrench10 View Post
    I can either tile before or after the door goes on but the gap with the tiles on first will still be too large for a standard door. It is a small room and needs to be a bi-fold door and I can't find the right size anywhere at a sensible price.

    Will a wooden stud, tanked with Mapegum and then tiled work OK?
    So if you tile first, then put the door on (this is how I would do it) how much gap would you have then? I don't like the idea of a tanked wooden batton.
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    I would need to measure the gap but it is going to be around the 830 mm mark. Without the tiles the gap is closer to 845 mm.

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    I suppose so long as it's water tight then you shouldn't have any issues. It would be better to find a door the right size, as you are going to see the edge of the wood from outside the shower.
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    Cant you add a sheet of either plasterboard or cement board to one wall (12.5mm) then tile? That should close it up to pretty much where you want

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