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Hello,

Excellent forum.

I have ended up with a shower tray and enclosure were the installation guidelines advise that the wall should be tiled first and then the shower tray butted up to the wall and sealed.

In this thread (best-way-to-install-shower-tray-t21014.html) i see that 'RICO' has stated that this is a European method and i was wandering if anybody has any experience with this method?

The UK method of installing the tray and tiling down on to it is what i am familiar with but this cant be done with this particular product because the enclosure will not fit.

Really just want to know if the European method is still ok?

Kind regards

Steve

Hi Steve,

The problem is our water is a lot wetter than the rest of Europe, so you are more likely to get leaks....


Seriously, provided it's sealed correctly, with a good quality silicone (Dow corning 785) you'll be fine..

Hi Wine~o,

Thanks for the response.

Its not that i am discrediting the European method its just when asking people (plumbers, tilers etc) for their opinion they instantly advise against, which has left me confused and wandering if i should return the product and go convential UK.

Is one method better than the other or doesnt it really matter?

Kind regards

Steve

I would only tile down to a tray, especially as the vast majority of them have tapered sides. This means if you tile first, you will have a 10mm thick silicone joint, by the time you bridge the gap and overlap it onto the tray sufficiently.

If you have a tray and enclosure where you need to tile first, then I would tile the floor complete, also and use silicone at abutments.

I have never fitted an enclosure which does not incorporate some sort of minimum and maximum adjustment for opening width between walls. Thus, it soulod not make a difference if you fit this tray by tiling down to it.

royaloakcarpentry wrote:I would only tile down to a tray, especially as the vast majority of them have tapered sides. This means if you tile first, you will have a 10mm thick silicone joint, by the time you bridge the gap and overlap it onto the tray sufficiently.

If you have a tray and enclosure where you need to tile first, then I would tile the floor complete, also and use silicone at abutments.

I have never fitted an enclosure which does not incorporate some sort of minimum and maximum adjustment for opening width between walls. Thus, it soulod not make a difference if you fit this tray by tiling down to it.

Thanks for the advice, will see if there is sufficent allowance with the wall adjustment profile and if not i will tile the floor and seal before positioning the tray.

Kind regards

Steve