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Default Silicone and shower screen

On 18/08/2019 20:49, David wrote:
On Saturday, 17 August 2019 21:04:30 UTC+1, ss wrote:
I would have thought however to silicone just the internal side and not
the external side of the screen as that would prevent any water getting
under the glass screen.

Am I missing something?


The way I think of it is that the silicone seal *will* definitely fail at some time.


Never has with me


It might take a year, or it might take ten. But when it fails,

water *will* end up in the frame and/or around the screen.


After nearly 20 years

So, given that water *will* be there, it's better that it can freely drain out into the shower tray, rather than onto the floor outside of the tray.

So seal the outside.

Classic example of good logic from a bad assumption




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