jacob wrote:
Have finally got hold of a shower tray (1200x800 cast resin/stone ).
It says that it absolutely must be laid on thin dry mortar bed 5mm min
supporting the whole thing and the edge.
Sounds reasonable but in fact this is virtually impossible to achieve.
It's very heavy and impossible to manouevre to sit close between three
walls and to fiddle about with mortar etc to get it perfectly level.
At best one could drop it in place but any adjustments after that
would be impossible whilst retaining a perfect mortar bed. Hardest at
the edges where the rim is only 12mm wide - and the centre panel part
isn't flat as it has a tilt for drainage.
Part of the prob is that if I attempt to move it I'll get mortar on my
hands etc and scratch the surface. There isn't much to hold on to once
it's down.
Any suggestions?
I'm beginning to think I should have bought one of those expensive
ceramic ones with an adjustable foot at each corner.

cheers

Jacob

A while ago someone suggested putting a couple of wooden strips down,
then mortaring between them, resting the tray on the strips then sliding
the strips out - it worked well for me on a 900x900. Obviously there's
no mortar where the strips were but if this is against the side walls
it's probably reasonable to assume that this bit won't get jumped on.

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Dave S
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