Hi!

I'm fitting a new quadrant enclosure in my bathroom. A simple question
regarding the sealing of the bottom tiles and the shower tray.

If I use a proprietry seal i.e. one of those L section pieces of soft
plastic, I could set this in a layer of silicon and tile over the
created upstand. No problem. But then my shower enclosure wall
upright will not sit flush with the shower tray as it will be raised by
~ 3mm i.e. the thickness of the L section. Do I cut into the L section
to remove this and allow the wall upright to sit flush on the tray or
do I accept the 3mm rise and hope that silicon will do the rest?

Kind regards in advance

Alun

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Hi!

I'm fitting a new quadrant enclosure in my bathroom. A simple question
regarding the sealing of the bottom tiles and the shower tray.

If I use a proprietry seal i.e. one of those L section pieces of soft
plastic, I could set this in a layer of silicon and tile over the
created upstand.

I never bothered with that, not had problem with ours.

But then my shower enclosure wall
upright will not sit flush with the shower tray as it will be raised by
~ 3mm i.e. the thickness of the L section. Do I cut into the L section
to remove this and allow the wall upright to sit flush on the tray or
do I accept the 3mm rise and hope that silicon will do the rest?

I think I'd want to cut into the seal so that the tray is sitting on the
enclosure.

When I did ours I just whacked a wodge of sealant along the tray wall
junction before tiling to seal it, tile, then sealed along the base of
the tiles as well. AFAICT it was fine (now moved) for 7 years
--
Chris French, Leeds

Hi Chris

Thanks for the reply. I'm veering to go the way you suggest but I'm
puzzled. Surely most shower enclosures will have this problem?