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Sealing shower waste
Hi All
I am installing a new shower tray and the waste it comes with has a very thin washer that goes on top of the tray and underneath the waste fitting. Is this enough to seal the top or should I silicone it on to the tray? Or I guess fit it and silicone around it? Would appreciate your thoughts. Thanks Lee. |
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On 27/08/2019 08:18, Lee Nowell wrote:
Hi All I am installing a new shower tray and the waste it comes with has a very thin washer that goes on top of the tray and underneath the waste fitting. Is this enough to seal the top or should I silicone it on to the tray? Or I guess fit it and silicone around it? Would appreciate your thoughts. Thanks Lee. don't think those thin washers provide the seal ..... |
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Lee Nowell expressed precisely :
I am installing a new shower tray and the waste it comes with has a very thin washer that goes on top of the tray and underneath the waste fitting. Is this enough to seal the top or should I silicone it on to the tray? Or I guess fit it and silicone around it? Put some Plumbers Mait around the sealing points, plus long the threads too, to be sure of no leaks. It's none setting, so comes off easily where it squeezes out or if it needs to be disassembled later. |
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On 27/08/2019 09:25, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Put some Plumbers Mait around the sealing points, plus long the threads too, to be sure of no leaks. It's none setting, so comes off easily where it squeezes out or if it needs to be disassembled later. +1 Plumbers mait, I just fitted a sink waste and had small leaking issues Plumbers mait resolved it. |
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On 27/08/2019 10:12, ss wrote:
+1 Plumbers mait, I just fitted a sink waste and had small leaking issues Plumbers mait resolved it. Video clip on how to use it and seal a waste: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBv7GAaAkBk |
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Harry wrote:
Lee Nowell expressed precisely : I am installing a new shower tray and the waste it comes with has a very thin washer that goes on top of the tray and underneath the waste fitting. Is this enough to seal the top or should I silicone it on to the tray? Or I guess fit it and silicone around it? Put some Plumbers Mait around the sealing points, plus long the threads too, to be sure of no leaks. It's none setting, so comes off easily where it squeezes out or if it needs to be disassembled later. If I remember rightly I don't think the washer on top *is* an important sealing point, as the metal part is open underneath. It just stops water bypassing the plug, and a slight ooze does not matter. The seal is to the underneath of the tray, and this is where sealant is best used. -- Roger Hayter |
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On 27/08/2019 10:26, Roger Hayter wrote:
Harry wrote: Lee Nowell expressed precisely : I am installing a new shower tray and the waste it comes with has a very thin washer that goes on top of the tray and underneath the waste fitting. Is this enough to seal the top or should I silicone it on to the tray? Or I guess fit it and silicone around it? Put some Plumbers Mait around the sealing points, plus long the threads too, to be sure of no leaks. It's none setting, so comes off easily where it squeezes out or if it needs to be disassembled later. If I remember rightly I don't think the washer on top *is* an important sealing point, as the metal part is open underneath. It just stops water bypassing the plug, and a slight ooze does not matter. The seal is to the underneath of the tray, and this is where sealant is best used. correct |
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Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
On 27/08/2019 10:26, Roger Hayter wrote: Harry wrote: Lee Nowell expressed precisely : I am installing a new shower tray and the waste it comes with has a very thin washer that goes on top of the tray and underneath the waste fitting. Is this enough to seal the top or should I silicone it on to the tray? Or I guess fit it and silicone around it? Put some Plumbers Mait around the sealing points, plus long the threads too, to be sure of no leaks. It's none setting, so comes off easily where it squeezes out or if it needs to be disassembled later. If I remember rightly I don't think the washer on top *is* an important sealing point, as the metal part is open underneath. It just stops water bypassing the plug, and a slight ooze does not matter. The seal is to the underneath of the tray, and this is where sealant is best used. correct Except that we're probably thinking about sinks with integral overflows, and maybe shower trays and baths don't have plugs or integral overflows, so the seal on top may be more valuable, It still looks messy having sealant on top, but if you don't then you need to seal the threads of the back nut as well as the face. So I withdraw my comment. -- Roger Hayter |
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Roger Hayter was thinking very hard :
It still looks messy having sealant on top, but if you don't then you need to seal the threads of the back nut as well as the face. Plumbers Mait can just be wiped off. |
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"ss" wrote in message ... On 27/08/2019 09:25, Harry Bloomfield wrote: Put some Plumbers Mait around the sealing points, plus long the threads too, to be sure of no leaks. It's none setting, so comes off easily where it squeezes out or if it needs to be disassembled later. +1 Plumbers mait, I just fitted a sink waste and had small leaking issues Plumbers mait resolved it. bodge |
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Jim GM4DHJ ... formulated the question :
bodge but a bodge which works.. |
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Roger Hayter submitted this idea :
I would be interested in what people use to seal the waste to the top of such things as shower trays. Plumber's mait can be gradually washed out if the edge of the waste is cleaned too fastidiously, and can look smeary if it isn't. It only washes out from where it is visible, it doesn't wash out from under flanges where it really matters. |
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On 27/08/2019 11:06, Roger Hayter wrote:
Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: On 27/08/2019 10:26, Roger Hayter wrote: Harry wrote: Lee Nowell expressed precisely : I am installing a new shower tray and the waste it comes with has a very thin washer that goes on top of the tray and underneath the waste fitting. Is this enough to seal the top or should I silicone it on to the tray? Or I guess fit it and silicone around it? Put some Plumbers Mait around the sealing points, plus long the threads too, to be sure of no leaks. It's none setting, so comes off easily where it squeezes out or if it needs to be disassembled later. If I remember rightly I don't think the washer on top *is* an important sealing point, as the metal part is open underneath. It just stops water bypassing the plug, and a slight ooze does not matter. The seal is to the underneath of the tray, and this is where sealant is best used. correct Except that we're probably thinking about sinks with integral overflows, and maybe shower trays and baths don't have plugs or integral overflows, so the seal on top may be more valuable, It still looks messy having sealant on top, but if you don't then you need to seal the threads of the back nut as well as the face. So I withdraw my comment. As you say, without an overflow *I* reckon the rubber washer is the primary seal. I had a shower develop a leak after everything was boxed up because the plastic nut underneath evidently jumped a thread, leaving the metal part slightly loose. Not wanting to hack into the ceiling underneath, I dried everything out as well as I could and used warmed-up araldite to re-seal the metal to the tray. This has worked fine for 20 years or so. Plumbers mait is OK on the traditional locations but personally I find the somewhat thinner boss white better in many places. |
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On 27/08/2019 16:44, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Jim GM4DHJ ... formulated the question : bodge but a bodge which works.. shocking |
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Hi all
I was going through the various sheets of instructions I had kept for the various bathroom fittings. On the shower tray one at the back was some instructions for fitting the trap (never thought of looking tbh). Anyway the instructions were to put some mastic on the tray then rubber washer then the fitting itself. Then screw it all together. Hope this helps someone else Thanks Lee. |
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