Tuesday, August 09, 2005
Installing a wet room shower
After a small layoff I've started to get back into the renovation. Yesterday I decided to make a window sill for the kitchen out of an old piece of oak I found in my workshop. It should have been a short job, but due to the irregular shape I ended up having to use:-
- A planer/thicknesser
- Sanding machine (belt and disc)
- Router, for the curved edge and a rebate to fit the window
- A handsaw
- Bench circular saw
All that, and a couple of hours, just for a window sill.
Recess in concrete floor for shower.
Shower tray.
Tray installed plus waterproof band.
Today I decided to tackle the walk-in shower tray that's been staring at me for months. One of the gites has a downstairs bedroom and en-suite bathroom designed for handicapped access, so it needed a flat 'wet room' style shower installed. The recess in the concrete floor and the drainage was finished at the end of last year, but I've been putting off fitting the actual shower tray until today. The tray (from Wedi) is a pre-formed unit about 4cm thick with the necessary slopes and angles built in ready for tiling. The center of the tray has a push in siphon/tray that lines up with the pipework in the floor. The whole lot was then stuck down with a flexible tile adhesive and I also ran a waterproof strip around the edges of the shower to prevent water ingress between the floor and wall. Fortunately the recess and underfloor plumbing all lined up perfectly. Something I have learnt is that good preparation is worth the investment. It just needs tiling now!
Because things went smoothly I decided to tackle another job I've been putting off - architraves around the doors. Last time I did it I painted the architraves before fitting, and the finish wasn't that good. This time a friend suggested I undercoat both sides, fit the architraves and then paint the door frame and architrave at the same time. More cutting in, and potential gloss paint splodges on the walls, but I'll give it a go. Apart from getting a huge blob of 'No More Nails' glue (Ni Clou Ni Vis en Francaise) in my hair - which I didn't notice for 3 hours - that's another job ticked off.
Still got a fairly large list of finishing off jobs - but I think it's getting smaller.
brittany gites
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Installing a wet room shower
