Fitting a shower tray

[ColinM50]

I asked advice last month on how to fit a tray and thanks to all who replied. I'm now at the stage of actually fitting it.

My bathroom is 1650 wide and the shower tray is 1700so it' a bit too big Professional bathroom company who supplied the resin stone tray said to dig 50mm out of the wall to let it fit flush, but the destructions say to cut some of each end. Of course whatever I do I'll leave a bit of clearance but what have/would you do?

TIA, much appreciated

[TA14]

What are the walls constructed of and how thick is the plaster on each side? Also check how square the room is.

[IJWS15]

Get a smaller tray.

I presume the tray has a profiled top and cutting it means losing some of that.

Decent trays are also heavy and you would need to cut quite a bit of wall away to get it in.

Only fitted one of that size (1800*800) and while they are good they are not easy to handle, ours was getting on for 50 kg.

[RotorRambler]

You’ll need to hack out more than 50mm, for the wriggle room.
Doable if the material can be easily removed.
Hasnt got to look pretty as it’ll be tiled over anyway?
Depending on the floor/access, the waste could be a bit tricky..
Did the same on my cloakroom last year.

[Little Lofty]

Generally bathrooms that measure 1650 wide started off 1700 as that is the size of a bath. You will have to remove tiles/plasterboard/plaster to get an accurate size.

[OutInTheShed]

Why on earth does anyone want a 1700mm shower tray?
Washing a shetland pony maybe?

[paulwirral]

OutInTheShed said:

Why on earth does anyone want a 1700mm shower tray?
Washing a shetland pony maybe?

To replace a bath .

[Chumley.mouse]

OutInTheShed said:

Why on earth does anyone want a 1700mm shower tray?
Washing a shetland pony maybe?

2 get 2 people in ?

[Actual]

I need to fit a 1200mm shower tray into a larger 1270mm space.

I will need to build up the walls by 70mm to stop water running down the walls and around the shower tray.

[OutInTheShed]

Chumley.mouse said:

OutInTheShed said:

Why on earth does anyone want a 1700mm shower tray?
Washing a shetland pony maybe?

2 get 2 people in ?

That would be either two quite big people, or two people who don't like each other.

Or one who wants to stay dry?

[Cold]

Cut the tray. Stone resin is perfect for such adjustments, in fact some even have this option as part of their specifications, but be aware it might be ridiculously heavy and manhandling something of that size will be awkward on your own.

Top tip, do any cutting outside and wear a mask.

[Belle427]

As suggested some trays specify say they can be cut down so it's certainly the best option.
Can't picture it in my head though how it allows you to trim it with the profile.

[bennno]

None of the stone resin trays we fitted recently could be cut, without severely weakening them.

Might look very odd once installed if cut. Perhaps buy a 1650 tray? Or see what the wall is made out of either side.

[ColinM50]

Company who are supplying the stuff, inc the resin tray came round today to deliver other bits and I mentioned this problem again. He was most insistent that I dig out the wall, said he'd never heard of anybody cutting the tray. It's only one or maybe two cm's each end to get it to fit. Only smaller tray is 1600 so that'd leave a big gap to fill.

So leaning towards digging out the wall. Will decide over the weekend when I've got the tools out.

Thanks for all your advice

[Cold]

Other tray suppliers have different opinions. Some even offer "How To" guides.

https://www.bathroomtakeaway.com/enclosures/shower...

https://www.noken.com/en_gb/blog/how-cut-shower-tr...

https://www.tissino.co.uk/journal/how-do-i-cut-a-g...

...and so on.

I took 40mm off the length of my tray when I refurbed my ensuite about a year ago so it would fit into a space that isn't catered for by off-the-shelf sizes.

[miroku1]

If the tray is properly supported full width and length, there be no problem whatsoever taking 30mm off a stone resin tray , just take it from opposite end to the shower

[honest_delboy]

A pic of the space and the tray would help us see what you're up against.

I'm in the same boat as you 1000x1000 so eagerly await the outcome.

[bennno]

miroku1 said:

If the tray is properly supported full width and length, there be no problem whatsoever taking 30mm off a stone resin tray , just take it from opposite end to the shower

You can’t possibly know that with the information provided.

[Baldchap]

OutInTheShed said:

Why on earth does anyone want a 1700mm shower tray?
Washing a shetland pony maybe?

Valves out of the water so you can turn on and get up to temperature without a cold blast.

Also, in a long room a longer shower tray and partially open enclosure makes the room look thousands of times better than a square (or almost) one.

[GasEngineer]

ColinM50 said:

Only smaller tray is 1600 so that'd leave a big gap to fill.

You can get 1650 trays.

Example here https://www.plumbingworld.co.uk/mx-elements-low-pr...