Fitting a shower tray and riser kit.
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- Опубліковано 15 січ 2025
- How to fit a shower tray base riser kit, so that the waste can be run above floor level. Great if you cannot get the waste under the floor.
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This is by far the best video on UA-cam for installing a riser kit. Excellent work and thank you for the top tips!
No problem.
You sir are a genius saved me a lot of headache thanks
No problem 👍
Brilliant and clear instructions and close ups of the kit. Thankyou.
No problem.
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Great video
No problem.
Is it ok to stick the legs directly onto the tray? In the riser kit instructions it says to attach legs to plywood baseboard and then lay the tray on it with sand and cement
I have found it ok.
What stops the tray from coming out from the wall?
The weight. Also mastic to wall. Some do come with fixing clips depends on the model.
Great video thanks 😊
You’re welcome 😊
out of interest, did you tip some water down that pipe to leak test it before you put it against the wall, or have you just been doing it long enough that you know its going to be ok? Whenever I do any plumbing I spend the next week looking underneath with a torch ;)
No, I just new it would be fine. 50 years plumbing experience.
Nice work. Been wondering how to do this for a while in a bungalow with concrete floor
Glad I could help
What stops the riser kit moving on a concrete floor
Great vid. I'm doing mine shortly, regarding the dealing to the walls is it best to Mastic to tiles, or mastic to a wall (possib!y chased if not square) and tile up to the top of the tray?
Mastic to wall with tiles coming down onto the tray. Start tiling from the tray and work up the wall.
Nice one; thank you!@@dereton33
I have seen videos of other shower tray installations without a riser kit where the tray is glued directly to the floor or bedded down on sand and cement to secure the tray in place. When using a riser kit how would you secure the tray in place to stop it from moving? Am I right in thinking that so far only the CT1 is preventing movement? Would this be sufficient or do the riser feet need to be glued in place also?
The shower tray has enough weight that mastic around the two sides will hold it. No need to glue the feet down. Make sure you use CT1 mastic.
Hey Thanks for video. Do you screw feet to floor ?. Ta
No. The weight of the screen will hold it all in place.
good work al
Thanks a lot
hi, thank you for the video, i was hoping to do this with my shower, however i wanted to ask if its safe to use on a plastic shower? or does it weaken the base? my fella quite large. I also was hoping you would be able to advise on what point you would hook it up to the pip going outside? before adhesive or after and go underneath? if that makes sense? thank you in advance.
They are quite safe to use on plastic showers. Before adhesive is best.
Very helpful thank you, we need to fit one of these because it’s going on a concrete floor waste will be showing, so will just have to box it in! Where did you get this kit? Thanks 👍
Plumb base.
Hi thanks for the video, can you tell me what riser kit you used please?
Sorry Paul I cant as it was out of the bag laying ready to install.
Hi...what about aqua seal for shower .think it would be better than the Ct1...
No CT1 is the best.
Hi D, how are you dude? You dont have a fall on the drainage pipe from the waste trap?
It doesn't lock like it due to the angle of the video, but there is.
Any tips on fitting a tray where the corner walls are not square?
Doing the waste first does seem a lot easier than the way we do it - struggling with the small gap 😂
Cant help you with tray except to fill the corners with mastic, or chase out the wall. I always do the waste first.
I had a block-work wall seriously out of plumb and not square with the other side of the corner. I fixed it by using Gyplyner to create a metal framed wall lining and then fixed tile backer board to the frame. Worked a treat.
Would you sit this on an acoustic floor (25mm Rockfloor insulation, 22mm t&g chipboard) or would you cut out the floor and sit on concrete below?
Would be fine on the acoustic floor.
@@dereton33 thanks! I ended up building off blockwork on the concrete floor for belt and braces!.. I'm seeing a tiny amount of compression in the legs when I stand on the edges of the tray - maybe barely 1mm. The tray feels rock solid otherwise. The legs I used are identical to yours. Did you notice any flex in yours? I'm assuming there must be a bit of give in the screw thread and the foam pad on top. Am i being paranoid or is this normal?
I wish you were my dad thank you
Stupid question, how tight should the waste be on? Mine won’t fully tighten, just keeps spinning
Only hand tight. if yours keeps spinning then you have stripped the thread.
@@dereton33 cheers dude
Did you leave the waste pipe exposed or box it in one which was showing outside the shower tray
I boxed it in.
What do you do if you have a fat tenant that has a leaky shower tray on legs ! The tray on legs has been recently fitted and I want to reinforce it and reseal ?
Block it out underneath with wood.
@ have you ever slid a few bits under after ?
What make of shower tray is it?
Sorry no idea.
If I replace just the tray do I need to replace the enclosure also?
No.
Excellent video 📹 cheers 🍻 m8
Thanks 👍
Hiya mate, I’m a newly qualified plumber and I’ve come across a Yorkshire rad valve. I’ve never come across them before how do they work ?
They are the same as the others just a better make. Yorkshire fittings were always the best.
@@dereton33 it’s the one where one end of the rad is capped and it’s a flow and return built into one valve and as it goes into the rad it sucks down the return, I managed to take it off trace it back to the manifold and re piped it with 2 new valves on. Cheers dereton mate 👍
Hi mate - i was wondering where can I send you a video clip of my boiler making a noise? cheers in advance.
To my e-mail address. alanawall@aol.com.
Hi where did you get the leg kit from
Amazon
Do you not screw it into the floor?
No.
Isn’t there then a risk of moving and sliding about? Any movement could compromise seals and cause it to leak?
Hi Al do these have max load requirements. Like you I have used 2x4s so just wondering how stable these are
Not really sure, but it is dead stable.
@@dereton33 thank you!
Looking well Al🙂 we have a wet room with a shower tray under the floor as we have room for the drainage, the problem we have is that we have some vinyl flooring🤢 can we tile over it even it it's removed also what about the drain?
Best not to tile over vinyl, just make sure you still have fall to the drain though .
@@dereton33 Thanks Al, that's what I thought but obviously the tiles would be slightly higher than the drain, Al would it be possible to tile around the drain once the vinyl flooring is removed?
Whats the black stuff on back of tray? I’ve got a rough finish on the back of mine.
Just a protection when transporting.
I personally al I prefer my waste coming from under the floor board.
Me too, but you have to fit it the way the customer wants it.
That's all well and good, unless you have a concrete floor in your bathroom, then you don't have a choice about where to route the waste pipe.
Nice to be able to get at the trap if there’s a leak later on down the road without having to cut a hole in the ceiling downstairs 👍
I'm not playing sticky bottom with anbody 😂😂😂😂
Ha ha.
Wait! Did I just see Al use silicone!!
Very rare I know.