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Bathroom Fitting

Replacing a Wet Room Shower Floor without moving tiles

Anonymous user 24/02/2024 - 2.30 PM

We currently have a wet room style shower. The bathroom floor is fully tiled. In the shower area these are very small mosaic type tiles and there are two glass screens at the edge that stop any water going into the wider bathroom space. It looks very good but the tiles in the shower keep loosing grout. The issue appears to be a subfloor that has not been sufficiently firmed up creating too much movement. We have had a go at regrouting but it only lasts a few months then pops out again. We don't get any leaks but the floor looks a mess with missing grout and is uncomfortable under foot. I would like to replace with a slimline stone resin tray. I have seen some that can be cut to size and sit on the existing floor. Is this a feasible option that would avoid taking up the existing floor? The shower wall tiles are the same colour but much larger format. They are all porcelain. Would we need to cut into the wall tiles to get a water tight finish up to the tray? If so, is this easy to do and would there be a risk of the tiles cracking? Are there any other options? Thank you.

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4 Answers

MD&A PROPERTY SERVICES

Rating: 5 out of 5

Bath

I would not commit to installing a shower tray over a existing shower..

Answered24 December 2023

Octavian Tulpan

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Edgware

Hi My personal opinion is the following. Everything is possible only because it involves certain risks such as: when cutting tiles already fixed on the wall,it is very easy to touch a water pipe that goes up to the mixer, or to pinch the tile or to crack it this is an operation with maximum risk and includes many hours of work. Which I think would not be a very good option .It would be correct to remove the mosaic with everything that is on it and replace it with one fixed

Answered26 December 2023

UK RENOVATIONS

Rating: 5 out of 5

Lancing

DO NOT Go over the top of an already moving / flexing floor. take up existing floor tiles/ sub floor , then timbers needs strengthening to stop movement & start agin correctly

Answered28 December 2023

Stan's Handyman Services

Rating: 5 out of 5

Reading

I would not advise you to use the existing floor, reason being; already three is a movement in subfloor Cutting in to the tiles three is a chance to cut into o water feed, crack, chip tiles. The floor has to come off reinforced the sub floor, tighten the joints and use a 18 mm hardwood plywood, make sure thre is no more movement. Only then you could start fitting the shower try and tile after

Answered4 January 2024