The shower posed a bit of a challenge. The old waste pipe ran at ground level and disappeared into a wall. Anita wanted a new shower tray that she didn't have to step up into, which means the waste pipe going down through the floor into the room below. Fortunately I was able to chase the old pipe into the wall and reconnect a new one without too much damage downstairs.
The floor under the shower tray was anything but level, so I had to flatten it by putting a cowpat of mortar down, covering it with plastic and letting it set with the shower tray on top, wedged up to make it level. This seemed to work as a technique.
I like your way of moulding the concrete to fit the shower tray. How did you ensure it stayed level while the concrete set?
ReplyDeleteAh, stupid question. You used a spirit level as is clearly visible in last picture. (could've used two, really, one across and one down).
ReplyDeleteAn interesting technique for flattening the mortar.
ReplyDeleteHi Mark, I did use the spirit level in both directions. If you look closely at the picture you will see two wooden wedges at the front of the tray; I adjusted these to get it level front-to-back, and others at the side for left-to-right. Once the mortar had set I took them out.
ReplyDeleteHi Cherie, the mortar actually took the indented shape of the criss-cross pattern of china underneath the tray. This was accidental, but it helped me put the tray back in the right place after I took the plastic out.