Narrowboat refurb - Back to the bathroom...

Can't or a standard height door won't fit. Sat on the wood which is 15mm sq I have 5mm clear above an 1850 door.

 

I'm going to have to, I've been procrastinating since Tuesday and today is the day.
Think I'll shorten the timber away from the corners though. Dry-ish mix... not that I have a clue about mortar but I don't want it to shrink and the load end up on the wood blocks. in truth I don't want the wood in there at all but I can't see a better way to get it level and square. Not sure I could yank them out after... maybe?

 

It was ready mix mortar in a bucket - these things aren't easy on a boat on a marina - where would I mix it? Nowhere!
Tub said 100-150ml water per Kg. 100 was too dry, I ended up with 125 ish i.e. 1.25L in a 10Kg bucket. It was still quite dry.
I did it as I drew and slid the tray in on taller pieces of wood between the mortar piles, whipped them out and jiggled it gently down onto/into the mortar.It jiggled down easier than I thought it would which makes me wonder if I shouldn't have used more mortar but too late now.
I did cut the levelling wood away from the corners so I could get a good wodge of mortar in right to the corners.
What do I think? Better than a stand kit which would have had one leg in the centre - at least I have a 2ft circle and it's done at last. I think it should be ok but I wouldn't win any prizes. No pictures of the mortar (to save my embarrassment). Tray still square to the walls. Fingers crossed.

I'll connect the drain tomorrow, if there's any flex in the tray I don't want to be flexing it and building flex space into the mortar bed.
If I ever do this job again I'll get a better tray that's for sure, I have no faith in this one.

Next concern is whether a door can be reliably fitted onto hollow pvc panels or whether there will be enough flex for it to work loose/crush the panels. I'm boogered if I'm going to spend £1k fitting it out with solid panels just to rip it out when the tray cracks. I've ordered some samples to see how rigid they are.

 

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Very! That's one part of the tray that looked good and the waste and seal fits it well. I had a dry run to check but not with water. I'll give it until tomorrow afternoon to fully cure then connect the waste. I could fill it up and check the level doesn't fall as the other end of the waste pipe is higher.

 

As it did without the mortar! Time will tell.

 

What’s the gap size in the hollow pvc panels?

 

The whole thing is 10mm thick and looks like this...

You're wondering whether I could slide some square section timber down the appropriate slots I reckon. I had the same thought.

 

Filling the void with something more solid has to be the way forward

Are they panels that are going to line the shower?

 

Yes, though the photo is a random one from the net.
I think it will be fine without doing anything TBH though I'll probably add more fixings to the door frame and stagger them sideways.

 

It'll be fine. Same stuff we've got in our 'motorhome' shower. It's too wide for a single panel but it was a click system and I ran a light bead of marine silicon down the join when I put them together.
12 years now, which obviously means I've tempted fate

 

Same stuff in our shower, good stuff.

 

I'm planning on getting 1000 wide single panels.
I'm more concerned about hanging a 900mm 6mm glass door frame against it (screws obviously through into the ply. Do you have a heavy doors frame screwed against it?

Good to hear.
Same question then - is your door hinged or sliding and is it fixed on top of the panels?

Glass is approx 20Kg.

 

I'm pretty sure it will be ok, but if not, once it's fitted it'll be too late to do anything about it. Belt and braces and all that.

 

It's a sliding door and the aluminium frame was fitted to the walls before the panels were fitted. I wasn't sure if the panels would take the pressure of screwing the frame through them and collapsing when the screws were tightened up.