To get the most from this video you will need to see our other videos on how soil and bent pipes work, how to connect to them, solvent welding and fitting shower wall panels
At the start of the garage conversion we drew a diagram of the bathroom on the floor
Then we raise the floor levels introducing the solvent weld pipes into the soil stack, which you can see here
And made absolutely sure that we had the right levels to get it
levels to get everything down to that stack. We laid the shower tray dry, allow 10 millimetres for bed and cut round through the wall
panels, the shower panels with a multi-saw. We put the tray back, checked everything was leveled, and introduced the waste pipe into
the hole in the tray itself. We marked the edge of the hole of the outlet of the tray onto the pipe
And that's the trap that's going to go into that pipe. Taking the tray away again, we mark the pipe in the exact place we're going to cut it so it fits into the spigot of the waste
Just there. Introduce the nuts the plastic back washer and the rubber washer onto the pipe
That makes absolutely sure that the trap or the shower waste stays watertight
Check with your finger that the pipe has reached all the way into the spigot and then tighten up as tight as you can by hand
This will compress the rubber washer into the spigot and keep the trap watertight
Finally make sure the seating washer for the tray is clean with no grit
Lay the tray back in position. Once you're sure that you're in the right position then manoeuvre the trap into the centre
of the hole so that you can be absolutely sure at this stage that they are going to line up perfectly
There we go Check around to make sure there nothing underneath between the rubber and the underside of the tray All of the plastic covering on the tray the protection covering will be pulled off at a later stage There no need to do that now
And this is just to demonstrate how the trap itself how the shower waste goes together
So the bowl underneath is clamped up to the underside of the tray
by the threaded surround which fits into the dish in the shower tray outlet
So that's tightened up a lot tighter later. Then the catching sump is put in and then the top cover
I'll take those out for now because the tray's got to come out again to have its bed laid
floor that project beyond the edge of the tray and then lay a 10mm mortar bed
Laying a bed accurately takes a little bit of practice. It's good if you get it right first time
You don't have to keep picking up the tray and relaying it
So practice laying a bed before you get into the bathroom. Drop the tray on the bed
Twist it as you put it in position to compress the mortar
and then it should slide into position quite accurately. Level it up making sure the tray itself is absolutely 100 level The slope for the water is actually in the tray in the dish of the tray itself
So everything should be level as you lay it. Give it a little tap if required
This is where practice comes in with setting the bed. Give it a final twist
Check it again. And then put the waste connection in loosely just to hold that in
in position in case it gets knocked or kicked. Peel back the protective plastic and give the edges where the tray meets the
shower panel walls or other walls are really good clean with some white spirit
When you've done that leave that 15 minutes to evaporate and you can then
then seal the tray to in this case the wall panels perhaps at home to the wall
before you tile. When sealed you're ready to fit your shower surround. When
the shower surround is fitted the plastic can come up and the waist can be
fitted really tightly and properly as can the trim between the underside of the
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