Fitting shower screen on wall from hell

[Lee Nowell]

Hi all

I am fitting a shower screen which is essentially a U shaped channel screwwd to the wall and a sheet of glass fitted in it.

The tiled wall unfortunately has a big bow in the middle resulting in top and bottom around 7mm from the tiles.

I had a few thoughts but none ideal

1. Angle grind a slot in the middle tiles to slot the frame in
2. Angle grind the frame to remove some in the middle to compensate
3. Fit as is and pack then stick a load of silicone to cover it

Anyone have any cunning ideas ?

Also the instructions say to only silicone the outside edge of the glass and in bold expressly says not to silicone the inside edge. Any idea why?

Thanks

Lee.

[nothanks]

Scribe a wooden batten to the wall and then fix your screen to the flat surface of the batten.

Re silicone - you want water to run back into the shower; sealing the inner edge might trap some water.

[The Natural Philosopher]

I woiuld fit it witha large gap (use spacers on the screws), and then grout the gap myself. Or possbly glue the thing on with car body filler. And paint that.

1. A large gap with a slight bow ;looks better than a smaller one Silcone looks f****ng ugly even when done by a pro.

Probably they think that silcone attracts mould

[Brian Gaff]

You used to be able to get some batons made of the stuff upvc windows were made from, these are less likely to rot if they get damp. Not seen them recently. Brian

[Chris Green]

... or battens maybe?

[tabbypurr]

Just don't use battenburgs. PVC would certainly do it, but it will get ugly long before glass

NT

[Steve Walker]

Get another, slightly larger channel, bend it to match the wall and fasten it on. Then place the smaller channel in it, pack top and bottom and screw through at top, middle and bottom into the wall.

Some shower cubicles that have a simlar, moveable channel arrangement to allow the glass panels to be square to the tray when the wall isn't, although they use H-shaped inner channels, allowing the outer channel to be fixed, the inner positioned and then screwing through both channels from the side, with no packing, to lock them together.

From other recent posts, because it is easier to keep clean and mould free that way.

SteveW

[Lee Nowell]

Thanks all for your help and suggestions. I got it fitted yesterday thankfully. Although the u shaped channel is about 40mm deep, it had a surprising amount of give so was able to screw it to the wall so that it vaguely followed the contours. Still gaps but these are small enough to silicone over.

Thanks again

Lee.