new shower cubicle installation

[lavenders19]

When installing a new shower cubicle, will the trap and waste etc be built into the base, ie no need to remove floorboards or not?

[manatbandq]

How high is the base off the floor, how big is the waste, where will the waste pipe run if not under the floor?

There's no simple answer.

MBQ

[lavenders19]

Ummm i haven't bought a shower cubicle yet. i was wondering if these types were available to make plumbing easier.

I was hoping the waste pipe could go straight out the wall if the cubicle was in a corner.

[Guy King]

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If it is then it'll be a big step up into the cubicle and the waste will have to run along the floor level to somewhere, with sufficient drop to make it flow freely.

Personally I'd doubt it'd be praticable in many situations, and certainly is the common way to do it.

[Guy King]

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There's nothing to stop you putting it up on a dais. Easy to make, but really do check whether you want that big a step up, particularly with soapy-slippery feet. Plumbing under the floor isn't hard and much neater.

[John Rumm]

Depends a bit on the type of tray. Some of the taller fibreglass trays with removeable side panels lend themselves to over floor mounting. However they feel flimsy and you get a big step up into the shower. A good compromise can be using a resin coated stone tray (these are typiucally no more than 10cm deep), but supporting it on 4x2" cross members. The trap may need to poke down into the floor void, but the pipe run can be above floor level with just enough height to allow for a fall over a run of a meter or so if required.