Robert Clark Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 (edited) Hi Guys Fitting a 10mm glass frameless shower screen. The instructions suggest placing the glass directly onto the shower tray, then silicone seal the exterior edge only. Am wondering if it would be better to placing the glass on a 3mm spacer to create a gap which could be filled with silicone. What would you do? Thanks Edited June 21, 2020 by Robert Clark Spelling error Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oz07 Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 Probably better your way but depends of door is hinged of fixed glass panel. If it is hinged off it then probably best directly on tray as more friction. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan52 Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 That's all I done with mine. No silicone on the inside at all. I used Tec 7 silicone for mine. Just beware that the glass is pretty heavy, mine was 1400mm wide 1800mm high. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesP Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 I recently fitted a 10mm glass screen, 2000mm x 1200mm. Fixed on one side and I used some Transparent Setting and Distance Blocks - 4mm Thickness in the U channel fixed to the wall and between the glass and tray. I felt if the screen was knocked the blocks allow a little bit of absorption. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Clark Posted June 21, 2020 Author Share Posted June 21, 2020 34 minutes ago, Oz07 said: Probably better your way but depends of door is hinged of fixed glass panel. If it is hinged off it then probably best directly on tray as more friction. It’s a corned quadrant shower so has two fixed panels and a slider Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterW Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 What are the manufacturers instructions ..?? I would start there. You can use spacers and bed the screen onto CT1 clear or EB25 and then wait til it’s set and pull the spacer and do a full run of sealant but it seems to just create a messy finish. I would be taping the tray and screen and bedding the screen onto a full bed of 3-4mm of decent sealant all the way to 20mm from the end and sit that on a spacer and basically full fill the whole of the run. Inside can be tooled to a flat finish and the outer the same and you wont see the join. Pull the spacer from the end when the sealant is fully set. With wall profiles you need to only seal the outer edge so any water that gets in can get out. And make sure you have lots of baby wipes, a tin of MultiSolve and a bin nearby ..!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesP Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 33 minutes ago, PeterW said: And make sure you have lots of baby wipes, a tin of MultiSolve and a bin nearby ..!! Do not under estimate this advice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Temp Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 Our frameless shower came with chrome plated U channel to sit the glass in. We fixed that to the tray with a clear silicone sealer then used same to seal the glass into the channel. Been fine for 12 years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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