Cavity Slider and Shower

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Bung

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#2971864 22-Sep-2022 21:34

Handle9: Yeah cavity sliders are a fairly crappy solution. They are adequate for things like pantries but I'd never want a toilet behind one. Some things do not need to be heard.

Depends on the size of the bathroom or toilet. If you are likely to fall or do an Elvis off the toilet you might be thankful that you won't be blocking the door from being opened.

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#2971966 23-Sep-2022 08:59

Shanemc:

I'm wondering how to get this to match with the installation instructions - with the tray against the floor plate, the plasterboard above the tray and the liner slipping into the tray lip.

If you did it this way, did you attach plasterboard to the ply sheet? So the liner comes out far enough to fit into the tray?

The easiest way would be to attach say 6mm ply directly to the cavity slider (glue and appropriate length screws) all the way to the floor. This is your new "footing" to install your tray up to. Then attach the 10mm plasterboard directly to the ply wood. notching out the shape of the shower tray to slide in under the plasterboard into position against the plywood. Lets say this is the left hand side of the door, on the right hand side the wall studs there will need to be packed out 6mm so that the plasterboard will match the position of the plasterboard. That goes for above the door as well. You could just use 6mm ply off cuts to achieve this. Dissembling the door seems like a PITA vs losing 6mm of room space.

In regards to the comment about noise, just use gib braceline, with the ply, will be more effective than a non insulated stud wall especially given the doors in CS are solid style core not hollow.

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#2971997 23-Sep-2022 09:54

Been thinking about this some more, the only issue with my concept would be the architraves, they would need to be trimmed by 6mm to take into account the ply. If you did change the slats to ply then of course 0 packing would be required.

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