Fitting a shower door on a wonky wall.

[MickBrown]

Went to an old cottage last week to fit a shower and shower door. The shower is in an alcove and it had already been tiled, one wall was straight but the other was fairly straight at the top but about 600mm from the bottom it went in about 20mm by the time it reached the tray, too much for the shower wall post to compensate for. I can see 2 options, first take off about 5 rows of tiles and get a plasterer to build it out then retile, second make a fillet out of treated timber seal and paint and insert to build out wall. Any thoughts on these ideas or any other ideas?

 

[Resolute]

Can you use some plastic shims then make sure they're covered with silicone or is the gap too big?

 

[Resolute]

Scrap that, I've just re-read your post. A 600mm gap is a fair gap to fill. Best bet would be to remove the tiles - will be the most expensive too.

 

[gravytrain]

20mm is a big gap to fill, couldnt you put some bath seal trim up the outside of the shower door post
you could then fill the gap with silicone from the inside, wouldnt look that great but easier than taking tiles off, re plastering etc

price up the options, give the customer a choice ?

 

[snowhead]

Plastic shims under the fixings then if the frame is annodised aluminium, use a strip of annodised alluminium or if white plastic use plastic strip from the likes of B&Q, profile it to match the wall, a piece each side and silicone them both on.
I wouldn't be using any timber.

 

[Helpfulplumber]

I have seen it done with timber, painted afterwards looks alright. Always give them the choice is my advice.

 

[MickBrown]

I like your idea snowhead. The gap is about 600mm from top to bottom, obviously nothing at the top and around 20mm at the bottom. I will probably fit some flat tile trim to the wall to give something for a long piece of wedge shaped plastic to fit to. Do that both side and it should look okay. Thanks for all the suggestions.

 

[aaronsmith]

i had to do this last week,i bought a piece of treated timber painted it in an oil based paint the same colour as tiles,then siliconed as normal turned out not to bad at all

 

[Howsie]

You could rebate the door into the tiled wall.