The Shed – September-October 2019

Bathroom shower

upgrade

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ou know how it goes: it started as

the replacement of the shower door

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The door had three overlapping and

sliding panels that were forever coming

of their tracks and trapping my wife,

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rose also sprayed in all directions and

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When I started to remove the old

shower door, I noticed that the shower

wall linings looked a bit dodgy, the

bottom edges were breaking up where

they touched the sides of the stainless-

steel base pan, so I decided to replace

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says they should sit clear so that the

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HardieGlaze panels are expensive and

need care in handling, measuring, and

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Getting stuck in

I removed the old door and ripped out

the old wall linings without trouble,

and added 10mm thick laths to all the

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some new horizontal dwangs on the

back wall so that I can attach a wall-

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The shower mixer and connector elbow

also needed to be packed out 10mm to

suit the new wall surface when it all

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A SMALL JOB

QUICKLY BECOMES

A COMPLETE

OVERHAUL OF A

SHOWER UNIT

Clean

and easy

By Hugh McCarroll

Photographs: Hugh McCarroll

Left: Dodgy looking wall

linings meant the job got a

whole lot bigger

Right: Hugh proudly displays

his renovated shower