shower waste/concrete floor All aspects of plumbing questions and answers, help, tips and information

[mog]

we are siting a new shower enclosure on a concrete floor,do we need to build a plinth which raises shower tray quite high or is there a solution to keep things as low as possible.is there compact waste/traps available or do we dig a channel.also can we connect sink to the shower waste pipe.brainy plumbers please help!

[htg engineer]

You can sink the trap into the floor - this is done for level access/disabled access showers. You can also buy shallow shower traps.

http://www.wickes.co.uk/Traps/BathShowe ... largeimage

http://www.wickes.co.uk/Traps/Shower-Tr ... largeimage

Also it would be best to get a waste grate that is accessible from the top - for cleaning. As once your shower tray and trap are fitted - you wont be able to get it back out to clean - and it will become blocked with hair and soap over time.

http://www.trueshopping.co.uk/product.p ... t_out_grid.

htg

[mog]

thank you so much,I told my husband there would be something designed to help with that problem.I was right!