[cwubbena]

I am finishing my bathroom in the basement and I’ve found that the shower fits the room in the back, but has about ¼” gap on either side in the front. I’ve read that you can shim but I don’t understand how I’ll be able to run green board over the flange of the shower and still have it line up with my walls. Basically my bathroom is not square. Are there any tips that may help?
Chris

[hkstroud]

Is this the situation you have?

[cwubbena]

Hi Harold,
Thanks for your reply. From the top that is exactly it. From the front, the gap is bigger on the top than the bottom. It's about a 3/8" gap up top and a 1/4" inch gap on the bottom on both sides. If we push it out a little it gets better, but we don't want to crack the shower. Thanks for any help you can give me.
Chris

[hkstroud]

At the top of the shower pan you have a 3/8" gap between the lip of the pan and the stud. Is that correct?

Right now we are talking about the stud at the front corner of the pan. Are there other studs in these walls. If so what is the gap between them and the pan. Probably about 3/16".

[massplumber2008]

Hi guys...

Cwubbena, you'll need to plan on shimming the walls as you planned but you will also need to plan on shimming around the entire shower unit so that the shimming material comes past or at least flush with the nailing flange all around the shower... I'll let HKSTROUD continue on that though... ;)

I popped in quickly to discuss bedding the shower unit/base. Here, check the manufacturer's instructions and see if they recommend that you set this in a bed of mortar or structolite... could even require you to set the base in strips of constructon adhesive. Read the instructions on this as this is also important in installing a shower unit so you have no issues years from now.

Don't forget to answer Hkstroud's questions... OK?

Let us know...

Mark