What's best 6mm or 8 mm shower door.

Ynot · 3 Apr 2019 at 17:05

Hi, I was thinking of replacing my quadrant shower enclosures.
I can pick from a Merlin 8 series 900 quadrant shower enclosures with 8mm glass
or a Flair Verve enclosure with 6 mmm glass.
I've see the Merlin but have not seen the Flair yet, I will do in a few days time.
The sales person said, I can sell you either but his own personal opinion was that 8mm might be a bit heavy for the sliding door gear. He didn't see the need for 8mm himself. Well, he could be right.

Your thoughts and thanks in advance.

Ynot · 3 Apr 2019 at 17:39

UnworthyBean said:
*The door that is. What you do to the salesman is up to you.

I did have a good go on the door

the 8mm one and it did feel "quality" I suppose with it being heaver it did slide well.

Ynot · 3 Apr 2019 at 22:20

R.C.Anderson said:
I'd say, if you don't mind spending the extra, and your installation etc can accommodate 8mm, go with it.

Ok thank you, I was thinking the 8mm glass might be the right choice.

Ynot · 4 Apr 2019 at 12:40

Thanks Guys for all the good advice, 8mm it is then and sales did mention something about it being easy clean glass.
Thank you

I'm also thinking of getting 2 sheets of the Marine ply multi panel as well.

Thank you.

Ynot · 4 Apr 2019 at 14:01

Danm54 said:
I've fitted the M-Box and 6 series but this is the first 8 series for me so I'll let you know how good it is when finished.
If you're putting up multi panel on a stud wall then I like to fit some extra studs for the screen to fix to rather than relying on the multi panel.

Thanks. please do.
Yes your better having a stud to screw to other than depending on the panels itself.

I have half inch playwood on the walls and its tiled on top of that at the moment (almost 20yrs ago) I was going to remove the tiles from the ply, clean off what ever is left and get the surface smooth again. I was then going to fix the multi panel to the ply.

Have you fitter the marine ply multi panel (might go for the Stardust finish) before to the inside of a shower? Just I'm not comfortable with the thought of open ended ply sitting on top of a shower try.

Ynot · 4 Apr 2019 at 14:37

Danm54 said:
Good luck with removing the tiles, they normally pull the face of the ply off as well but you may get lucky.

I've fitted the multi panel in showers and over baths etc. The important part is leaving a 2-3mm gap between the tray and the board, when you seal around the tray then make sure you get the silicone in this gap as far as possible. That's where the seal will be most effective.

Obviously make sure that the tray doesn't move when you stand in it, that'll pull the seal off the board pretty quickly.

Ok Thanks, I was thinking that about the tiles maybe pulling some ply off.

OK so leave the 2/3mm gap, I was wondering before you posted if I should bed the panel on a light bed of silicone but since you have done it many times and I haven't i'll go by what you suggested.
Any way to prevent mold gathering on the silicone?

What about the shower tray seal kit? your thoughts on this please?

Thanks.

Ynot · 4 Apr 2019 at 16:08

Danm54 said:
I've never used one, when fitting the tray I put a bead of silicone on the wall first then push it onto that. Seal the top edge of the tray to the wall as well with a small bead and you're good.

Thanks again.

Ynot · 4 Apr 2019 at 16:15

crinkleshoes said:
I prefer it when the door is big enough to stop the water going on the floor

Sorry, what do you mean?

Ynot · 4 Apr 2019 at 17:24

crinkleshoes said:
If it’s only 8mm long... it won’t stop much water

your right lol

Ynot · 5 Apr 2019 at 18:11

Amp34 said:
As thick as you can get IMO. My shower is 10m and feels a lot sturdier than the thinner stuff. 6mm is really thin, so I’d go with the 8mm all things being equal.

Yes, I think you right, thanks.

Ynot · 6 Apr 2019 at 00:04

Thanks for getting back, that's good to know and thanks for the feed back.

Ynot · 6 Apr 2019 at 10:41

When I was in the show room yesterday sales also showed me a 900mm quad Flair Verve enclosure (6mm glass)
You know, it didn't look to bad either and the door open and closed very nice too, granted you would know it hadn't the weight of the 8mm glass.
The Verve door and tray is almost £200 cheaper than the Merlyn bundle, door and tray.

Any thoughts on the Flair Verve?

Thanks guys for you advice so far.

Ynot · 7 Apr 2019 at 14:57

The Craig said:
Id make sure you get a proper solid shower tray (stone resin/similar) rather than worry about enclosures as much.

Hi Thanks, yes I need a tray as well, You right, you cant ignore a good tray. I'm asking about one of these too.

That's class, nice work, well done.

Ynot · 7 Apr 2019 at 22:07

The Craig said:
Id make sure you get a proper solid shower tray

Any brand your thinking off?

Thanks on advance.

Ynot · 7 Apr 2019 at 22:35

Jokester said:
Nothing wrong with good quality 6mm tempered glass.

That's what I have at the moment

Ynot · 9 Apr 2019 at 21:59

Can't decide what colour panels to use inside the shower, black with speckles or white with speckles

Ynot · 10 Apr 2019 at 13:36

novaenough said:
We got a Simpson stone resin tray. It's solid, weighs a ton and seems great so far.
https://www.ukbathroomstore.co.uk/s...ray-with-linear-waste-900-by-1700mm-ln0r91700

OK Thank you, looks good.

Ynot · 25 Apr 2019 at 11:15

Thank you all for your advice.