Working With Plastic Bathtub And Shower Enclosures
Some of these plastic shower enclosures use extremely
thin materials and you will need to be extremely careful when handling
them. I've seen them crack, chip and break and when this happens, you
need to either return the damage product, or purchase a new one.
Most home improvement centers have nice displays or nice pictures of
plastic shower enclosures in their stores. Their displays, often look
great and even the pictures on the boxes that the products are enclosed
in, seem to give a look of elegance to most plastic bathtub and shower
enclosures.
You go down to your favorite home improvement center and purchase one of
these products that looks easy to assemble and requires very few tools.
Before you leave the store, make sure that you have purchased the proper
adhesives and bathtub or shower enclosure backing.
Most home improvement center representatives or house plumbing supply
warehouse workers can help you, all you need to do is ask. I don't
recommend purchasing a gypsum based product that isn't mold resistant or
water resistant, for your backing board. For those of you who don't know
what a backing board is, it's the building material that will nail or
screw onto your bathroom wall framing. The plastic shower or bath tub
enclosure will be attached to this backing.
One last thing I would like to say when working with plastic bathtub or
shower enclosure products, would be, to be careful, if you have to cut
them. Most of these products will suggest using a razor knife, but I
have actually chipped off and cracked sections of these enclosures, when
using a sharp utility knife.
I recommend using a pair of scissors, I have had great success and would
suggest testing the scissors first, by cutting a section of the plastic
enclosure that you won't be using.