A nasty crack appearing in my shower pan :(

MR. FUSION

MR. FUSION

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Hi all, I have ignored this for to long, now this crack has deteriorated quickly. This is part of a huge plastic assembly in the shower unit which would be very difficult to get out. So any recommendations as to what I should try & to seal this up with? TIA
 

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Speedcoat. Expensive but does the job.
 
Speedcoat mine cost £360 for walk through shower its better now than before imo. Stuart Hopson Caravan repairs North Wales. Don’t know where you are but he traveled to Stockport to carryout the work. It took him two days because cold weather slowed down the setting time so he had to return to finish job . Must have lost money on the job .
 
Another vote for Spreedcoat.
Better than new when repaired.
DP

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Another vote for Speedcoat. We had similar on our previous van, spotted just after we bought it privately, so we were very careful to check with our next van. It was very effective. Cost about £300 odd and that was probably 6 years ago but well worth it.
 
I had this problem on a Lunar Roadstar. The whole pan split away from the sides. The pan was supported on packing foam instead of blue foam. Rubbish Lunar build quality. It was repaired under warranty no idea if the support was changed and sold the van soon after.
 
Say what you will but there is only one effective guaranteed repair.
GOOGLE Speedcoat
A nationwide Company.
There is a mobile operative near you.
 
Speedboat did an excellent job on our shower tray when it had cracked

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Thanks to everyone who replied. I will check out speedcoat & have a think about the tape option. So far as being out & about I have put some waterproof tape on it.
 
The speedcoat repairs that I have seen all look like what they are, a textured coating in as near as matched colour as they can get.
I've always thought they stand out like sore thumb.
 
Just noticed my shower tray has a hairline crack.

Bought this product for less than £10: http://www.captaintolley.com/ Haven't tried it yet but it's probably worth a punt.

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Your correct there is a slight textured coating but its okay imo and its white like the sink and the loo. Plus wouldnt like to guess the cost to replace the shower base like for like from Burstner for it only to crack again in six years as mine has. So thanks Stuart Hopton Caravan repairs £360 well spent. And a lifetime guarantee worth a lot aswell.
Only my opinion.
 
Nobody's saying that the shower trays should be bedded on three of sand and one of cement, but how hard is it to incorporate a decent sub base into the design ? :mad:
 
Too much movement in the shower base imo for captain tolley to work . Its for bonded systems where no movement.

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jockaneezer said:
Nobody's saying that the shower trays should be bedded on three of sand and one of cement, but how hard is it to incorporate a decent sub base into the design ? :mad:
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... that only works if they remember to put the sub-base in in the first place ... which they didn't with a previous camper of ours! :oops:
 
Speed coat certainly shows as what it is, and that is a rubber textured pickup truck bedliner. I don’t like the look but will go this way with my shower tray. They do also offer a smooth coating which doesn’t look as bad as isn’t textured and you can’t tell the difference from a standard tray or basin, and they use this product for doing basin repairs. I asked the owner of Speedcoat uk about this and the product and if my shower tray can be done with it. He informed me that it could but would be at least twice the price as it requires twice the amount of product and so twice the amount of time.
When I get my tray done I’m going to go with standard product (due to price), but then go for contrasting colour. There is a grey colour scheme so will go with grey finish.
Like this.
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I can’t see any mention of the smoother basin product on their website though.
 
If its like the below STOP using the duck board! It will be putting a lot of pressure on that corner as you step in/out of the washroom, much better to have a mat on the tray itself as it will spread the weight on the centre of the tray which is where it's meant to be.

You might, then, be able to get away with filling it, however if you can get the trim panel off at floor level in front of the tray you might be able to get some spray foam (be careful with it as it don't half expand!) in order to give it some support but only AFTER you've stuck/filled it and put a weight on the tray to keep it in place so the foam won't push it open.

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Landy Andy said:
Speed coat certainly shows as what it is, and that is a rubber textured pickup truck bedliner. I don’t like the look but will go this way with my shower tray. They do also offer a smooth coating which doesn’t look as bad as isn’t textured and you can’t tell the difference from a standard tray or basin, and they use this product for doing basin repairs. I asked the owner of Speedcoat uk about this and the product and if my shower tray can be done with it. He informed me that it could but would be at least twice the price as it requires twice the amount of product and so twice the amount of time.
When I get my tray done I’m going to go with standard product (due to price), but then go for contrasting colour. There is a grey colour scheme so will go with grey finish.
Like this.
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I can’t see any mention of the smoother basin product on their website though.
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Looks like the travelling tarmac boys have been playing with it!

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Landy Andy said:
Speed coat certainly shows as what it is, and that is a rubber textured pickup truck bedliner. I don’t like the look but will go this way with my shower tray. They do also offer a smooth coating which doesn’t look as bad as isn’t textured and you can’t tell the difference from a standard tray or basin, and they use this product for doing basin repairs. I asked the owner of Speedcoat uk about this and the product and if my shower tray can be done with it. He informed me that it could but would be at least twice the price as it requires twice the amount of product and so twice the amount of time.
When I get my tray done I’m going to go with standard product (due to price), but then go for contrasting colour. There is a grey colour scheme so will go with grey finish.
Like this.
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I can’t see any mention of the smoother basin product on their website though.
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This is what we went for in our previous van when a crack appeared - the white wouldn't have matched the other whites in the bathroom and the van had grey features in the interior so it worked well. I actually preferred it to the old tray to be honest both colour-wise as well as for the strength and grip underfoot. I recall the chap who did ours used some expanding foam under to add support. It worked a treat. If i can find a photo over the weekend I will post it.
 
Minxy Girl said:
If its like the below STOP using the duck board! It will be putting a lot of pressure on that corner as you step in/out of the washroom, much better to have a mat on the tray itself as it will spread the weight on the centre of the tray which is where it's meant to be.

You might, then, be able to get away with filling it, however if you can get the trim panel off at floor level in front of the tray you might be able to get some spray foam (be careful with it as it don't half expand!) in order to give it some support but only AFTER you've stuck/filled it and put a weight on the tray to keep it in place so the foam won't push it open.

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Very rarely used that, but am wondering if my weight straight on the plug holes has actually caused this. The crack is centred there. I decided to use this to take the stress directly off the plug hole, so not sure now :(
 
MR. FUSION said:
Very rarely used that, but am wondering if my weight straight on the plug holes has actually caused this. The crack is centred there. I decided to use this to take the stress directly off the plug hole, so not sure now :(
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Our crack in the previous van was in the same place - around the plug hole. The chap we purchased from was a big guy but sounds like that area is a weak point.
 
Nasty crack appearing in the shower? You sound like the wife when she sees me in the morning!

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