U Bend required for this shower waste?

[drives]

Hi all,

I'm installing a shower tray and waste at the moment. This is the waste:

https://www.my-bette.com/en/product/features-and-installation/bettesolid-30-side-outlet-0-6-l-s#2

I assumed there'd be a trap built in and the installation videos are a little ambiguous. However in the written instructions there's a diagram on page one showing a u bend and what appears to be minimum depths for it.

If I do need one, am I right in thinking I can just put one in anywhere along the pipe run? The shower is over a suspended floor and I have loads of the floorboards up (with the shower waste being around a metre and a half accessible run) so putting one in will not be a problem.

Thanks

 

[Madrab]

Yes - similar'ish to the wirquin, which is waterless

- if needed though a running or waterless trap could be fitted downstream, only trouble with that though is they really need access to be serviced periodically.

The Bette is seriously overpriced @ £184 tho

 

[drives]

Yes - similar'ish to the wirquin, which is waterless

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- if needed though a running or waterless trap could be fitted downstream, only trouble with that though is they really need access to be serviced periodically.

The Bette is seriously overpriced @ £184 tho

Yeah it was a bit pricey. Matches my overpriced shower tray though

Thank you. The instructions are perplexing but having had another look it is definitely a different design to that waterless one. Forgot I could just run it under the tap to find out tbh

 

[Madrab]

Yeah but that's ridiculously overpriced for what it is and frankly no trap/waste is worth it if it's any more than say £50, much better products available, to do what you want to do, especially if space under the tray isn't an issue. When it comes to waste/traps, the larger the seal, up to 50mm, the better.

 

[drives]

Yeah but that's ridiculously overpriced for what it is and frankly no trap/waste is worth it if it's any more than say £50, much better products available, to do what you want to do, especially if space under the tray isn't an issue. When it comes to waste/traps, the larger the seal, up to 50mm, the better.

Thanks yes a fair point, and I have been debating whether choice of tray/waste was the right one as they were quite expensive. That said, I needed a certain size, this was the only one I could find, and I wanted a steel one to eliminate risk of cracking and wasn’t keen on any other material other than stone resin or steel.

I bought the waste as the cover is colour matched to the tray finish.

 

[Madrab]

Fair enough - if it's bespoke then I can see why - if cost wasn't an issue in the grand scheme of things.

That being said I did the same not so long ago and fitted a bespoke 1830x860mm grey slate effect shower tray - stone resin - with a linear multi pos waste but it came with everything from a matched linear mag top cover to the dual hi flow swirl traps.

 

[drives]

Fair enough - if it's bespoke then I can see why - if cost wasn't an issue in the grand scheme of things.

That being said I did the same not so long ago and fitted a bespoke 1830x860mm grey slate effect shower tray - stone resin - with a linear multi pos waste but it came with everything from a matched linear mag top cover to the dual hi flow swirl traps.

Sounds nice! Yeah the logic I am applying is that I am saving on labour and thus we have a couple of nice bits to go in this shower room- the tray/waste, and a japanese toilet which the wife wanted. Everything else is distinctly mid range. That said I'm still well over 6k just for fixtures and fittings, repairs etc and it is a small room (this does include redoing all electrics, reboarding most of it). This will be the third bathroom I've done in the house, and the last thankfully. They have definitely all been a challenge, but I'm also OCD about getting it right and this forum has been invaluable for guidance.

My next dilema is to try and find some timber to patch up the floor, which has old 20mm thickness floorboards. I need to patch it perfectly level and using packers between 18mm ply and the joists doesnt seem ideal. Any tips on that appreciated

 

[Madrab]

My next dilema is to try and find some timber to patch up the floor, which has old 20mm thickness floorboards. I need to patch it perfectly level and using packers between 18mm ply and the joists doesnt seem ideal. Any tips on that appreciated

2 options for that I could see.

Reclaimed boards - sure you could get 3/4" boards from a yard

Strips of 2mm ply/(edit)hardboard fixed to the top of the joists, or even better a top ply sheet over the floorboards to take the final floor covering, whatever that may be. If it's tile, don't forget to incorporate a decoupling layer before laying the tile to give the best chance for a long term crack free floor.