Installing Acrylic Shower Lining Over Seratone Linings
One way of freshening up an existing shower is to fit new shower linings to it.
This has several benefits
1. It changes the look of the shower and gives it a modern, clean and hygienic look.
2. It updates the existing, sometimes dated, finish to a new look shower.
3. It utilizes the existing shower tray, normally a stainless steel tray, which is otherwise perfectly OK.
4. Existing tapware and shower roses can be reused.
5. A new ‘White’ shower lining will brighten up what could otherwise be a dark shower.
A customer recently contacted us with a question about refreshing their existing shower
They have a stainless steel shower tray with Seratone wall linings which need replacing.
”Can I glue a new acrylic shower lining over the top of an existing Seratone finish?”
An acrylic shower lining can be custom made to suit the size of your shower with a maximum of 2mtrs high and 3.6 mtrs long. We can even make them ‘out of square‘ if required.
Existing linings often suffer from the bottom edges of the wall board rotting and crumbling away, which looks unsightly and risks water getting in behind the shower walls.
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The best solution may be to simply glue a new acrylic liner over the top of the existing Seratone as removing the existing liner means you will need to add a suitable lining (ie Gib board) to your wall studs to glue the liner to.
Seratone, which is typically 4.75mm thick, does make an excellent surface for a new lining as long as it’s prepared properly.
The modern adhesives used to glue acrylic linings onto gib board are designed to use oxygen to activate the glues and provide the chemical adhesion needed.
That’s why manufacturers recommend new installations should not be glued onto a painted or sealed gib board surface.
So, in order to prepare a sealed surface such as Seratone, the surface must be scuffed up or sanded to remove the gloss surface so that the glues can go off” or activate.
The plastic jointers in the corner of the shower can remain in place with the glues taking up the small difference in sizes.
When measuring for a new acrylic shower liner, simply measure from wall to wall inside the shower. The glues will take up any difference on the back wall.
The alternative to gluing an acrylic lining over the top of an existing shower lining is of course to strip out and completely redo the shower area.
You need to be aware that older stainless steel shower bases were 36 inches wide which in metric speak is 915mm.
New acrylic shower trays and enclosures are 900mm wide, so there may be a need to pack out existing walls to make the shower cubicle smaller, to suit new shower tray enclosure.
Complete new shower comes in lots of different sizes, which can be viewed here
Old Shower with Seratone removed
Replacing Shower Door if Required
If your shower does not already have a shower door, you might like to invest in a new pivoting shower door which is adjustable in width, available in a few different heights and really easy to fit.
If your existing shower door requires attention in the form of new rollers or guides, you might find them here at www.showerdoorparts.co.nz
Adding A Steam Stopper
To complete the makeover, you might want to consider a new Steam Stopper for over the top of the shower
A Steam Stopper will
1. Stop steam in your bathroom
2. Keep the shower warmer while you’re in it.
3. Save heating costs of your water.
4. Reduce the need to repaint your bathroom so often.
