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Yep that's good flexible tile adhesive, what did he say about the other stuff ?
Great job mateOK, quick update. I popped down to Screwfix this morning and bought a pry bar and have spent the last couple of hours nervously cutting away small sections of the OSB around the shower tray with a multi-tool to allow me to get the pry bar under it. I also had to chip away the plaster where it came right down to the tray. Then I went round the tray and gently applied pressure at various points. It was quite nerve-wracking but the good news is I managed to get the tray up in one piece! (Before anyone jumps down my throat, I explained in an earlier post why I decided to do this myself rather than leave it to the new plumber).
The pry bar caused the edge of the tray to chip in a few places, but hopefully the tiles will hide these.
As you can see from the attached photos, our cowboy "plumber" used a few blobs of silicone, so the tray wasn't bedded down on anything! He also cut out a massive hole for the waste, so the tray was completely unsupported over that area.
I'm now planning to take up that section of flooring and put down a new piece of marine ply or OSB, clean all the silicone off the tray and let the new plumbers install it properly.
Any tips for getting the silicone off the base of the tray? Presumably it doesn't matter if there is some residue on the tray, as the sand & cement (or tile adhesive) will level things out?
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How did it lift once you got underneath it ? Doesn't look like it stuck
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