No tradesman required
Experience shows that anyone with a little practical DIY experience can assemble a shower cabin, as long as a friend lends a hand. The second adult is needed because some of the parts are quite large and heavy and have to be held in position while they are screwed together.
So under certain circumstances, there is no need to call in a tradesman at all. To assemble the shower cabin, you need a spirit level, a drill or screwdriver, a tape measure, a Phillips screwdriver and an open-ended spanner, in other words nothing that most households do not already have. If necessary, you can hire a drill and screwdriver from your local DIY store for a small fee.
Six large parts: the preparation
Before the shower cabin is assembled, check that the delivery is complete. The packages should contain all the required components, including screws, cables and seals, and the packaging should not be thrown away until all parts are present and identified. Small screws in particular like to hide in the corners of plastic bags and get overlooked.
The full instructions contain a detailed list of the individual parts, so you can even assemble a shower bath combination yourself. The shower cabin is not assembled in one go, but built up in components that are then put together. During assembly, it is important to pay attention to the correct position of cables, power connections and water supply lines, because after all, the water supply and drain as well as the power cable are where the shower cabin and the surrounding room meet.
Overall, the layout is flexible, but it is recommended to place all supply and drain connections as far into the corner of the cabin as possible.
Time to build, step by step
1. Once all components have been identified and the connections recognised and prepared at the right distances, assembly can begin. First, the shower tray is set up and levelled using the spirit level. As work will still need to be done on the back later, a gap of about 40 cm is needed between the room wall and the back wall of the cabin. The cabin is pushed into place later.
2. Next, the individual parts of the back walls are put together. Small parts such as the mirror, soap dispenser, shelf and shower holder must be fitted before the back walls are installed.
3. Once that is done, the back walls can be screwed to the shower tray, the roof and the panel. The ideal order here is: left back wall, panel, right back wall, front section, roof. However, like the back walls, the front must first be pre-assembled.
4. All that is missing now are the cables (detailed diagrams can be found in the full instructions) and the hoses, in other words the detailed work. Once this is complete, the cabin is pushed into its final position and can be sealed.
