This data sheet sets out some of the methods to achieve an hygienic, slip resistant shower installation using Altro Marine 20, Altro Aquarius or Altro Pisces safety flooring, an ergonomically designed, specially textured 2.0mm sheet vinyl flooring, which helps provide a sure footing in wet, bare-foot areas, with a ten year product warranty.
The Altro shower system is a combination of slip resistant flooring, installed using a suitable water resistant adhesive with all joints hot welded, sealed to the wall finish in an appropriate manner and a drain outlet into which the flooring is clamped, creating a waterproof installation.
For use by the elderly or disabled and for communal showers in sports clubs, schools etc.
Replacing the bath with a wet area shower can create enough space to install a toilet as well. The addition of a sliding door allows wheelchair access.
A separate bathroom and toilet can be combined. The provision of a larger door allows more room for a wheelchair to manoeuvre.
For workplace showers, showers in hostels etc.
The flooring should be cut in, grooved and hot welded at joints. Corners should be mitred and hot welded. The material should be self-coved over a 38mm radiused cove former and taken up the wall to a height of 100mm – 150mm. The junction between floor and wall should be sealed in a suitable manner (see section on Wall Finishes).
Trays must be constructed of timber or concrete. An example of the former is shown below. Altro Marine 20, Altro Aquarius or Altro Pisces safety flooring is laid into the tray and dressed over the coves and adhered with AltroFix 19 Plus in the tray and a suitable contact adhesive on all coves and vertical surfaces. Joints are cut-in, grooved and hot welded and internal and external mitres are hot welded. The flooring is coved at the wall and the junction between floor and shower tray using a cove former.
A ‘clamping’ drain outlet, such as those available from Alumasc or Wade, should be used to ensure a watertight finish. The safety flooring is sealed into the body of the drain by means of a clamping ring, which is screwed into place as shown, creating an hygienic and waterproof installation. For more information, contact the manufacturers at the addresses listed below.
A variety of wall finishes may be used in conjunction with Altro Marine 20, Altro Aquarius or Altro Pisces safety flooring in showers.
1. Altro Whiterock is an impact resistant PVC sheet wall and ceiling cladding. Its grout-free finish is hygienic and easy to maintain. It is thermoformed around corners and all joints are sealed. Altro Whiterock is installed using the glue-fix method and lapped over the Altro Marine 20, Altro Aquarius or Altro Pisces by a minimum of 50mm. The joint is sealed with mastic, creating an impervious, easy to clean finish from floor to ceiling.
2. Ceramic tiles – the floor finish is inserted into Altro Captile Strip C8, which should have been fixed to the wall by the tiler in conjunction with the wall tiles.
This data sheet is a guide to the installation of Altro Marine 20, Altro Aquarius or Altro Pisces in showers.
Please telephone 01462 489516 for further advice.
Further information on Alumasc and Wade showers drains is available from the manufacturers:
Alumasc Precision Components
Burton Latimer, Kettering, Northants, NN15 5JP
Tel: +44 (0) 1536 383849 Fax: +44 (0) 1536 723835
Email: info@alumascprecision.co.uk
Web: www.alumasc-precision.co.uk
Wade International Ltd
Third Avenue, Halstead, Essex, CO9 2SX
Tel: +44 (0) 1787 475151 Fax: +44 (0) 1787 475579
Email: sales@wade.eu / tech@wade.eu
Web: www:wadedrainage.co.uk / www.wade.eu
Altro Marine 20, Altro Aquarius or Altro Pisces should be cleaned with a recommended cleaner such as Altro Clean 44, used according to the manufacturer’s instructions. A deck scrubber may be used for small areas. In larger areas, machine scrubbing using stiff nylon or polypropylene bristles is recommended when required. A special cleaner may be needed occasionally to remove hard lime deposits. Click here for routine maintenance recommendations for safety flooring.
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However, as site conditions and the execution of the work are beyond our control, we accept no resultant liability.
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