shower walls

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The fiberglass walls have come loose in my motorhome shower. I pulled out the stall, two sides, and noticed they were only installed with two sided tape and caulk on top. when i replace is it normal to use tape and is glue harder to use as it might dry to quick. there were also plastic clips holding it on. any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks

lynnmor · Answer

Is there plumbing behind the shower walls? If you would ever need to make repairs there you wouldn't want to make it too hard to remove the walls again.

Personally I would use an exterior two sided tape.

westend · Answer

I've always used an adhesive when installing shower panels. The shower valve set is usually accessed from behind the shower wall where the valve is located.

turiace · Answer

thanks, the two walls which is one piece have no plumbing in or behind the walls. whay type of adhesive would you use that would give you enough time to get the panal in place, i assume the tape came lose in the heat and would do it in time again.

dirtyoil · Answer

turiace wrote:thanks, the two walls which is one piece have no plumbing in or behind the walls. whay type of adhesive would you use that would give you enough time to get the panal in place, i assume the tape came lose in the heat and would do it in time again.PL 2000 construction adhesive .... comes in a "caulking tube" lay a bead 1/4" around the perimeter of the panel a staying within a 2" inches of the edges, then run a few beads in the middle of the panel. Once the adhesive has been applied, set it in place and then pull away and "re" set in place. move onto next piece.

westend · Answer

The PL adhesives will work but there are now purpose-formulated adhesives for shower panels, especially plastic. There is no problem with setting times as these adhesives have an adequate 'pot life" so that one can position panels and then wait until curing.

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