Cracked Shower Floor

69 Avion wrote:
My fiberglass show pan on my 1969 Avion was cracked. It was very thin and had support on the bottom, but it was too thin. I removed the pan and had it reinforced on the bottom and encased the bottom in fiberglass. I then had it painted with a decent color. It certainly is strong now, and not much heavier than it was originally.

Excellent repair idea on a fiberglass pan. Trouble is, for many years now, showers are made of Vitron molded plastic. I think that is what the OP has.
The repair I did was in my '87 30' Award Columbia TT 20 years ago. They were notorious for soft delaminating floors (another repair story, that turned out well) and lightweight builds which came to haunt me in the shower pan.

I had my cracked shower pan replaced under warranty back in 2005. It still felt as if the support was not adequate under one side so I put some spray foam in there to support the pan. It has lasted ever since. I hope this doesn't jinx it.

Super simple short term solution is to put some anti-slip tape over the crack. Place others strips in a pattern and it will look original. Support the bottom first, as mentioned above. I replaced the tape after a year.

Thank you all for your suggestions, we went and got some expanding foam and are now waiting for it to dry before working on the inside of the pan.

Update to our cracked shower pan, put in the expanding foam and Devcon on the crack now will sand and put on appliques on the floor. Crack fixed and floor looks great. Thanks for all your help.

We had a soft area on our shower pan. Before it caused any problems I sprayed Great Stuff under there but first stuffed a garbage bag into the cavity then sprayed the foam into the bag. Should make it easy (not as bad anyway) to remove it if it ever needs it. Solid as a rock too.

StaJs wrote:
We had a soft area on our shower pan. Before it caused any problems I sprayed Great Stuff under there but first stuffed a garbage bag into the cavity then sprayed the foam into the bag. Should make it easy (not as bad anyway) to remove it if it ever needs it. Solid as a rock too.

Great idea to use a bag for the foam to support a good pan. I didnt think of that so long ago. What I was thinking of then was that with the foam stuck to the pan it would help seal the crack, & I thought that if the pan has to come out, I'd do it in small pieces anyway.
OP- Sounds like you are well on your way to a Good Job!

SDcampowneroperator wrote:

StaJs wrote:
We had a soft area on our shower pan. Before it caused any problems I sprayed Great Stuff under there but first stuffed a garbage bag into the cavity then sprayed the foam into the bag. Should make it easy (not as bad anyway) to remove it if it ever needs it. Solid as a rock too.

Great idea to use a bag for the foam to support a good pan. I didnt think of that so long ago. What I was thinking of then was that with the foam stuck to the pan it would help seal the crack, & I thought that if the pan has to come out, I'd do it in small pieces anyway.
OP- Sounds like you are well on your way to a Good Job!

Good point and fix may have been accomplished.

lose some WEIGHT!

jolooote wrote:
lose some WEIGHT!

Brush your teeth! (I know, couldn't help myself).