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That would’ve been good for whoever built this to do in the first place, rather than just tiling directly onto the plywood carcass! I’m not taking any chances though and thinking of using a low-profile shower tray with no tiles at all.
Not sure whether to board out the floor under the shower (the main floor needs doing) or just built the frame onto the joists as it was before, which will be easier to plumb.
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Dramatic_Hammer
I'm absolutely not an expert on bathrooms, or building and you're already far beyond my comfort zone so you may already know this. We had our shower done recently, and the our builder did something that I hadn't heard of before and thought was useful.
We put a thick plastic shower tray down, with integral drain onto which the tiles went. However, before the tray went down, the builder painted the entire shower area (carcass made with plywood) with a thick layer of swimming pool tanking paint - the idea being that even if the tiles later leaked, the wood would be protected and won't rot / leak. Thought it was a good idea, and pretty easy to do.
Cue someone telling me that this was a disastrous thing to do and my house will rot down...