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Re: [VAL] '77 shower help



Hi Pete,

I'm wondering what the shower walls are made of. In my'73, they are a 
plastic laminate, double sided.  I didn't think it could rot. Just 
wondering, is maybe the floor  is gone and that's why the pan dropped ?

I repaired several large cracks in my shower pan with JB Weld, an epoxy 
.  I found an appliance repair paint that matched the light cream of the 
plastic.  The original is not fiberglass, I think it maybe a vacu-formed 
plastic.  I suspect that the Inland RV replacement may be fiberglass.

Can't help with the door, I just put up a curtain.

Daisy

> We have a '77 31' center bath we are renovating and have gotten to the
> shower area.  The side walls have rotted on the bottom and sagged taking the
> shower pan down with them.  There is a small crack in one corner of the
> bottom and a large crack on the right side of the seating area.  Because of
> the drooping walls the floor now has a 1" valley between the center bottom
> of the floor and the side wall where the base wasn't supported by the
> plywood base.  I know that Inland has new shower pans available, but the
> price is high not to mention shipping from California to Florida.  Has
> anyone had experience in restoring their own shower pan themselves or can
> provide info on a company to handle the work?  The shower door is also
> missing and I would like to find a new one too.  Any help is appreciated!
> TIA
> Pete