Help with cracked acrylic shower base

[Bald Wombat]

This is probably a forlorn hope but is there any alternative to pulling out a cracked acrylic shower base? The (relatively) new one cracked across the middle when someone jumped in through the window above. Yes - locked out and only window open was the shower!!!

The crack is long - 600mm and right through the top layer of acrylic.

My only other alternative is to replace the whole thing. Which means removing the base, bottom row(s) of tiles, shower screen etc. Not pretty.

Any suggestions welcome.

Cheers,

Bald Wombat

[workgoose]

your "other alternative" is probably the only way out. Its not as bad as it sounds once you get started, it depends on how low the tile underlay comes over the lip on the base. If it comes right down (as it should) you will have to remove two or three rows of tiles and underlay. First, remove screen by drilling out the poprivets with a 1/8 drill, then you are left with the U-channel which suppports the screen. This is usually fixed with some selftappers into the wall, remove the channel. remove the old base, install new one, then replace the strip of underlay (Duraliner) and tile over. Make sure you get a base with the outlet and lips etc. in the same position and that you bed it with a slurry of cement and sand. Then you re-install the channels on the wall and poprivet the screen back into place. All this is more time consuming than difficult. I am assuming that you have an ordinary showerscreen set into a corner of the room, with two sides glass and two sides tiles. Maybe there are better or different ideas out there?