recess trays

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nashy
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Post: # 880Post nashy

i require a recess tray for a square waste drain.The internal measurements are 600mm by 760mm,can only find 600mm by 600mm.Have yet to see recess tray in the flesh and suspect i could be measuring wrong.
Back to the tray i suspect the internal area is 600mm by 600mm but the overall length including the lip should take me upto 760mm?

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Post: # 883Post 84-1093879891

You can 'corbel' the opening, ie, reduce it in size, so that a standard 600x600mm recess tray is suitable as a cover. This can be done with bricks (engineering type), or with hyrdaulically pressed concrete flags/edging kerbs, with steel lintels or similar.

However, you can get different sizes of trays, from specialist suppliers, but you will pay quite a premium for them. If poss, it's always cheaper to stick with a 600x600 than to hunt down and fork out 120+ quid for a 600x750mm tray.

Are you ok on the principle of corbelling, or do you need me to explain it further?

nashy
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Post: # 884Post nashy

corbel????

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Post: # 885Post 84-1093879891

There's a diagram on the Recess Trays page showing the priinciple of corbelling - about three-quarters of the way down the page.

If I get the time later on, I'll see if I can come up with a better drawing, but for now, the basic premise is that each successive course of bricks projects out a little bit more, gradually reducing the opening to the required width.

You can use hydraulically pressed flags or edging kerbs, in place of the bricks, if you prefer.

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