Shower & Bath Enclosure
Installation Instructions
Thank you for purchasing Freshjet Showers’ products. We are committed to providing our customers with high quality products at a competitive price.
Please read all instructions carefully before and during installation.
Professional help is required for installation.
These installation instructions should be used as a guideline. Your specific shower or bath enclosure may differ from the figures shown in these instructions. This instruction is for shower models as follows: S-4848, SE-4848, and
SL-4848.
The shower is delivered in a wood crate with carton box contents as follows:
Box 1: two front clear glass panels (the panels have aluminum frames), two clear glass doors (doors don’t have Al frames)
Box 2: function panel with pressure balance valve, water hoses, body jets, and electronic control box
Box 3: two back wall glass panels (the panels have Al frames) of either white or black
Box 4: shower base and top, door tracks tucked under the base, and a hardware box of size 23”X10”X4”
Hardware included:
1.
Drain with flexible hose if you ordered 1-1/2” drain. It doesn’t come with a drain piece or flexible hose if you ordered 2” drain. You can buy 2” drain such as Oatey at a hardware store. If Easy-Fit drain is ordered, we recommend use EZ Flo 1-1/4” flexible PVC hose (which is not included with EFD).
2.
10 cup washers and decorative chrome covers for mounting the function panel to back walls
3.
7/8 ” iron screws (8pieces), ½” stainless steel screws (20 pieces), and 1/4" (4 pieces) long screws
4.
Glass shelf and its mounting bolts, washers, and nuts
5.
Shower head sliding bar and its mounting bolts, washers and nuts.
6.
Flexible water hose for hand-held shower and through-wall elbow, washers and a ring nut.
7.
Hand-held shower head
8.
8 door rollers (four double rollers on top, and four double rollers with springs on the bottom of the doors)
9.
2 door handles
10.
Mirror and two big head mounting bolts
11.
Shampoo and soap dispensers, their mounting base and its mounting bolts, washers, nuts (4)
1. Pre-installation
Check the area you want to install your unit for the following: a.
Water hook-ups, one hot and one cold with ½” FIP male connectors on ½” PEX or flexible hoses (shutoff valves are preferred for both hot and cold water supplies). b.
Two 3’(or longer) stainless steel braided ½” water hoses with both ½” FIP female threads at both ends c.
Floor drain (2” hard-plumbed drain is the US standard) d.
Wall studs. Measure the area to ensure that once the unit is installed, the screw holes located at the top of the enclosure walls will align with a wall stud. e.
120V 15A wall outlet, preferably located at 82” above the floor 16” from the corner so that you can access it easily for the future.
2. Base Preparation a.
Remove the shower base or from its packaging. b.
Spray Polyurethane foams to the back side of the base
(clear of the passage of drain pipes) (let the foam set) c.
Remove all protective covering films from the base. d.
Adjust the feet of the base so that the base is level when lying flat on the ground. e.
For 1-1/2” using the drain piece provided, check e-j.
Remove the plastic tubing and unscrew the top from the white plastic drain. f.
Place the top portion into the drain hole in your base. g.
Apply silicone sealant to the bottom portion of the white plastic drain (about ¼” from the edge of the rim) and place it over the drain hole from the underside of the base. h.
Screw the top of the plastic drain into the bottom until tight. Do not over tighten as this may crack the plastic. i.
Reattach the plastic piping to the plastic drain. j.
Extend the piping and feed it into the floor drain. You may use 1-1/4” to 2” coupling to secure the drain pipe to your floor drain. Make sure there are no KINKS. k.
For 2” drain, simply hard-plumb the 2” drain with
PVC pipe to the base. The base is set and secured to its designed location l.
For Easy-Fit Drain, Please read “ Shower Drain and
Water Supply Recommendations” at the end of this instruction.
3. Front Frame Assembly a. Connect curved tracks to the vertical stiles (#37)(wider stiles at the ends of the front tinted (or clear) panels) with two metal screws(#27) as shown by the illustration. b. The wider track(#26) is on top. Make sure the U-shaped channel of this track OPENS upwards. c. The narrower track is on the bottom. Make sure that U-shaped channel of this track OPENS downwards. d. Use 8 iron screws (#27)of 7/8” and magnetically tipped screw bit. The iron screws can stand on the tip of the magnetic driver bit for easy positioning. e. Two screws on each corner.
4. Front Panels Go Inside the Tracks
The aluminum tracks of both top and bottom have open grooves between two back and front track walls. Fit the top and bottom ends of the front panels into the grooves.
5. Glass Door Assembly a. Two types of door rollers are provided: top rollers with threaded shaft for height adjustable, and bottom rollers with spring loaded push-in mechanism. b. Locate handle holes on the doors and install water seal strips with magnets (dark brown or white) on the edges near the door handles and clear strips (4) to the other edges as shown by the illustration.
6. Back wall Assembly a. Install glass shelf, hand-held sliding bar or mounting bracket, towel bar if applicable, soap/shampoo dispensers, mirror, through-wall elbows to back walls through pre-drilled holes. b. Please check the installation diagrams below:
Through-wall elbow installation Shelf installation
Shampoo dispenser installation
Hand-held shower
For some models, water supply are done
“through-wall elbow”
Hand-held shower
Head sliding bar
Door Handle Installation
7. Glass Door Installation a. Put rollers on top of the doors into the top rail first. The rollers with screws are for the top, and springs bottom. b. Then push the rollers downward to let the rollers to cut into the bottom rail. c. Install the door handles. d. Install the magnetic door seals to the front edges of the doors. e. Install the L door seals to the back edges of the doors, making sure the L pointing outward to the front the glass panels.
Door roller in top track
Door roller in lower track
(31 stands for glass)
8. Unit Assembly a. Connect the front frame with two side-back walls. Set both back panels on top the base and close to their designated locations. Both back walls should have all their necessary components installed. b. Set the front frame onto the base. Push a back wall to the frame and pull against L edge of the front frame post #37.
Use 5 of ½” stainless steel screws to secure the back wall to the front frame. Repeat the same procedure for the other back wall. c. Put the function panel close to its designated place and connect both hot and cold water supplies, water supplies to overhead shower, hand-held shower, body jets. Make sure all connections are water tight!
d. Connect electrical wires to LED lights, Fan, and speaker. The wires have labels of their uses. e. Place the roof of the unit on top of the shower enclosure, aligning it with the walls, and fixing it to the wall studs through the edge foldup. f. Secure function panel to the back walls with ½”screws, cup washers, and chrome covers. g. Secure front frame stiles #37 to drywalls with 3” drywall screws and anchors through the holes at the top at a 45 degree angle.
Backwall is attached to the stile of the front frame
10. Caulking and Anchoring
Use silicon sealant to seal all of the seams or joints from inside the shower. Slant two 3” drywall screws to attach the shower to the walls through the holes on the two front stiles on the top (see drawing of the stile on last page).
Shower Drain and Water Supply Recommendations
Water Supplies:
1.
The shower control valve needs ½” FIP Connections
2.
Shutoff valves should be used for both hot and cold water supplies
3.
3-4 feet long flexible water hoses must be used from shutoff valves to shower control valves
A.
If Pex used, please use ½” FIP of swivel type for easy installation
B.
If Pex is not used, please use plastic or stainless braided hoses with ½” FIP connectors at the shower’s control valve connection
Drain Connections:
1.
For new constructions, please plumb the floor drain to the exact location of the shower drain, and use 2” shower drain such as Oatey.
2.
For remodeling and when the floor drain and shower drain don’t line up, please use Easy-
Fit Drain as follows:
A.
Use 4” to 1-1/2” PVC Reducing Coupling (Canplas 193023) to reduce the 4” floor drain to 1-1/2”. Don’t glue down until all parts lined up and tested fit!
B.
Use 1-1/2” X1-1/4” PVC 90 degree elbow to reduce the drain pipe further to 1-1/4”.
There are other ways to reduce 1-1/2” to 1-1/4” too.
C.
Use 1-1/4” to 1-1/4” coupling to connect 1-1/4” hard PVC to 1-1/4” flexible PVC hose
(brand: EZ-Flo 1-1/4”).
D.
Connect flexible 1-1/4” hose to Easy-Fit drain. Make sure that flexible hose doesn’t have any sharp turns.
Note: All parts described in this section are not included with the shower kit except Easy-Fit Drain.
Drain and water supplies are part of the house plumbing. Professional plumbers are recommended.
