Walk in shower flooring - HELP!

[Daisycow667]

We moved 2 years ago. The walk in shower in our current house has always needed doing but we never get round to it. It's currently tiled (large tiles) but they're mostly loose and water seeps under. It just looks awful now.
I'm not sure where to even begin! I contacted a few tilers previously but none would reply!

I want to either re-lay the tiles or pull them up and lay something else. But what??

we have a large shower tray like this one
www.bigbathroomshop.co.uk/milano-lithic-low-profile-rectangular-walk-in-shower-tray-choice-of-sizes-77041?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI2dCE-Zf36QIVm-vtCh25PAzjEAQYCSABEgLkE_D_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
and the rest of the bathroom is tiled

That's by for the easiest and cheapest way to do a walk in shower but you can easily pull up the tiles and relay them yourself. It's not a dark art and they're even already cut to size. All you have to do is pull them all up, clean them well and let the base (floor) dry out completely

If the tiles aren't broken, I would recommend just lifting them, knocking/scraping off the old tile cement and then recementing and grouting them back. You can pick up spacers, all in one tile cement and grout and spreaders from places like screwfix. It will do as a temporary job at least until you decide what to do.
As was recommended, a low profile shower tray can work. You can have it retiled or just a normal shower tray fitted. Choice is up to you, but viewing a few ideas in showrooms, online and at friends will help with decisions.

Thank you all for the replies! I like the idea of a shower tray. I just feel fed up with the grout looking horrid - but that's probably moreso from the previous owners not cleaning regularly. I might try lifting the tiles but I'm so worried about breakage! I might see how many are fully loose first

You would need to take up the tiles but don’t even think of relaying them. Get a slim ceramic tray Or look at a Bette floor which is low profile. Who wants to clean grout all the time?

You must tank under the shower, up the shower walls and around the tray. This catches any leaks. It’s vital in my view. If you are going to get a sealed shower, you have to do the work to ensure it’s truly watertight.

Also get the biggest tray you can. 1400 to 1600 long. More water stays in the shower.

Yeah I feel like I don't want to be cleaning grout haha! But I think the shower floor is far too big for a tray!

How big is the shower floor? There are some huge shower trays out there.

It's probably about 3.5m x 1m

So you have a shower screen that’s over 3m long?

I would reduce the size of the shower area. You don’t need one that long. Around 1.8m x 1m gives you lots of slim floor tray options. I think you would find this so much easier to clean and manage.

Take all the floor up. Tank where required. Install the shower floor and retile the floor as required. I cannot see any advantage of a shower area this big unless you have multiple shower heads and shower as a family!

Yeah the shower takes up the whole one wall and is partitioned by a wall, not a shower screen. It's raised so would be a big job to reduce it.

Well you could have the shower tray on part of it. Step up to the “dry” area where you could keep towels and then use the large tray for the actual shower. I think that would be great if you retiled the “dry” area. It won’t get wet if it’s far enough away from the shower head. Anything beyond 1.8 m should remain dry.

That's not a bad idea! Thank you. I did think about having that microcement (I think that's what it's called?) like you get in wet rooms but I wouldn't even know where to start with that

Nor me! We just used large format tiles. We have a Bette Floor joined to large non slip tiles and it works very well. 10 years old now and still as good as new!

I hate tiled shower floors. They get grubby so quickly. I much prefer a clean, white shower tray. (speaking from yard of staying in nice hotels).

Microcement is great - we have it in combo with a low profile shower tray. There are lots of companies that do it if you have a google.