Wet room

pi88 · Post by **pi88** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 5:58 pm

Hi, having fitted a couple of bathrooms and tiling them floor to ceiling I was thinking about putting a walk in shower in the one I am about to start.

I was going to fit the sloping deck and drain as instructions show, use some tanking for the corners then tile and fit the shower like a normal bathroom.

However, having looked at a couple of websites there seems to be much more involved. Like waterproofing all the walls before tiling. In previous bathrooms I have just used waterproof adhesive and grout and PVAd the surface if the adhesive instructions recommend it.

Is this really necessary or am OK with my plan?

Also, can anyone recommend any manufactures for the sloping deck and tanking?

Thanks in advance.

nicktiler · Post by **nicktiler** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 7:42 pm

hi
for starters, there is no such thing as waterproof adhesive and grout. They are water resistant at best. Walls in wet area should always be tanked. In addition I would always use a cement based adhesive to fix tiles over tanking. And a flexible grout.
What type of tiles are you using on the floor ? Mosaic or normal tiles ?
If normal tiles do you know how to cut them to the fall of the tray ?

pi88 · Post by **pi88** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 10:03 pm

Hi, thanks for the reply.

So use aqua board around the shower. I assume normal plasterboard will be ok around the rest of the bathroom?

I'm still at early stages of working it all out but probably normal tiles. As well as making sure they are anti slipis anything else I shouldbe aware of? I was goig to make a card template for the corners tranfer it onto the tiles then cut. Is there an easier way?

m3 fitter · Post by **m3 fitter** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 8:12 am

Use Aquapanel on the walls, tanked with Schluter Kerdi http://www.schluter.co.uk/produkt.aspx? ... g=funktion
With the wall tiles use a single part powder based adhesive, and on the floor use rapid set flexible powder based adhesive, and flexible grout, there are many wet room tray base systems on the market, depending upon your application, ie where the stack, offset or central etc.. the tray kits have installation guidelines, but as a rule use the drain as your central point, and make everything fall into it across the diameter you want, difficult to explain, but the installation diagrams will make sense.

pi88 · Post by **pi88** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 7:37 am

Thanks for the help!

theplasterersarms · Post by **theplasterersarms** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 5:17 pm

m3 fitter wrote:Use Aquapanel on the walls, tanked with Schluter Kerdi http://www.schluter.co.uk/produkt.aspx? ... g=funktion
With the wall tiles use a single part powder based adhesive, and on the floor use rapid set flexible powder based adhesive, and flexible grout, there are many wet room tray base systems on the market, depending upon your application, ie where the stack, offset or central etc.. the tray kits have installation guidelines, but as a rule use the drain as your central point, and make everything fall into it across the diameter you want, difficult to explain, but the installation diagrams will make sense.

a nod for the kerdi system......great stuff!