Hi,
I have a shower enclosure that I am going to re-tile, and I'd like to do it right. I think it used to be a cupboard or hotpress previous to a shower enclosure. House is 1930s.
I have taken off the old tiles and am left with one outside wall that is brick and cement, one internal wall that is lathe and cement/old style plaster(?) (good nic), one internal that is plasterboard, and a joiner friend is going to build a small half width wall to enclose it (with space left to get in and out and a step (rather than a screen door).
The internal wall with plasterboard had a 760 width shower tray buried into it (with of space is 725). I have got a 700 x 1000 to replace it, but that leaves me 25mm short.
I have a 8 x 4 sheet of 12mm Ply in the garage as well as a couple of 8 x 4 sheets of plasterboard (from a different job done a couple of months back).
Questions:
1) Could I build out the 25mm space with a combination of Ply and plasterboard, then tank it before tiling?
2) Can I tank the outside wall and tile it?
3) Can I tank the lathe and cement/old style plaster(?) and tile it?
4) For the new half width wall, can I just plasterboard it and tank and tile it?
Ideally I'd like to use the materials I have, but I want to make sure that the tanking system will cover the 3 different types of wall surface and allow the tiles to stay on for years to come.
I've read a load of different posts about tanking, aquapanels etc, but have come full circle and decided that I still can't decide!
Thanks in advance for the help.
PS - I'll probably go for the dunlop tanking on screwfix unless any of the tiling/diy shops in Belfast have something that is better value.
I have a shower enclosure that I am going to re-tile, and I'd like to do it right. I think it used to be a cupboard or hotpress previous to a shower enclosure. House is 1930s.
I have taken off the old tiles and am left with one outside wall that is brick and cement, one internal wall that is lathe and cement/old style plaster(?) (good nic), one internal that is plasterboard, and a joiner friend is going to build a small half width wall to enclose it (with space left to get in and out and a step (rather than a screen door).
The internal wall with plasterboard had a 760 width shower tray buried into it (with of space is 725). I have got a 700 x 1000 to replace it, but that leaves me 25mm short.
I have a 8 x 4 sheet of 12mm Ply in the garage as well as a couple of 8 x 4 sheets of plasterboard (from a different job done a couple of months back).
Questions:
1) Could I build out the 25mm space with a combination of Ply and plasterboard, then tank it before tiling?
2) Can I tank the outside wall and tile it?
3) Can I tank the lathe and cement/old style plaster(?) and tile it?
4) For the new half width wall, can I just plasterboard it and tank and tile it?
Ideally I'd like to use the materials I have, but I want to make sure that the tanking system will cover the 3 different types of wall surface and allow the tiles to stay on for years to come.
I've read a load of different posts about tanking, aquapanels etc, but have come full circle and decided that I still can't decide!
Thanks in advance for the help.
PS - I'll probably go for the dunlop tanking on screwfix unless any of the tiling/diy shops in Belfast have something that is better value.