Alternative to Tiling

[leeutalkin2me]

a friend of mine was telling me about this stuff that you can get for your bathroom instead of tiling.

Its like Sheets that you apply to the walls which are waterproof. can put around the bath or shower area rather than tiling.

Ive googled but not been able to find what it is or where you can get some.

can anyone advise me?

 

[lancenotalot]

http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav/n...refview=search&ts=1215704148851&isSearch=true

If its the same stuff as this Ive seen it installed and IMO it looks cheap and tacky but could have been due to the installation.

 

[leeutalkin2me]

it could be, im not 100%, i just heard about it and not seen.

 

[leeutalkin2me]

how do u install it.

i see its in panels 82cm by 190cm. is it easily cut to fit walls and joined again.

 

[lancenotalot]

Not sure never installed it just seen it,best to pop down to your local b&q and have a look.Ask one of the helpful staff if you can see the instructions.

 

[Salmonfisher]

this is probably what you are thinking of http://www.mitchellsworktops.co.uk/wall-panels.html

try your local wood yard it costs about £100 a 1200x2400 sheet (not this make) comes in lots of colours and tile effect very easy to instal and clean always measure twice cut once very costly mistake to miscut

 

[leeutalkin2me]

thanks for the advice guys.

Looks Like this stuff will be more expensive that buying tiles and having someone tile the bathroom

 

[gcol]

Fitted the type that is basically 300mm wide tongue and groove plastic boards. To be honest, it looks ok and is quick to fit. Stick the stuff up with Gripfill.

 

[leeutalkin2me]

just been stripping some of the wallpaper off in bathroom. i dont suppose i need to fiddle on, taking off the bits of paper stiff stuck to the walls.
just the thick of it, should be good enough?

now i cant decide if i should just get it for around the bath area and paint the rest of the walls or something

 

[Salmonfisher]

all paper must come off if you dont you would just be sticking the boards to the paper thats left not the wall

 

[AMEdinburgh]

You might also want to have a look at multipanel and tilepanel www.multipanel.co.uk

I've used quite a lot of the thicker multipanel which is a laminated WBP plywood in a wet room for hydrotherapy for dogs and it looks fine. They produce a good range of finishes in both smooth and mosaic effect.

Like all laminated products it can be difficult to cut neatly, although the corner profiles can be used to cover minor imperfections. If you've a lot of visible cuts to make, see if you can borrow or hire a Festool circular saw that runs on an aluminium track. It's extremely quick and easy and the finish perfect. If it's only a few you could rough cut with a fine jigsaw blade like a metal one and then use a straight edge and router to produce the finished cut.

As mentioned before it is fixed to sound walls or a timber frame using gripfill or similar and the profiles and tongues of the boards fixed with fine screws. 3x30mm or similar.

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• AMEdinburgh
• 20 Jul 2008
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