Hi all,
I'm in the middle of re-doing my bathroom. Amongst other things I am fitting a shower bath. Now my brief (from the other half) says the wall should be tiled with the shower valve and head protruding from the wall. It's a fake wall and removal of old tiles suggests that it need replacing so I'm thinking of putting up a frame and mounting marine ply for that wall. I'm planning to cut out a panel (sized according to the tile size) and mount the shower head and valve on the front, with a copper pipe and connectors etc on the back face. This panel will also be tiled (obviously). The idea is that the hot and cold water will be connected to the valve via flexible plastic tubes with a wee bit of slack to allow me to take off the panel access the various bits at a future date.
I have three main questions about this:
1) Is this a good idea, or more hassle than it's worth?!
2) Does anyone have any ideas how I could fix this panel to allow me to remove it if necessary (i.e. good hidden but accessible fixings)
3) How would I go about grouting this so it looks OK? i.e. would I grout right to the edge of the panel, or tile to the edge and then grout up to the edge of the aperture? I'm hoping to be able to get at it without it crumbling everywhere!
I hope that all makes sense! All comments and ideas are welcome! BTW I've seen the various threads on PVA and I promise I will not use it to bond/prime anything in the bathroom!
I'm in the middle of re-doing my bathroom. Amongst other things I am fitting a shower bath. Now my brief (from the other half) says the wall should be tiled with the shower valve and head protruding from the wall. It's a fake wall and removal of old tiles suggests that it need replacing so I'm thinking of putting up a frame and mounting marine ply for that wall. I'm planning to cut out a panel (sized according to the tile size) and mount the shower head and valve on the front, with a copper pipe and connectors etc on the back face. This panel will also be tiled (obviously). The idea is that the hot and cold water will be connected to the valve via flexible plastic tubes with a wee bit of slack to allow me to take off the panel access the various bits at a future date.
I have three main questions about this:
1) Is this a good idea, or more hassle than it's worth?!
2) Does anyone have any ideas how I could fix this panel to allow me to remove it if necessary (i.e. good hidden but accessible fixings)
3) How would I go about grouting this so it looks OK? i.e. would I grout right to the edge of the panel, or tile to the edge and then grout up to the edge of the aperture? I'm hoping to be able to get at it without it crumbling everywhere!
I hope that all makes sense! All comments and ideas are welcome! BTW I've seen the various threads on PVA and I promise I will not use it to bond/prime anything in the bathroom!
