Bathroom

[r.bartlett]

Hi guy's

Our current bathroom is starting to look it's age. The tiles weren't done all that well and we think a change is in order.

We were thinking of having that opaque perspex or glass sheeting on the walls.

Anyone know of who does it or how it's attached?

Cheers

Richard

 

[breezer]

seen it in b & q but i wouldnt

it needs to be sealed to stop anything getting behind it, but if you do that anything behind it you cant get at

 

[Steve]

I stayed in a hotel about 2 years ago, which had a very modern bathroom. It used a mix of different shapes and sizes, but not a jumble. The floor was slate, and the walls were a mix of mosaic (blue and white) and large white tiles (about 18 inch by 9) in a brick pattern. There was also a break in the tiles to fit in a full height mirror panel, which became part of the wall.

I loved it and intend to implement a similar theme in my house when i can afford one

 

[bananaspark]

I decked out the entire wet side (sink wc and bathtub) of a bathroom in 5mm opal acrylic with a diagonal yellow break. Looks sharp and liveley 6 months on. no grimey grout neither.
The shower fittings /wc /sink etc do most of the work 'pulling' the sheets to the wall, The edges/joins are held in place with hybrid polymer glue.

Most suppliers cut from either 8x4 ft or 3x2 m so it's a question of ordering your shapes optimally as you pay for a whole sheet up to a point.

Getting at the plumbing behind is a breeze compared to tiles - a quick swipe with a stanley, peel out the glue (sets like silicone but a lot firmer), take the taps etc off, bish 'n'bash with the monkey wrench and then reseal.


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[r.bartlett]

Sounds pretty good.

Can you give tips and share how you fiexed it etc?

plus some pictures would be really cool

Cheers

Richard

 

[bananaspark]

sorry aint got access to it for pics for a while,

proceduraly it can be treated as if you were installing 5mm plywood panels but i'll focus on 2 problem areas
- with ply you would i guess use screws, but with acrylic that would ruin the look, so to initially to support the weight it would we good to have a dead straight and level bit of skirting already down, so it would rest on that whilst u get em ready for fixing.

Whilst waiting for the grout/glue (stixall/everbond etc) to set i got some square contoured cable clips and cut off the sides, so it's contour looked like a 'r' instead of an 'n' iykwim.
i replaced the nail in each with a small screw, and these were great for holding the panels into the plasterboard temporarily.

you may or may not want a grout line, but I experimented a bit and found they were useful, because like tiling, errors in the geometry of the wall forces minor adjustments, the width needed for a cable clip (4mm?) seemed about right, and allows for different colours (grey /black /white silicone etc) to add to the mondrian classic you're about to render


In the corner i used a 6 ft 15x15mm rod of acrylic for the panels to butt up against and the join siliconed over as above.

last thing -cutting holes- get an adjustable compass style attachment for a battery operated drill. I cant remember what it's called but it's a drill bit going through a sliding ruler where 2 sharp points are fixed with an allen key, these spin round and cut your holes the easiest.

b./

 

[r.bartlett]

Many thanks thus far.

I shall digest what's been written

Cheers

Richard

 

[trying my best]

Hi I have seen these glass panels, the kitchen ones are fixed with 3m peel off, and the bigger shower and and bath panels are just siliconed on i think! I have seen them in a showroom and on line here http://www.tileclick.co.uk/product_list.asp?range=London glass bathsh for price guide, but they are made by Nicholls & clarke and there techy people were pretty helpful about fixing http://www.ncdirect.co.uk/index.php

 

[Fluffy_Dazz]

My partners parents have just injected some life into their bathroom by turning it into a wet room (a la Living Etc magazine www.livingetc.co.uk) with a huge screen of glass, which acts as the shower wall, some really nice sandstone tiles, a massive silver gilded mirror and some amazingly soft Egyptian cotton towels from Feather and Black http://www.featherandblack.com/Store/Accessories/Bathroom


Definitely check our living etc...

D

 

[pantsmachine]

I have did 2 bathrooms in my house in the past year. 1st was a glass walk in double headed power shower dealy upstairs. I used Norsk Mermaid wetwalls in Pervinca(matt silver). Its ace. 2nd bathroom downstairs i used wet walls above bath for the shower. These wet walls i bought from Travis Perkins(shade of white) again it look great and i would NEVER consider tiling again, much cleaner look with wetwalls and fitting them is a doddle. Mind you make sure and measure at least twice before cutting as you cannot go back!