I've got a bathroom that needs a complete overhaul. It has the original 1930's tiles from floor to ceiling. The tiles have lots of drilled holes from 70 years of different fittings on the walls, but are still bonded to the wall very well.
The bathroom has three exterior walls and the tiles are directly onto the brick (and no cavity), so we are planning on dry-lining the exterior walls.
Also we are planning on moving the WC and putting in a dedicated shower.
The wife is not at all convinced by floor to ceiling tiles (it is a strange shaped room, and there is a lot of wall space for the size of room), and was thinking of partially tiling around the bath and shower enclosure and having painted walls for the rest.
The main problem we have is that this is our only bathroom in a flat that we have to continue living in, so the work has to be done either quickly, or in a way that we still have WC and bath or shower throughout the work!
In an ideal world I'd pull all the tiles off the wall, get back to brick work, then dry-line, then get a plasterer in to skim over, wait for it to dry, then install new bath, shower WC and basin, and tile and decorate. However I don't think we can do without a bathroom for this long.
I guess what I'm asking is whether anyone has any good compromise ideas (compromise not bodge!) that would enable the work to be done as quickly as possible?
Oh, and when drylining, should I be using plasterboard, aquaboard, or any other alternatives?
Many Thanks, Ed
p.s. I'm not going to ruffle feathers by asking if I can tile over or skim over the existing tiles!
The bathroom has three exterior walls and the tiles are directly onto the brick (and no cavity), so we are planning on dry-lining the exterior walls.
Also we are planning on moving the WC and putting in a dedicated shower.
The wife is not at all convinced by floor to ceiling tiles (it is a strange shaped room, and there is a lot of wall space for the size of room), and was thinking of partially tiling around the bath and shower enclosure and having painted walls for the rest.
The main problem we have is that this is our only bathroom in a flat that we have to continue living in, so the work has to be done either quickly, or in a way that we still have WC and bath or shower throughout the work!
In an ideal world I'd pull all the tiles off the wall, get back to brick work, then dry-line, then get a plasterer in to skim over, wait for it to dry, then install new bath, shower WC and basin, and tile and decorate. However I don't think we can do without a bathroom for this long.
I guess what I'm asking is whether anyone has any good compromise ideas (compromise not bodge!) that would enable the work to be done as quickly as possible?
Oh, and when drylining, should I be using plasterboard, aquaboard, or any other alternatives?
Many Thanks, Ed
p.s. I'm not going to ruffle feathers by asking if I can tile over or skim over the existing tiles!
