marine plywood bathroom
jane
bath where the shower will be. The rest of the bathroom using standard
ply where there will be no water. Both ply to be 18mm. What adhesive
would be a good idea to use. The tiles are 600 x 300 porcelain and
will go up 7 tiles high from the bath.
Pete C
wrote:
Why marine ply? You'd be better off using something like Aquapanel or
Wediboard (Google for them)
cheers,
Pete.
The Natural Philosopher
Thats fine., Use any old adhesive, though my favorite at the moment is
evostik waterproof.
Mt tip of the day is yo use silicone to waterproof the shower tray to te
wall before you tile.
Then use grout for a better looking finish.
This obsession for having waterproof walls and then tiling them is
beyond me.
You use aquapanel when you Are NOT tiling.
Otherwise plasterboard is perfectly ok.
Marine ply is what I used for a different reason. Structural strength to
attach a heavy shower tray to and form bits of an odd shaped enclosure.
Christian McArdle
> bath where the shower will be.
Better would be a cement board. Cheaper (but just as good, really) would be
WBP ply.
> What adhesive would be a good idea to use.
For plywood walls, I use BAL White Star.
Christian.
Christian McArdle
> me.
It is so that a minor grout failure means you just replace the grout and
possibly reattach a tile. Using plasterboard, you normally have to redo the
entire wall.
Christian.
Pete C
<cmcar...@nospam.yahooxxxx.co.uk> wrote:
>>I am thinking of using marine ply over stud work around the end of the
>> bath where the shower will be.
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>Better would be a cement board. Cheaper (but just as good, really) would be
>WBP ply.
Vulnerable to rot though.
May be bad for tropical forests and their (ex) inhabitants too...
cheers,
Pete.
The Natural Philosopher
Not really. The plasterboard dries out and te tiles hold it all together
while it does so,
Ive DRENCHED plasterboard in plumbing accidents. It recovers well. Only
if the water settles on it for ages do you have a real problem.
> Christian.
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