Use floor laminate as bathrrom window sill?

[Etaoin Shrdlu]

Just wondering if anyone's tried it? I've used some nice
bathroom-friendly slate-effect laminate tiles in the bathroom. I have a
few left over, and I need something to replace the existing tiled window
sill. It just occurred to me that I could glue a couple of the laminate
tiles on the existing ones, if I can find something to waterproof the
cut edges. It wouldn't cost anything to try, I suppose, except that I
would have fewer spare tiles left over in case of future damage.

I was just wondering if anyone had tried it, or if the concensus is
going to be that this is a ridiculous idea?

[Dave Plowman (News)]

In article <WqOdnXyDR6Quh2rO...@eclipse.net.uk>,

Don't see why not. Although you could look in a tile place for slate
effect proper tiles - perhaps end of range etc. You don't need many for a
sill. If they do tend to get very wet.

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[Charles F]

"Dave Plowman (News)" <da...@davenoise.co.uk> wrote in message
news:543b24a...@davenoise.co.uk...

After putting dark grey slate effect Karndean tiles down in a bathroom I
had enough left to do skirtings in the same material. Cut tiles were bonded
to 10mm ply, and black tile edging of an appropriate thickness used to
finish the top. I also had a run of pipes at floor level, so boxed these in
with a ply casing, and covered this as before with Karndean and tile edging
to give a rounded edge. This needed a bit of fiddling to get the edging to
line up proerly with both faces - but worked out OK Used with the Karndean
or similar flooring adhesive this should all be pretty waterproof.

Something similar could work for your sills?

Charles F



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[Tricky Dicky]

My daughters previous flat had window cills in the lounge made from laminate which extended over a pipe box that ran below cill level and it looked crap.

Richard

[Phil L]

"Etaoin Shrdlu" <no...@chance.com> wrote in message
news:WqOdnXyDR6Quh2rO...@eclipse.net.uk...

Don't see why not.

I'd use a matching colour of tile corner trim to hide the sawn edge and use
impact adhesive to hold everything in place.

Failing that, get a couple of old slates from a roofing / building merchant
at a quid or two each, and cut these into any shape you like, again glue
them down with impact adhesive, it doesn't matter how wet they get - they've
been keeping rain out of millions of houses for hundreds of years!

[Etaoin Shrdlu]

Tricky Dicky wrote:
> My daughters previous flat had window cills in the lounge made from laminate which extended over a pipe box that ran below cill level and it looked crap.
>
> Richard
>

I'm well aware of the potential for it looking crap :-) , and will rip
it out if it does so. But it looks pretty good on the floor (small
pieces that really do look and feel like slate), so I feel I ought to at
least try it.

[Etaoin Shrdlu]

Yes, I think I'm going to try it. No-one's said it's a completely insane
idea yet.

[Etaoin Shrdlu]

I may end up doing that, because I'd like something that 'goes with' the
floor. ATM, the laminate seems an obvious choice; plus, I won't have to
grout it. But our bathroom window sill is permanently wet, thanks to
family not really caring about things like that, so it's going to have a
hard time. The laminate might prove to not be up to the job in the long run.

[JTM]

In article
<xcCdnUW1WKdWE2rO...@eclipse.net.uk>, Etaoin

Shrdlu <no...@chance.com> wrote:

> I may end up doing that, because I'd like something that
> 'goes with' the floor. ATM, the laminate seems an obvious
> choice; plus, I won't have to grout it. But our bathroom
> window sill is permanently wet, thanks to family not
> really caring about things like that, so it's going to
> have a hard time. The laminate might prove to not be up
> to the job in the long run.

If it's that wet then you'll need to seal well around all
edges regardless of how waterproof the laminate is. Over
years those little damp spots can develop into big problems.

Are your windows wood? pvc?

Is there condensation from the windows?

I think it's worth trying at least to see if it;s all right.

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