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    Aquapanel on top or behind shower tray

    Hi All I am having some work done on an ensuite shower cubicle and I want to make sure it is fitted without possibility of leaks. So far I have established 1) ply on walls 2) Use Knauf Aquapanel or Hardie Backer boards (some say tanked others not - apparently Knauf recommend not? can anyone...
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    Lifting Tile + Aquapanel

    Hi Guys, So I'm currently undertaking a renovation on my first ever house. We'd finished all the tiling and I was so happy, but when we then got the plumbers in to finish the bathroom suite installation, they realised they'd forgotten to pull through the waste water pipe for the toilet. What...
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    Anyone used the new Wickes Tile Panel (not aquapanel)?

    I need to tile 3 sides around a bath with a shower going into it. Two of them have been stripped back to brick and the third is a a stud wall. Has anyone tried the new Wickes Tile Panel which is made by Knauf for Wickes and is £15.49 for a 4 x 3 sheet...
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    Tanking Aquapanel with wood studs for a walk-in shower

    Hi, I'm a DIYer in the process of fitting a walk in shower into my bathroom. I've not attempted any project as big as this before, so please be gentle with me! I am fitting 2" by 2" wooden studs in a cross-pattern to two walls for my shower area. I an using two layers of studs to conceal some...
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    Chipboard & Aquapanel

    Hi all. I'm new to the forum and after some advice please for an en suite (1.5m x 1.5m). I am planning to lay aquapanel over moisture resistant chipboard (not the green stuff) and wondered if the chipboard needs to be primed / sealed prior to gluing and screwing the aquapanel and if so, what...
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    aquapanel

    Evening, Im putting aquapanel on my sisters bathroom floor but i need to do other jobs can you leave the aquapanel on the floor for say a week before tiling or is this a bad idea? Cheers Paul
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    Aquapanel/tiling questions.

    Hi all, Got a few questions and looking for a little input if poss. Recently had to rip out old plasterboard, tiles etc in a bathroom as it was time for a refurb. Basically there is a bath which has a shower above. It is to be tiled around the bath/shower but the tiles do not go all the way...
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    Tiling onto Aquapanel and plasterboard

    Hi, sorry in advance if this is an old question. I've had a quick look round on the forum threads but couldn't find a definitive answer. I am fitting a bathroom out and have reinforced the stud walls. The shower is in a cubicle and I will be boarding this area out with 12.5mm Knauf Aquapanel. I...
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    Sheet of aquapanel, 2400 x 900 x 12.5

    I have a sheet of unused aquapanel if it is of any use to anyone, £19 collected from manchester
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    Aquapanel tape - is it any different to normal plasterboard tape?

    Have just got some branded Aquapanel tape for the joins and it looks very similar to the normal plasterboard join tape I've got lying around. Is it the same, or is it important to use the Aquapanel stuff? Thanks.
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    Sticking Knauf Aquapanels to blockwork - best practice ?

    Hi all, I'm doing a wetroom and when knocking off the old tiles the plasterboard is in such poor repair, I've decided to remove it and replace with Knauf Aquapanels. Three sides of the room are on stud walls, so that presents no problems, but one has the plasterboard dot and dabbed onto medium...
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    Hardie or Aquapanel???

    What is your preference? Hardie or Aquapanel? I think I'm right when I say Hardie doens't have a mesh built in to it where Aquapanel does!!
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    In a pickle with Aquapanel substrate, around a fireplace

    Hi, I'll admit upfront this is a bodge, but I want to try it before having to spend "real money". I have fitted aquapanel (cement board) on the front of my new hole-in-the-wall gas fireplace, this is where the problems start! (I probably should have used Supalux in hind sight) The temperature...
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    Fixing aquapanels to brick walls

    Hi, Doing my wetroom but want to know is the best method going to be to dot n dab cement boards to brick wall or to run a membrane over the wall? Im going to use wickes aquapanel or wickes tanking fleece for this - cant really see, if installed correctly, these products can be any different to...
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    aquapanels/hardiebacker/cement boards are cancerous

    hi everyone popped over from the plumbing forum with this frightening info i have copied the post i put there aqua panels cancerous silicate fibersaqua panels or cement board typically used in showers prior to tiling been on a job today where the other 2 were doing a bathroom refit and using...
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    Aquapanel over Thistle Hard Wall

    Hi there, Realised i've made a mistake by using thistle hard wall on the bathroom walls. Can I put an aqua panel over the top of them, or must this be removed back to brick? Thanks
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    What fixing for drilling through ceramic on aquapanel?

    Hi, I need to put up a shower riser and was wondering which fixings to use. I have 9 mm ceramic tiles onto aquapanel. Can i use standard rawlplugs ? Also do i need to use Silicon? thanks,
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    Aquapanel and Eggbox Walls

    Following recommendations on these forums I have gone for Aquapanel to line the walls around a bath that will have a shower over it. The intention was to replace the plasterboard with Aquapanel where necessary and add in extra noggins at the same time if necessary. However having removed the...
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    Marmox on top of Aquapanel ?

    Hi, I've already put aquapanel onto a frame at the rear end of the bath to create a ledge/step. My question is that I need to build the height on the horizontal part by about 10mm. As i've already got some marmox lying around can I simply glue/screw this onto the aquapanel then tile??
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    Hardibacker or Aquapanel?

    Hi there, I'm in the process of replacing a shower area, have taken off old tiles and all existing plasterboard which was in a bad way as it had obviously leaked for quite a while. Can anybody tell me what the difference is between Hardibacker and Aquapanel and which is best to use, and can...

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