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  1. L

    Laying out on tiled bath panel

    Quick one to check I'm on the right track - I'm planning to do a tiled bath panel (with access panel using some Schluter magnets). Am I right in thinking I should have cuts below the bath rim and cuts down onto the floor? It'll be about 560 mm high, tiles are 200 mm high, so I'm thinking to...
  2. M

    Schluter Kerdi wall - to bath or floor?

    I was watching a film on Youtube about installing a Schluter Kerdi-Board wall beside a bath. You will notice from the attached picture that the installer is about to install a Kerdi-Board from the bath up. Do you think it would be okay to install the Schluter Kerdi-Board wall first from the...
  3. Q

    Schlüter®-KERDI-TS showertray/ bath seal

    I wasn' aware that Schlüter made a 'Classi Seal' type seal called KERDI-TS. Here it is- Schlüter®-KERDI-TS is a seaming strip made of polyethylene with double-sided fleece fabric and a self-adhesive sound insulation strip. When properly installed, it creates a secure bond between built-in...
  4. M

    Tiling beside bath - tile from floor or bath up?

    I had assumed that when tiling on the long wall beside a bath that the bath would be installed and tiling would commence from the bath up. A tiler informed me that he usually tiles from the floor up first, then once completed, the bath is installed. It means if the bath is changed to a new bath...
  5. M

    Tanking wall beside bath

    I was just wondering which of the many options you would use when putting up new board on the wall which runs the length of a bath with an overhead shower above the bath? That is, a wall currently with nothing attached to the stud. Options appear to be putting up ordinary plasterboard, or...
  6. A

    Tiled bath panel access-half bond tiles

    Hi I have tiled the whole of my bathroom and just have the bath panel to complete.....it is a short bath, we have built a wooden frame for it and wish to tile in the same as the walls. The tiles are smooth metro 50x200 that are in a half bond pattern. I intend to use backerboard, screwed onto...
  7. A

    Thickness of Sealent Around Bath?

    Hello, I wonder if anyone would mind advising if the thickness of sealent applied around my bath is normal? My concern is that it's been applied so thick to fill in a gap between the tiles and the bath. Many thanks in advance for the help and advice.
  8. W

    My 1st Job Tiling under bath for panel fitment

    Hi, Your advice please. I wish to tile part way under a bath so the side/end panels will be in contact with these tiles. Its a P shaped bath. The tiles are 9mm, what distance should I allow for with the adhesive and tile so the panels just touches the tiles. Thanks Bob
  9. D

    Tiling over bath with power shower

    Hi what would you guys recommend that would be best to replace the old plasterboard over bath, I have heard of so many different panels would waterproof plasterboard (greenboard) be sufficient .thanks in advance for your tips
  10. A

    How to transition on bath?

    Hi guys just wondering if any of the more expereicned tilers on here could help advise on what sort of strip to use between the tile on boxing and tue bath pictures attached. I was thinking of using a round edge tile trim chrome what do you guys suggest. Thanks
  11. A

    My 1st Job Shower bath tiling preparation: plaster and wooden windowsill

    I'd appreciate your suggestions on preparation for tiling over my bath. Photo shows the old bath. The new bath will be in by the end of the week. The soil pipe will be boxed in to the width of the bath using Aquapanel, and a mixer shower and concealed bath valves will be attached to it. All...
  12. M

    Bath not flush, chase long or short edge

    Hey all, My walls slightly out for the bath. If I push the short end flush with the wall the bottom end comes out 15mm away from the wall. I'm gonna chase the wall to fix this. But am just wondering if it's best to chase the short or long end and why? Thanks for your time
  13. I

    Tiling under freestanding bath

    Hi there, I am after advice on tiling under a heavy freestanding bath. I have a suspended timber floor and am going to fix 6mm cement board over well screwed down and plenty of noggings floor. Is the norm to tile the whole floor, then put the freestanding bath on top of the tiles? Or fit bath...
  14. S

    Corner trim for outside of the bath

    Hi all, Apologies if this has already been answered elsewhere. I am tiling the outside of my bath and wanted a curved trim on the corner to avoid sharp corners and match the corner curve of the bath. I was wondering if there are any particular trims that I should use? I have had a look around...
  15. B

    Can you help with tiling above bath

    Hi all I am currently looking to tile bath to ceiling in my house as I'm installing a shower above the bath. I've tiled floors but this would be my first wall. Current setup.. sheet of plywood behind 12.5mm moisture resistant plasterboard. It is screwed into the ply all over the shop and has...
  16. D

    Bevelled tile above the bath.

    Hi guys, Happy new year. First time posting here think the forum is a fantastic source of information and advice. Doing a bathroom in bevelled metro tile. The bath tub is level so would you choose to start the layout with a full tile from Bath up (I'd still start tiling one tile above and...
  17. S

    Setting Out Bath shelf / renew

    Two previous tilers left mouldy plywood (and 2x1 underneath fixed atop the 2x2 base). I've ripped it off and what i'm left with is: it's 1285mm x 310mm. The back is 40mm to the bottom of the tiles. The front is 35mm to the bath level. I've got 150mmx150mm tiles to go on it. Another forum...
  18. C

    Tiling around a slightly un level bath

    Hi, i am looking to tile around a shower over a bath. Walls are tanked and ready but i didnt consider the level of the bath. Using a spirit level the bath is slightly uneven or maybe the floor has dropped a little, the bubble is within the lines but more to one side. Measuring from bath to...
  19. D

    15mm gap between end of bath and wall

    The bath is about 15mm less than the space from wall to wall that it sits in. I was going to just put a upvc bullnose trim or a bit of quadrant on the top and that would fix most of it, but how do you address the vertical gap at the end of the bath panel, especially and the panel has a slight...
  20. Stevev

    Bathroom With Shower Over Bath

    Hi, looking at the below pic as example.....if you were to tile over a bath with a shower over it....would you necessarily tank the area tiled or is it not that essential as it may not get direct water hit. I would assume the builders used plasterboard. also would the Silicon used to seal...

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