shower tray

Morning all, Recently tiled a bathroom but I have a problem with the floor tiles in the shower area that appear to have lifted. Bathroom has probably been tiled for a year but only used for the last two months. Floor makeup as follows Pozijoists over specced with 1/3 of the usual deflection...

Hey Guys! Hope you are all well during this current pandemic! I am onto my next stage of our renevation of our georgian house! This will be the second bathroom i have fitted but the first i am to tile. The walls are all sorted and ive fitting the shower tray, dry fitting the screens to make...

My new (1 month old) shower floor has 2" porcelain hexagon tiles. I noticed the grout stayed wet much longer in each bottom corner of the wall that is across from the shower head . About 4" of floor corner grout - both directions in 2 corners , and around the single tiles that are adjacent to...

Hello, we installed a brand new ceramic tile walk in shower about one year ago. I've been cleaning it with a special cleaner for ceramic tile and it does okay. I bought an electric scrubber to make the job easier, and for some reason, and I don't know if it's related, lately I can have the...

Hi All, Can someone please advice on the following..... I have a proforma shower tray (20mm) that is sitting on the joist . Butted up against the tray is 18mm ply to form the wetroom floor. Question - do I lay decoupling membrane over the shower tray and ply? or can I lay the membrane over the...

I'm looking for advice on how to fix two 6mm toughened, backpainted glass panels to a Marmox board substrate. The first picture shows the current state of the installation. The second picture is a computer generated visualisation of how its intended to look. I'd like to have the glass flush with...

I have a custom 1/2 tempered glass splash guard 59 long by 64 tall. I plan on attaching it to the wall with 3 clamps and only silicone to attach to the heated floor. No cross member to steady the free corner of the panel. I realize it's probably not ideal to do this however I'm looking for the...

Hope you don't mind me asking but 18 months after our walk in shower was installed, we have discovered that the porcelain tiles (600 x 300) affixed to the walls (Kudos boarding) have yet to set ! We discovered this when changing a light fitting that was installed in the shower wall and was...

Good afternoon. First time posting. Been watching the forum for a while, all the advice I’ve needed I’ve been able to find. I’m tiling my shower soon. One wall is going to be mosaics. Hexagons, not my choice. But hey. Do as I’m told. I’ve done quite a few showers and bathrooms, not a...

escort2 - hi im about to fit a shower over bath and so im tiling that area and also the whole bathroom ive removed existing tiles around the bath i will use acrylic primer everywhere on all walls before tileing but ive got ACQUASHILD READY tanking liquid to use in the bath area do i apply this...

Hi, We have recently had our bathroom updated and a new Brick nib wall put in and tiled. Within 6 weeks it had cracked on both sides and metal trim had come away. The bathroom renovator came back and replaced the tiles with new adhesive (type used in pools) but I have noticed after 3 weeks it...

Hi! we recently bought a new build property and all bathrooms have been tiled fully. The kitchen through to the orangery also has large floor tiles. The tiler has done an awful job. Lots of chipped tiles, dirty grout marks all over the tiles, missing grout and uneven tiles. A major issue too is...

Shower walls are not 90' running out 25mm on a 760mm wide tray. I don't want to sink shower tray into the wall. I am going to use SDS insulated boards and tile them. Any ideas how to square off the wall making up the 25mm before tiling ?

Who is at fault here? Our builders built a stud wall and secured backer board to it. Our tiler then proceeded to tile onto it. We had multiple tiles crack along one vertical line where the two backer boards met. Upon removing tiles, one backer board was only secured with 6 screws and there were...

hi all im a diy tiler and have done a few small tile jobs but this will be a first for me im fitting a new bath and shower over the bath and have the following questions after i strip off the old tiles i undertand i need to waterproof the walls around th bath [tanking] the walls are plastered...

Can anybody give advice please. I have employed a comapny to convert a downstairs cloakroom into a walk in shower and toilet because of my disabilties. The problem I have is that the Linear shower drain works but after about 3 minutes the water starts to flood the toilet area. I have inserted...

Hi All, I'm looking to build my walk in shower soon but need some tips and advice on a couple things :). I was thinking of using schluter products to build my wetroom shower but the materials are coming out quite expensive when you start adding things up :rolleyes:. Can anyone recommend an...

Hi, I hope someone can advise please? I am due to waterproof a shower with a Mapei kit. The manufacturer of the recessed control/mixer state a slot about 60 mm in backer board/tiles is required to access the cartridges for maintenance etc. My point is the whole shower will be tanked yet water...

Hi all I'm aware that I should be silicone-ing in the corner of my fully tiled (wet) room. The corners will be butt joints, as in I will tile one wall (with some margin for error) and then tile the other one up to it with a neat gap for silicone. 1) What gap is recommended large enough for...

Hi, a few tiles keep falling off in the shower enclosure. Any tips on the best material to use to replace the plaster. Pink area in the middle. Thinking sand and cement (4/1 parts) or aquapanel piece screwed in. thanks, pras