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Hi Everyone. I'm currently DIYing my en-suite shower room and could do with some advice re tanking. The floor is a new sand and cement screeded floor with in-screed UFH and an Impey Aquagrade former as the wetroom style 'tray' which needs a tanking membrane on it. The dimensions of the former...

I have to tank a swimming pool we have just rendered and screeded, any idear how much a M2 to charge for labour only guys , two coat system + tapes and gaskets in first coat , then wait 24 hours and skimm second coat ! thanks ???

Simple really just wondering what people's preferences are and why? Mine is the mapei tanking kit, used it for years without any issues.. I'm interested to know what other people prefer :)

Hiya, i am new here and i am looking for advice and tips for my first steam shower. I will be fitting a 2000x800 former to the floor with a centre liner drain, under floor heating matt will be on top then ceramic or porcelain tiles. I will be putting a 12.5mm themal insulation board (like a...

Hi Everyone You guys helped me out last year and I did our bathroom/level access shower which hasn't leaked so far! Went a bit OTT on the old marmox and taping etc but thought better be safe than sorry! Anyway, had to do a shed roof repair over winter (knocked down now) so used roof flashing...

hi guys just wondering how to tank the pshaped bath area on plasterboard. The bath is being put in after its all tiled cheers

Had to look at a wetroom as there was some damage into an adjoining bedroom wall, started to remove the mosaic and realised there was no kind of tray. The timber within the shower area after removing the Travertine had some severe rot. The guy who rents the property is a solicitor, the remaining...

Good afternoon. I hope you don't mind me asking a couple of quick question to get your views on this. I always tank wet areas using the ardex tanking system. Would you still tank the bath/shower areas if wedi board has been used to board these areas out. I've never fixed to wedi board before. I...

Iv been looking at tanking kits and have come across this one For a wet room I am doing and I would also buy 4 internal corners to do the full floor level aswell as shower area Would this kit be fine or would you reccommend anything else? http://m.screwfix.com/p/mapei-shower...?filtered=true...

I'm doing a bathroom at home soon and have done alot of research regarding tanking the room..... The only thing iv not found is with regards to if I have to water proof the full room or just the section where the shower is The room I'm doing is 21m².... That's walls and floor..... The shower...

Have to tile a bathroom with a quadrant shower in the corner, have bought mapei aquadefense which came with a corner strip, do I install the corner strip first and tank over that when I tank the walls, or the other way around and tank the walls then install the corner strip? Doesn't say on the...

I'm attempting to tile a shower enclosure for the first time. I'm using an upstand shower tray; I've already recessed the tray so the upstand is flush with the wall (well, flush at the outer extremes - the corner isn't square so the upstand is actually indented by a few mm in the corner but I...

Evening All, Can you help me with the below? I am building an ensuite in a spare room, and will be installing a square slimline shower tray (900 x 900), which will be surrounded by three walls and then the shower door. On the walls I am installing 12mm Hardibacker board. The floor is 18mm...

Afternoon all, I am in the middle of renovating my spare bedroom and have built an ensuite in the room. I am installing a 900 x 900 square slimline shower tray, which fits perfectly into a space surrounded by three walls and then the shower door. I have installed 18mm ply onto the joists and...

Hello everyone, I've spent the last few days searching the forums but have become slightly overwhelmed with all the fantastic advice and wondered if you could tell me the best way to proceed!! I have tiled numerous toilets, kitchens etc but never a wetroom and I'm a bit stuck with the best way...

What's wrong with this following system that I can't help considering? - I'm starting with recently laid solid and level 18mm wbp over suspended timber floor joists which comprises a bathroom floor. This ply replaced floor boards in bad condition. Area about 4 sq m - A shower tray former if...

Hi Guys, i need some advise in this area, i have 3 showers to install and tile, all the walls have been dot and dabbed and skimmed and painted, i understand that cement board is the best option but i dont want to rip all that has been done out. so i saw the mapei water proof kit, looks good but...

Hi I am blocking a door Off with plasterboard the wall and return walls are solid with emulsioned plaster.Door in need to remove emulsion prior to tanking

It’s not a wetroom, it’s a normal bathroom with an 18mm ply floor. It has a bath, toilet and basin, but the customer still want’s it tanked. The floor is level (i.e. no gradient towards a drain). My question is…….Is it ok to just tank the floor with the latex compound and use the special...

Hello everyone - first question, so bear with me; I have tried to look through the wealth of info you have already posted, so apologies in advance if I have simply looked in the wrong places! Trying to re-fit bathroom in son's 'new' house, and have replaced plasterboard but not yet...