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Hi, looking for some quick advice about tanking plasterboard ready for tiling. The area is going to be a shower. What are you supposed to do with the screw heads that are not on a join? I'm using the mapei wpk, which gives no instruction on this point! Do I just paint the membrane over them...
thefatty
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I will be doing full bathroom renovation, and the plan is to build a walk in shower due to the layout of the bathroom to give more open space and I don't want any nasty plastic stuff in my home so want to build something nice from scratch.
I have changed few toilets/sinks in past where I have...
wau5
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So attempting my first wetroom floor.
Tough-X Linear wet room kit bought from the very helpful people at www.TradeWetRooms.com (found through this site)
As can be seen in the pictures substrate is all ready. Tray installed at joist height with 4mm
Jackoboards to match the top of former...
ok...so I have at last made a start and am currently planning the frame and base for the new wet room. I could do with a little advice though. All of the info I have read say plywood for the base. I have loads of 22mm OSB in my shed so was thinking I might be able to use this.
No worries if not...
When your doing a wet room, with ufh, do you tank the room, then lay wires then slc then tile,
Or
Do you lay the wires and slc, then tank and tile,
I'm interested to see which way folks do it
An easy to use kit containing everything required to waterproof a shower in one tub. Contains: Mapegum WPS, Shower Waterproofing Kit Primer and Waterproofing tape.
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Evening all,
got a job to start next week with a wetroom floor that is gonna be a bit of a challenge.
Situation is as follows:
A suspended floor with very little deflection if any.
1600x800 former tray going in that is going to be tiled in 16mm thick encaustic cement tiles envelope cut...
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Hi,
If i fit my new shower tray under aqual panel boards (as opposed to against the boards). How exactly do i seal it all up?
Im going to buy a tanking kit and on another thread was recommended to use Classi seal. But if i fix classi seal to the side of my shower tray, it isnt going to sit...
CraigH
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Suitable for uncoupling sound and problematic substrates. It allows subsequent coverings to function as independent layers in relation with the substrate. It can be placed on walls or floors in a variety of substrates such as concrete, cement mortars, old layers of tiles, mosaics, masonry etc...
Isomat SL-17
Solvent-free elastomeric liquid membrane possessing high elasticity and durability. Used under tiles for joint-less and seamless waterproofing of sanitary areas like bathrooms, showers etc. It can be applied by roller or spatula on concrete, render, gypsum-board, chipboard etc.
Data...
ISOMAT UK
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Hi all,
Just wanted to get a feel for what types/make of grouts everyone is using on wetroom floors? I have a done a few wetrooms over the past couple of years and have used Bal micromax and weber without any issues as far as I am aware, however, I have one to do in a few weeks and was...
Hi all,
When installing a wet room (with toilet and sink) would it be ok to use 18mm OSB boards as a floor base on top of the joists?
The fake wall will be placed on top of the boards to conceal a toilet cistern for a wall-hung tolier, and put away the water pipes and shower valves. The aim is...
Hi all,
New here so please go easy on me :)
As part of some refurbishment works I'm doing, I'd like to install a couple of shower wet rooms on the first floor. At the moment, the floors and walls are all WBP ply. I'm also having a wet UFH system fitted using an overlay board of 10mm on top of...
Twenty5p
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