Access Hatch

[Fran]

I am looking to put a access hatch in the floor of a bathroom i am planing to do any ideas on the best way to go about this? i thought about using it as a feature but am a bit unsure about type of grout/sealer that would cause least damage if it has to come up.

 

[TilingLogistics]

Hi Fran welcome to the Forum!!! Silly question if you like but why an access hatch in the floor if you don't mind me asking?

Kev

 

[grumpygrouter]

H Fran, welcome to the forums.

Grumpy

 

[Fran]

They are insisting that they have direct access to pipe work below(Ground Floor Bathroom)

 

[TilingLogistics]

Hi Again Fran,

It is more usual to have an access panel in the side of the bath! Is the substrate floor floorboards then?

Kev

 

[Fran]

Yes,they have a hatch in place at the moment

 

[TilingLogistics]

This is unusual but the way I make an access hatch is as follows:

Decide roughly where the hatch is to be and the size Try ro choose an area where there is going to be least foot traffic if possible. This is usually governed by two factors: what you may need to get at and the size of the tiles. I would then screw the remaining substrate at 300mm centres and cut the floorboards slightly more than what was required then screw those seperately at 300mm centres or more depending on what joists were available. Then overply with whatever you have decided to use. Tile as normal but do not grout. Once dry cut out around tile or tiles area you want to use as access using a fein machine down through ply. Lift whole section out ensure you can access screws in floor boards then replace board with tiles on. Grout the rest of the floor and Silicon hatch access I hope there is a good reason for floor access because bath panel access is normally much easier. Good Luck

Kev

 

[Fran]

Kev thanks for that, i will advise on using the bath but your method should do the trick if they still want the hatch.

 

[TilingLogistics]

You can buy purpose made magnetic systems from Schluter but You will have to check to see if they work on a floor and from memory they were expensive

Kev