advise needed

[luke9119]

hey people
Right i am about to do a wet room, i have looked around the site people seam to have different ideas

i was gonna order my stuff from tile fix direct marmox products, are they any good? has any one ordered from them?

another thing if i tank all the shower walls do i not need backing boards just tank on top on plaster board.

some one please help

 

[SandyFloor]

Put it this way, if you get a wet room wrong it can be a disaster. I regard wet rooms as very specialist.

 

[luke9119]

Put it this way, if you get a wet room wrong it can be a disaster. I regard wet rooms as very specialist.

i am a gas engineer but trade so pretty handy as long as i get the right stuff i am sure i will be ok

 

[doug boardley]

if you use marmox Luke, there's no need for tanking, altho' the joints will need taping

 

[luke9119]

if you use marmox Luke, there's no need for tanking, altho' the joints will need taping

thanks for that
does it work just as good as the tanking then
what about the marmox trays any good?

 

[Gazebo]

Hi Luke
I prefer to use marmox board on stud walls and have not had any problems, just make sure you have plenty of noggins especially behind all horizontal joints in the board. Then fix with the appropriate fixings, silicone all edges of butt joints in board, then a little joint tape and/or paint on membrane.
If its a solid wall then prep accordingly and either use homelux matting to tank or a liquid solution such as BAL WP1.

With regards to Marmox trays, the showerstone version is very good, beware of the cheaper showerlay board as this is a compressive board and the outlet for the waste is plastic on top(not very nice plastic at that) also the adjustment for tile thickness is not particuarly variable with only 10mm increments, this can prove problematic as I found out.

Hope this helps.

Gary
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