Bathroom renovations

[tileexperts]

guys, i would like to know how you go about your typical bathroom renovations

this is the way i do it.
most bathrooms are studed walls here.

so. firstly i take out all the bathroom ware, i.e toilets, sink,bath,rad.
then i take the old tiles off the walls and the old plaster board.

then i put up new 12.5 mm WBP. but on the out side wall
the paster board was originaly is dabbed on, so i put up some 2x2 and fix to the wall using 6mm hammer in fixings. then insulate and put up the ply.

tank around the bath and shower.

then tile the full bathroom and put back in all the ware.

so i have probably missed a few things but feel free to shout.

allan

 

[dagger]

are all your walls made of ply?

 

[Gazebo]

Ply is not the best lets be honest.

 

[tileexperts]

oh. do you think. is plaster board best then.??

 

[steve mason]

We rip out bath,sink,toilet and rad, then remove tiles but only replaster board areas that need doing. We only ply the floor never the walls.

 

[Thespanishtiler]

never use ply

wedi, marmox, aquapannel, or hardie backer.

plasterboard in dry areas

 

[dagger]

Ply is not the best lets be honest.

agreed, but mainly its the expence, if you are tanking you could do it over plasterboard saving £100's.

as an interject i have made ply walls then plasterboarded over them so when we fix the bathroom funiture we can put them anywhere and get a solid fix, still stuck the tiles to plasterboard though!

oh and when i fix on ply i use a latex additive for the adhesive!!

 

[tileexperts]

agreed, but mainly its the expence, if you are tanking you could do it over plasterboard saving £100's.

as an interject i have made ply walls then plasterboarded over them so when we fix the bathroom funiture we can put them anywhere and get a solid fix, still stuck the tiles to plasterboard though!

oh and when i fix on ply i use a latex additive for the adhesive!!

i use the additive aswell all the time..
i know its more expensive to do it with ply,
but i always though that it was best,

 

[david campbell]

don't thim i would use ply for the walls either,in a bathroom i would tend to look at hardie-backer or aquapanel as it would reduce the time scale for tanking and little difference in cost

 

[tileexperts]

forgive me for for being a bit stupid, but i have never heard of hardie-backer or aquapanel, what is this and where do you get it.
anyone got any pics of this???

 

[david campbell]

most tile shops sell it m8! hardie-backer is like plasterboard but able to carry more wieght so it is good in natural stone jobs and aqaupanel is a similar waterproof version

 

[tileexperts]

thanks david, but in ireland they dont sell it here in most builder providers and tile shops, forget about it! you would be very lucky to get a tile cutter in 80% of the tile shops they dont have them.

 

[david campbell]

thanks david, but in ireland they dont sell it here in most builder providers and tile shops, forget about it! you would be very lucky to get a tile cutter in 80% of the tile shops they dont have them.

try wickes m8!

 

[Gazebo]

Yup I use Aquapanel all the time and I get mine from good ole Wickes, Dont forget the Aquapanel screws also.

No No No to ply on walls in wet areas.