best stuff to use for new shower cubicle

[Abc77]

hi all am re-tiling a kitchen and installing a new bathroom and tiling too. ripped out the old shower and tiles and plasterboard which was rotten at the shower tray whats my best way to replace this should i just use plasterboard again and tank before tiling whats the best way of tanking the walls and shower tray

cheers guys,

LeRoy

 

[Stewart]

What type of tiles are you putting up first....

 

[White Room]

Where the rotten board was is it stud work and what tiles will you be fixing back in the shower.

 

[doug boardley]

if you use ceramic tiles, plasterboard and tanking should be fine, if porcelain or stone I'd use something like wedi, marmox ettc in the wet areas, (make sure you tape the joints) and hardiebacker 500 in the non-wet areas

 

[Abc77]

just going to be cheapest white ceramic tiles 150x150 plasterboard was on stud work was tanked at the shower tray with bitumen felt stuck onto 6mm ply about 300mm up from the tray

 

[doug boardley]

just going to be cheapest white ceramic tiles 150x150 plasterboard was on stud work was tanked at the shower tray with bitumen felt stuck onto 6mm ply about 300mm up from the tray

:yikes::yikes::yikes:, dispense with the ply and felt, just tank the plasterboard with something like dural wp

 

[Stewart]

Then as Doug says.... Plasterboard and tank will be fine, but make sure you use an SPF addy for the tanking and tiles.

 

[White Room]

Make sure the timber stud work is dried out before fixing new plasterboard, that will drag any moisture into the new board from the timber.

 

[doug boardley]

....in anticipation...SPF is "single part flexible adhesive"

 

[Abc77]

ok thanks heaps guys whats an spf addy tho

 

[White Room]

Well anticipated Doug:lol:

 

[Abc77]

you beat me to it ha ha, do i have to tank floor to ceiling, under the shower tray?

 

[Stewart]

Mystic Doug.......

 

[White Room]

Under the shower tray ??

 

[Stewart]

I tank walls before tray is fitted the bed side of tray with silicone to create seal against the tanking. No need to tank floor under tray.

 

[doug boardley]

Well anticipated Doug:lol:

credit to Lou really, she's doing a lesson plan for her students and asked me if I knew what MIG stood for, ( I replied correctly with Metal Inert Gas), but I have been married to a welder for over 10 years so you do pick up on the acronyms,,,,,I'm guessing OP hasn't been married to a tiler tho'!!:lol::lol:

 

[Stewart]

Here's a pic of one I did last week.

 

[Abc77]

i will take that as a no then haha thanks for all the help guys you,ve been great, only asked if should be under shower tray cos thats what i took out today thbitumen felt was lapped onto the underside of the tray first time i'd seen this but felt it best aking you guys as whoever did this it didnt do any good as the pb was still wet

 

[Abc77]

yip op is single never been married yet

 

[Abc77]

Here's a pic of one I did last week.

thats really cool is that plasterboarded underneath the tanking?

 

[White Room]

I use a polymer tube stuff between the tray and tanking, about £9 a tube though.

 

[doug boardley]

yip op is single never been married yet

well enjoy the free reign on your choice of tiles, I can't even get a look in or opinion when it comes to doing our bathroom (next project:lol:, "busmans holiday")

 

[Stewart]

I use a polymer tube stuff between the tray and tanking, about £9 a tube though.

I use Sealux-N....

 

[White Room]

Can't say I've heard of that one Stewart.

 

[Stewart]

yip op is single never been married yet

Oh.. How I remember those days.......