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mtm103
Hi all
Great forum, I really hope someone can help me. Firstly I live in the channel islands, so don't have a great selection of tilers to choose from. I have had 3 quotes, the first one refused to do it, the second one quoted £2,500 and the third one £800 but wasn't sure how to deal with the problem.
Bit of background (I will post pictures later). I bought a house that had a bathroom, and a separate room next to it which had a toilet. The bathroom is just over 6f by 6f, the toilet 5 f by 2f. one side of the bathroom/toilet is an outside wall. I decided to turn the toilet into the wet room, knock a wall between the bathroom and toilet (they were not connected, you had to enter both from the hallway as 2 separate doors). I should point out that I have had so many workmen in its not funny, most of them never bother to turn up again (joys of living in CI, they all came recommended). The wall for the toilet into the wall had to come down, as the door had to be blocked off.. Anyway, hope this makes sense!
The problem is this... the floorboards came up, marine ply was fitted in between the joists, so the drucker board (i think that is what it is called) could fit on top... there are over 20 washers to stop the thing from moving. Anyway, the new wall went up (this new wall has the plumbing for the shower, which is on that wall). That wall has been totally marmox boarded.The problem is that where the wall meets the floor, there is still some wood from the hallway floorboards.. we are talking about 10 mm at the most.
First tiler refused to do it as he said drucker board should only be installed onto concrete and the tiles will move, second tiler was very concerned about wood, thrid tiler said silicon the whole lot (he also mentioned some paste you can put down, but he couldn't remember the name). ANy ideas?
Also, I have spoken to quite a few plumbers/tilers about wether I need to wedi board every wall of the wet room. it is pretty much 50-50.. Any recommendations?
Many many thanks:smilewinkgrin:
Great forum, I really hope someone can help me. Firstly I live in the channel islands, so don't have a great selection of tilers to choose from. I have had 3 quotes, the first one refused to do it, the second one quoted £2,500 and the third one £800 but wasn't sure how to deal with the problem.
Bit of background (I will post pictures later). I bought a house that had a bathroom, and a separate room next to it which had a toilet. The bathroom is just over 6f by 6f, the toilet 5 f by 2f. one side of the bathroom/toilet is an outside wall. I decided to turn the toilet into the wet room, knock a wall between the bathroom and toilet (they were not connected, you had to enter both from the hallway as 2 separate doors). I should point out that I have had so many workmen in its not funny, most of them never bother to turn up again (joys of living in CI, they all came recommended). The wall for the toilet into the wall had to come down, as the door had to be blocked off.. Anyway, hope this makes sense!
The problem is this... the floorboards came up, marine ply was fitted in between the joists, so the drucker board (i think that is what it is called) could fit on top... there are over 20 washers to stop the thing from moving. Anyway, the new wall went up (this new wall has the plumbing for the shower, which is on that wall). That wall has been totally marmox boarded.The problem is that where the wall meets the floor, there is still some wood from the hallway floorboards.. we are talking about 10 mm at the most.
First tiler refused to do it as he said drucker board should only be installed onto concrete and the tiles will move, second tiler was very concerned about wood, thrid tiler said silicon the whole lot (he also mentioned some paste you can put down, but he couldn't remember the name). ANy ideas?
Also, I have spoken to quite a few plumbers/tilers about wether I need to wedi board every wall of the wet room. it is pretty much 50-50.. Any recommendations?
Many many thanks:smilewinkgrin: