Hardibacker Tanking Question

[gooty]

thanksfor your replies.

didnt want to tank due to possibility of weight issues once i decide on the tiles, plus the cost as most tanking kits seem to be not large enough to cover the area.

is everbuild aqueseal any good. its only £43 for 7.5m2?

 

[One Day]

Hi Impish.......

Do you tank, wedi or Kerdi every shower area you tile then mate?.....

I do mate. it's all domestic work and normally top end stuff so the cost is easily lost. if you've not already guessed, I've a personal hatred of cement board. Particularly hb. Mainly after ripping out plenty of stinking wet mouldy wet rooms all with hb which hadn't broken down but had allowed water to do it's thing to everything that wasn't hb.

 

[Flintstone]

Tanking kits are about £50 and cover enough to do a shower enclosure or above a bath. So maybe £100 supplied and fitted? I have tiled for years with only tanking wet rooms, but these days i do suggest tanking to customers and explain it all to them, then they have the choice. Depends on the job, if it's a cheap bottom end job, there probably not gonna go for it but any job to a decent standard people tend to go for it. Trying to convince a builder to go with it is a different story!

 

[MW Smith Ceramics]

Fair comment mate, totally see where your coming from if you,ve had those past experiences ....so for all bath walls with a shower/ wet rooms what are you using mostly for waterproofing and what are paying for it?......

 

[Flintstone]

I do mate. it's all domestic work and normally top end stuff so the cost is easily lost. if you've not already guessed, I've a personal hatred of cement board. Particularly hb. Mainly after ripping out plenty of stinking wet mouldy wet rooms all with hb which hadn't broken down but had allowed water to do it's thing to everything that wasn't hb.

What do you class as the ideal product to board the walls in a shower area, and the floor

 

[MW Smith Ceramics]

Tanking kits are about £50 and cover enough to do a shower enclosure or above a bath. So maybe £100 supplied and fitted? I have tiled for years with only tanking wet rooms, but these days i do suggest tanking to customers and explain it all to them, then they have the choice. Depends on the job, if it's a cheap bottom end job, there probably not gonna go for it but any job to a decent standard people tend to go for it. Trying to convince a builder to go with it is a different story!

hahaha!......yeah they look at you gone out!!!!

 

[One Day]

What do you class as the ideal product to board the walls in a shower area, and the floor

for me, it's kerdi or wedi. Lightweight, easy to cut and waterproof once joints are sealed. I don't like kerdi on floors though. Wedi doesn't compress as easily.

 

[MW Smith Ceramics]

What do you class as the ideal product to board the walls in a shower area, and the floor

Well I would say wedi board all day for walls otherwise I'll be in more trouble with impish!........Hardi or wedi for the floor depending what the floor substrate is and if there is UFH

 

[White Room]

Well I would say wedi board all day for walls otherwise I'll be in more trouble with impish!........Hardi or wedi for the floor depending what the floor substrate is and if there is UFH

I have no local supplier who does Wedi type boards, all have to be sourced through the net...

 

[MW Smith Ceramics]

Good convo tonight chaps.......'wadi board or tanking kit for me all the way now.......

Cheers impish / Paulo

 

[MW Smith Ceramics]

And everyone else, forgot names sorry

 

[MW Smith Ceramics]

And everyone else, forgot names sorry

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I have no local supplier who does Wedi type boards, all have to be sourced through the net...

me neither I get Marmox 10mm boards online from ( the tile experience ) works out to roughly £7.50 for a 1250x 600 sheet including vat......I get all my Schluter from there too ( cheapest I can find it anywhere @ £8 per metre and my local supplier is selling it at £14!!!!!!.....money grabbing git!!!!......that's daylight robbery!......

 

[MW Smith Ceramics]

thanksfor your replies.

didnt want to tank due to possibility of weight issues once i decide on the tiles, plus the cost as most tanking kits seem to be not large enough to cover the area.

is everbuild aqueseal any good. its only £43 for 7.5m2?

I've never used that one so couldn't say, but I always use Norcross wet seal tanking kit @ £33 and you get around 5 metres ...but I would say if your using heavy tiles go with wedi or Marmox 10 or 12mm glued and mechanically fixed......

 

[jimthetiler]

you can never have enough insulation in a house,insulation is a good thing to have making wedi board the no1 fav.