Making and tiling a bath panel

[Perry]

Colin who designated my bath panel a wet area ? had my bath panel for 25 years hasnt got wet yet, and does it also mean i have to take my bathroom walls down as they are made of plasterboard ? ete

 

[CBTC]

No leave them be! - but this is the advised practice for new work carried out and has been for a while. Plasterboards and timber based boards are not to be specified, if they are the tiler should advise / carry out WPC or membrane application. Its designated by the BS for bathrooms, comes under BS5385 for tiling.
For walls - in practice if its just there already by contractor / client then always apply WPC - not your call. for panels - its not the right stuff, not strong enough and vulnerable to water.
If alls well on your own panel, well fine but it isnt right for priced work.
Cheers
Colin

 

[Perry]

So Colin this means you shouldn't use ply on a bathroom floors as well and also plastered walls we have to tank ?

 

[CBTC]

You're onto a host of other decisons and topics there. Im off to the pub so someone else get a word in

 

[DHTiling]

pete...behave..!!!..lol

 

[brian c]

pmsl pete.you are both correct and is there really a proper way of paneling a bath?imo its down to what you want to tell the cuastomer what options they have.

 

[Perry]

Grumpy backer boards are the best thing to make a bath panel in but if a bath panel is under the bath lip i am sure it wont get to wet a lot less than a bath wall or a bathroom floor but there is a nice way to get your point across lol

Plasterboard is not ok for use as a bath panel and shouldnt be advised to be used on any advice forum. Sorry, but does this need to be pointed out?

 

[grumpygrouter]

Grumpy backer boards are the best thing to make a bath panel in but if a bath panel is under the bath lip i am sure it wont get to wet a lot less than a bath wall or a bathroom floor but there is a nice way to get your point across lol

Plasterboard is not ok for use as a bath panel and shouldnt be advised to be used on any advice forum. Sorry, but does this need to be pointed out?

I like the segway into getting me to leave a post in this thread Pete.:lol:

I hadn't said anything before:whatchutalkingabout

 

[Perry]

sorry Grumps i meant Dave lol silly old sod ain't I

 

[CBTC]

You want 'nice'....when theres tiles at stake!!!! It was a a short comment thats all.
perleeez - I go and flesh it out for ya, in case you're a newbie and then :
does it also mean i have to take my bathroom walls down as they are made of plasterboard ? ete
Honestly, you guys, always with the leg pullin:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[bluevin123]

Ha Ha Ha! Thanks for the reply guys,some great points made there,ive seen the customer and have been out and got BACKERBOARD,yeah hope thats ok:lol: just hope it all holds up with bluetack .
Vin.

 

[a1tiler]

my bath panel is always getting wet, wife says it`s due to the water displacement when i have a bath. don`t know what she means ?

 

[Perry]

She told me she was going to solve that very soon lol