Mapeigum advice please

[John the tile]

im tiling a bathroom. the bath has a shower at one end.

it will be used everyday by the family. Its not a power shower.

i want to tank the areas which will get hit by the water spray only. So from the bath edge upwards to about neck height on the one wall adjacent to the shower.

i was just gona buy a 5kg tub of this stuff from tile giant.

Would this be ok. Just give the area a coat of the stuff, leave to dry for 12 hours then another coat? Would i need some of the tape for the bath edge or will the flexi silicon be good enough?

Tanks

 

[aph257]

the 5kg will be plenty enough. i've used other brands where the tape is part of the kit. if not buy enugh to apply to the verticle corner and along the the bath to wall. i also place a piece of tape over the protruding pipe work. Apply two coats as you say to the walls with the shower on and the adjacent one.

 

[John the tile]

thanks.

i was not gona bother with the actuall shower wall as I thought this would never have any direct hit from the shower. Although around the edge of the bath and about 2ft high I suppose would not be too much of an overkill...

1) just to check - primer G first. let that dry for an hour??? then first coat of solution, then let that dry for an hour then second coat and let dry over night?

2) Should I put tapes on prior to first coat of solution or primer g???

3) Also, the tape along the bath edge should it overlap onto the bath itself then cut it back the next day?

thanks

 

[aph257]

thanks.

i was not gona bother with the actuall shower wall as I thought this would never have any direct hit from the shower. Although around the edge of the bath and about 2ft high I suppose would not be too much of an overkill...

1) just to check - primer G first. let that dry for an hour??? then first coat of solution, then let that dry for an hour then second coat and let dry over night?

2) Should I put tapes on prior to first coat of solution or primer g???

3) Also, the tape along the bath edge should it overlap onto the bath itself then cut it back the next day?

thanks

You will have enough to cover shower wall to same height.

1. correct
2. put tape on with 1st coat.
3. overlap onto bath, after tiling cut it flush with tile face.

 

[tfs]

You can buy the kit from tg and this will be supplied with tape (5 mtr i think) and will also include a small tub of primer.

The way for this in my opinion would be to apply the tanking kit approx 1.5 mtr on the internal corner of the floor and then from the internal corner work out to approx 1mtr in each driection and up to about 2 mtr heigh, tape the floor to wall corner again at 1.5 mtr each way from the iternal corner and then tape up the internal corner as far as you have applied the membrane. If your bath is already in place then do around the bath with tape as you intended.

Not 100% sure but I think you get approx 5mtr square from the showerprooing kit at tg.

There are other component available as part of this range too, which include gaskets for outlets etc and internal/ external corner pieces (normal tape is more than adequate for internal corners though)

Wear goggles as I know of a guy who got it on his eye and it set rock hard on his eyelashes. lol

 

[tfs]

Unless you shower doesnt come out the internal corner lol

 

[tfs]

Forgot to mention, when putting the tape over bath you can cut the tape to prevent it form protruding beyiond the tiles however, be sure not to cut the actual membrane part (the grey/ blue bit) poisition it in such away that you will not need to cut this part.

I would deffo tank the wall that the shower is on as this to, is a vulnerable part of shower areas.

Firbe glass baths are not to be primed, instead thouroughly degrease the area you need to tape and then you can lightly abrade prior to applying mapegum to the bath and then bed the tape into this.

 

[tfs]

Would this be ok. Just give the area a coat of the stuff, leave to dry for 12 hours then another coat? Would i need some of the tape for the bath edge or will the flexi silicon be good enough?

if you want to follow things by the book then tiling should commence after 24hrs from the last coat of mapegum