New build first floor wet room - ideal construct advice

[One Day]

Good points Impish regarding the construct.

What boards would you suggest to put on the walls and floors?

Is Schluter and/or Wedi your recommendation for the wet room system?

Yes, my preferred is Kerdi board walls and kerdi-line trays.
Ditra Heat-E floor if your budget allows!

 

[Old Mod]

Hi and welcome to the forum Eclipse.
All good advice above.
If your budget allows,
it would be Schlüter (Kerdi, Ditra) for me too.
Hi quality, and easy to use.

 

[SJPurdy]

Personaly i'd use Wedi board or equivalent in the shower area rather than a plasterboard and tanking; my reasoning being the small plumbing leak behind the board will not destroy the board!

I also would consider the bathroom layout. Free standing baths look good in a large room but in a small room pushed close to a wall? also how are you going to clean behind it? Secondly I know i'd be banging into that large vanity unit all the time.

 

[Eclipse]

WBP ply on the floor
Impey/ schluter former
12mm waterproof board on the walls (wedi, marmox, schluter)
Or
Impey waterguard/ schluter Kerdi membrane over standard plasterboard

Personaly i'd use Wedi board or equivalent in the shower area rather than a plasterboard and tanking; my reasoning being the small plumbing leak behind the board will not destroy the board!

I also would consider the bathroom layout. Free standing baths look good in a large room but in a small room pushed close to a wall? also how are you going to clean behind it? Secondly I know i'd be banging into that large vanity unit all the time.

Humm - good points. I'm not sure I'm 100% about the layout so will give it some more thought and discussion with the bathroom designer. Thanks for the tips!

 

[WetSaw]

I personally don't like wet rooms, I much prefer a shower enclosure. They might look good but I like to keep the water in one place!

 

[One Day]

I personally don't like wet rooms, I much prefer a shower enclosure. They might look good but I like to keep the water in one place!

I think 99.8% of people mean partial or even full enclosure with a level access tiled tray when they say Wetroom. In all my years I've only ever done one true Wetroom!

 

[WetSaw]

I know what you're saying but for me if it's not a shower enclosure, just a panel, then the floor is going to get wet beyond the shower area so it becomes a wet room!