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shannyla
Having come across the forum recently my head is now swimming with info that needs a bit of clarifying...
We're preparing the renovation of a bathroom and shower room, walls presently are plasterboard and rotten, floors are chipboard and generally sound but flexy. Two walls in each room are external blockwork walls. Showers and baths will be fitted to the plasterboard walls only. The plan is also to have electric undertile heating.
First question: obviously the floors will need prep for the floor tiles and insulating for the UTH. Are we best to remove the chipboard and install something else, if so what? Do we overboard the chipboard with ply or tile backer board instead? Hoping not to raise the floor level much if at all, which to me suggests replacing the chipboard with something suitable. Any guidance welcome.
Secondly, prepping for wall tiles and waterproofing the shower area. As we are ripping out the mouldy soggy plasterboard we can replace it with anything we want, the question is what. The two options appear to be tile backing board or plasterboard with waterproof tanking, be it paint-on like Bal WP1 or membrane as Wetdecs sells. I'm inclined towards plasterboard with treatment but that is only because of the cost difference. If tile backer board is a better solution then please point that out to me.
That's it for now, thanks for any help offered.
We're preparing the renovation of a bathroom and shower room, walls presently are plasterboard and rotten, floors are chipboard and generally sound but flexy. Two walls in each room are external blockwork walls. Showers and baths will be fitted to the plasterboard walls only. The plan is also to have electric undertile heating.
First question: obviously the floors will need prep for the floor tiles and insulating for the UTH. Are we best to remove the chipboard and install something else, if so what? Do we overboard the chipboard with ply or tile backer board instead? Hoping not to raise the floor level much if at all, which to me suggests replacing the chipboard with something suitable. Any guidance welcome.
Secondly, prepping for wall tiles and waterproofing the shower area. As we are ripping out the mouldy soggy plasterboard we can replace it with anything we want, the question is what. The two options appear to be tile backing board or plasterboard with waterproof tanking, be it paint-on like Bal WP1 or membrane as Wetdecs sells. I'm inclined towards plasterboard with treatment but that is only because of the cost difference. If tile backer board is a better solution then please point that out to me.
That's it for now, thanks for any help offered.
