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bugs183
Mind you here is Mapei tech sheet on Mapegum, check out the tub of D2!
Tanking and other advice needed?
Mixers are usually used in conjunction with a pump, high pressure cylinder or a combination boiler. None i would advise using tubbed adhesive with for your tiling.
Even if you use the shower once a week. Its a lot of water consumption in the wet area. Cement based powder for sure.
Even if you use the shower once a week. Its a lot of water consumption in the wet area. Cement based powder for sure.
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Gazzer
Well whether or not the manufacturer of the adhesive says its ok, I know what I will be using.
Martyn Leeds
TF
Have we had any quotes from any local pro's in your area???????????????????????????????????? and when you say a 15cm gap to be filled with Silicon, do we mean 15mm?? 'cos 15cm would be a bit tricky!
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jonbabbz
All great advice, thank you. The shower will be used maybe a few times a week, no real heavy usage at all. I think I've decided to butt the bath up to the wall at one side(nearest shower) and have a bigger gap at the other end and maybe tile the small infill(yes I meant 15mm not 15cm...doh). The reason I wanted it centered is because the taps are in the middle as opposed to the 'end' and im having a mosaic type pattern straight up the middle. My problem is I'm really indecisive and read far too much on the interweb regarding different peoples views on the adhesive side of things. As I said I've used the tubbed stuff before without any problems in years and no tanking - but that was on a regular old plastered wall. Oh - the shower is just a mixer fed from a combi-boiler with good pressure and the tiles are 9mm thick and 300 x 400mm. Thanks for all your help guys. Really appreciate it.
You say the bath is going into an alcove? How deep is it? Is it possible to overboard or build out one side to make the bath a snug fit?
Your tile size is generally too large for tubbed adhesive. And you say you're running off a combination boiler so you'll have 1.5 bar pressure on both got and main supply (depending on what you set on the boiler but 1.5 is the normal mains pressure) so in my opinion although you may only use it once a week your shower will use a lot of water. Id say its a heavy wet area. You really should use a powder rather than ready mix in my opinion.
Your tile size is generally too large for tubbed adhesive. And you say you're running off a combination boiler so you'll have 1.5 bar pressure on both got and main supply (depending on what you set on the boiler but 1.5 is the normal mains pressure) so in my opinion although you may only use it once a week your shower will use a lot of water. Id say its a heavy wet area. You really should use a powder rather than ready mix in my opinion.
Martyn Leeds
TF
Can you just overboard the 2 end walls with a 12mm board + tile = nice and snug
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mattle40
My thoughts exactly. What he said ^
