Tiles versus Tile Boards/Wet boards

[MSMK]

Given the choice can anyone advise which they'd go for and the reasons why?-Am revamping bathroom and looking to remove existing tiles and use tileboards on all walls and into a window recess-my planned tiler says that going into the corners of the room and round into the window recesses can look unsightly-was looking to use Marbrex panels-any comments much appreciated Thanks Steve

 

[Gazzer]

Marmox ??...never heard of Marbrex ?

 

[DHTiling]

Aw we taking shower wall panels , not tiling related if ya are

 

[Rookery]

Sounds like Shower Wall to me. I've always felt they make a shower seem like one in a caravan. But of course I'm biased.

 

[charlie1]

Same as rookery... Why would anyone ever install the interior of a caravan in there house unless from purely a cleaning point of view, maybe your old and find it hard to clean. Put tiles in and get a pro to fit them any day, the inside of a house should be made of things like plaster, ceramic, wood, carpet, stone because they have an earthy feeling... Please do not put that rubbish wall board in your house, you will just want it ripped out in a few years

 

[Paulyboy]

Fitted out a motorway service station with this stuff, for the lorry drivers shower rooms.........its basically 9mm ply, with a laminated coating, came in 2.4m x 1.2m sheets, and used the supplied joining profiles and internal/external corner profiles. It looked ok when done, but, that was in a lorry park shower block.......dont know about in a domestic situation. It was a swine to cut,the adhesive was not too clever, and obviously, there is not a 90 degree corner in existence, so all the corners wanted to ping off from the surface...... swerve it if i was you. We were asked back 12 months later to rip it all out and tile it!!

 

[Stef]

Theres a lot of people up round my way getting Wet Wall instead of tiling.

Personally i hate the stuff as it never lasts & the amount of silicone normally used moulds very quickly.

In that case there is water ingress if mould appears after a short length of time. :ban:

 

[dave l and l]

yeah its getting used here alot too , either just inside the shower enclosure or the full bathroom.
veneered plywood siliconed onto any old wall doesnt seem right to me,
also i have noticed mdf ones are getting used now also, which seems totally crazy to me, joiners and plumbers are pushing at it because they can fit it.
people think is easy to clean, i am not a fan of it but it is becoming more and more popular

 

[kilty55]

we sometimes install a mix of shower boards and tiling if the customer wants it.....if the right board is chosen it can look nice but most of them are naff looking imo