tiling a bath panel

[peteablard]

thats the plumbers fault or whoever supplied them then. nothing to do with tiler.
its like plasering a house and someone telling me to leave gaps everywhere there is a joint at a pipe,just incase it leaks.
to me personally it looks crap,may as well tile the whole panel then fit it with chrome screws at each corner and middle and Silicon in

i got paid for sorting it so I didn't point my finger too much!

 

[widler]

See, best of both worlds

 

[Sean Kelly]

Thanks for all your responses,I take it that the plasterboard is primed as well as the ply,and flexi adhesives.
plasterboard has to be the cheapest,and quickest out of the two if on a budget,I done a couple of bathrooms recently,tiling bath panels,and boxed in hideaway toilet systems,out of 12mm ply which I primed and used flexi adhesives and grouts,and had a couple of tiles 600 x300 which came off quite easily,that I had to refit,kinda put me off using ply.
feel like you get better adhesion with say plasterboard,hardie backer board,wedi or dukka type boards,any of yous feel the same or is it me,maybe my primer had been affected by the cold or my flexi adhesive was to blame,can only be one of those two reasons that a couple of tiles came off,what do you boys think,
regards Darren

Darren, your 600x300 tiles probably came away because:
1. They are heavy.
2. There was deflection. The slightest bit of bending will cause the tiles to come away from the ply.
3. The adhesive dried too quickly.
4. Ply is wood and wood is a bit like a sponge...............the ply probably warped.

 

[rd99]

thats the plumbers fault or whoever supplied them then. nothing to do with tiler.
its like plasering a house and someone telling me to leave gaps everywhere there is a joint at a pipe,just incase it leaks.
to me personally it looks crap,may as well tile the whole panel then fit it with chrome screws at each corner and middle and Silicon in

Why not attach some magnets to the underside instead of screws, then you can pull off the panel as and when required.

 

[Bubblecraft]

Why not attach some magnets to the underside instead of screws, then you can pull off the panel as and when required.

Schlüter do a system for this:
http://www.schluter.com/11_1_rema.aspx
Personally not used it but looks great

 

[darren pealing]

Thanks sean,definitely not using ply in those circumstances again,due to your explanation of wood,most builders i work for seem to always get ply,i will be advising against in future,its going to be either hardie backer,wedi or similar product or plasterboard [primed],leaving access for a plumber if ever they get a leak,never used those magnets,always used mirror screws,like the idea that you don't see any fixings.thanks again for all your input.

 

[waterfd]

I've used the Schluter Rema a few times using colour matched Silicon for the grout lines and you wouldn't know they are there. Haven't been called back once so far.