Tiling on fibreglass

[cyclonebri1]

Wow, thanks for all the responses, only been a couple of hours

The warnings re smell and "messiness", I'm aware of and I won't dismiss them lightly, but I'm certain for less than a £100 I can mould out the whole floor and the wet wall area. Merle, thanks for your ongoing help.

If I do give up on this what would the next most cost effective solution be, ie which tanking materials, brands etc to use.

A little more detail;
the room is about 8ft by 6ft, very sound and dry 3/4 tongue and groove pine flooring. Because the bedroom has a solid oak block floor I can use 3/4" ply over the boards and plane a fall into the triangulation to the drain if you get what I mean.

This would be effective with either glass or other tanking.

The stink of fibrre glass for a few weeks was the biggest worry

 

[White Room]

Why don't you get a wet room tray rather than try to skimp on somethink which may be an inafective means to an end

 

[cyclonebri1]

Why don't you get a wet room tray rather than try to skimp on somethink which may be an inafective means to an end

If I honestly thought it would be ineffective I would not consider going that route, just trying to be "cost effective"

Any tips on alternative tanking materials/suppliers?, I do fancy doing it this way rather than using a preformed tray.

Cheers again,

 

[jay]

you could have a word to wetdeck send him a pm on here :8:

 

[Colour Republic]

If I honestly thought it would be ineffective I would not consider going that route, just trying to be "cost effective"

Any tips on alternative tanking materials/suppliers?, I do fancy doing it this way rather than using a preformed tray.

Cheers again,

I don't think the tray itself would be ineffective, if fact I’d think it would do its job very well, I wouldn't like to comment on how suitable it is to tile onto as I have never tried, so I'd seek the advice of any adhesive manufacturers that you plan to use.

I doubt you'd find many tilers that have ever done this as to a professional it is anything but cost effective, regardless of the material costs the labour involved in making a tray and then fibre glassing it far outweigh saving a a couple of hundred quid in materials - The end cost to a customer would be far greater taking this into account.

It really depends on your circumstances, I understand you are doing this for your daughter and you may have time on your hands so it might work out cheaper for you.

Sometimes tradesmen are asked to do something a bit out of the ordinary and 'bespoke' so we research the market for products and if nothing exists then we may make something up that we feel will work and often this may come about by applying logic from other areas of life, much like you having worked with fibreglass, feel it would do a good job. Although we would discuss with the customer that it is untested and would they like to take the risk. But in this instance there are products on the market, in fact there are quite a few, which are tried and tested and designed for the job so as professionals you opt for this option as it's often cheaper, quicker and guaranteed if installed correctly.

Good luck with whatever you decide and let us know how it went and what the adhesive manufacturers said

 

[jay]

about the only adh that would be suitable would be epoxy (not cheap) if you do go fiberglass get some clean sharp sand and trowel in to finish coat before it drys to help give a bit more key have seen this done good luck:8:

 

[cyclonebri1]

about the only adh that would be suitable would be epoxy (not cheap) if you do go fiberglass get some clean sharp sand and trowel in to finish coat before it drys to help give a bit more key have seen this done good luck:8:

You know Jay that was at the back of my mind. I've got most gear, inc sand blasting. When I tanked out a sub level garage many years ago I applied sand before the final render coat. Could blast that onto the wet epoxy face??

Having said that, the posts receivced so far have given me several more options

 

[macken]

just a note on fiberglass just n case you go with it.
i live in ireland and tile on fiberglass quite often.i dont do fiberglassing but sand is used for extra key.
the smell only lasts a day or two.we use bondmaster adhesive over here and its fine for fiberglass.any of the white bagged adhesive would do id say.
finally the lads on here have more experience than me so best of luck with job.

 

[cyclonebri1]

just a note on fiberglass just n case you go with it.
i live in ireland and tile on fiberglass quite often.i dont do fiberglassing but sand is used for extra key.
the smell only lasts a day or two.we use bondmaster adhesive over here and its fine for fiberglass.any of the white bagged adhesive would do id say.
finally the lads on here have more experience than me so best of luck with job.

Mack, I think that rounds it up then, cheers. I have all the answers to the question I asked. Thanks to all.


Can I just say what a pleasant change to come on a forum as a "newbie" and not be maligned, or shot down by so called professionals. Good on you guys:hurray::hurray::hurray::hurray:

 

[merlecollins]

No problem Cyclonebri1

Don't be a stranger:lol: