Tiling Walk-in Shower Section

[wilfredolimb]

Hello Everyone, 1st post, great forum by the way glad I found it!!

My question is regarding a walk-in shower I'm building.
I've already built a stud partition wall to hold shower/plumbing etc, and this was build to fit a 1400 x 900 shower tray.
After briefly reading some of this forum, I'm getting the idea I should've have allowed for battens+backer board+tiles, to keep the water getting to the plastered walls?
Or can I simply stick backer boards to wall with plasterboard adhesive, tank and tile onto this?
I'm worried about it building up to far out and going to far over shower tray.
I've attached some images below of a quick 3D model I done of the finished bathroom (sort of!!), I have no photos of the actual thing on me.
Hope this all makes sense?!

Thanks in advance,

Wilfredo

 

[wetdec]

Hi

No requirement for backer board as I can see it, if you plasterboard the mosaiced area then tank it with a membrane you can just tile over the top of the membrane.

The Durabase membrane we use will suit you fine and we have a range of bases some of the sizes I have posted here :

http://www.tilersforums.com/tanking-wetrooms/10558-wet-room-tray-size.html


You dont say if its a concrete or wood floor ??


What software is that drawn on m8 ?


tiler

 

[wilfredolimb]

thanks for response tiler,

should i use cement/aquapanel to be extra safe instead of plasterboard?
Its a wooden floor, floorboards/joists etc.
I use autoCAD and 3DS Max.

Cheers mate

 

[wetdec]

Hi

In reality you are wasting money as the membrane is the safest way of tanking a membrane which combined with the flexible tapes creates a tank .

The floor as you know should be sound and if wood as you say would also benefit from tanking. Movement in floors especially at backround transition needs to be covered.

If you want to take a look at the site and email me further please do


tiler

 

[wilfredolimb]

ok will do, cheers