PVC Bathroom Wall Cladding/Panels

DXP55 said:
I tiled my bathroom about 5 years ago and I am still happy with the result - However on shower corner the corner isn't 90 degree so shower tray had a bit of a gap at each end - not in corner - I was plagued with a small leak so last September ripped shower out and put up two shower panels - They are travatine colour and fit fine - I had one 1200 x 2.2m and short side 900 x 2.2m

Put long side on first then butt short side up to it - It took a week for me to stick spacers onto tiles to make sure the boards sat square - was worth the work as fit was perfect - Put a new minimal shower cubicle up and works and look fine - Total cost for boards and trim was around £350

Boards are marine ply and 11mm thick

I polish boards with car polish and water just runs off and I also use a Karcher to clear remaining water off then dry with car drying towel.

By way - I looked at those plastic tiles/boards/strips and reminded me of wall covering in loo at Morrisons.
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That was an error in fitting the shower tray in the first place you either needed to bury it in the wall or build out the corner so you didn't have a gap!
 
We used them in our bathroom refit. Very easy to fit so only took a day (quite a large bathroom) and easy to maintain.
Would use them again as I hate tiling.

Estate agent pic taken from site as I can't find mine
Shower is full height clad and double width

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Bickaxe said:
We used them in our bathroom refit. Very easy to fit so only took a day (quite a large bathroom) and easy to maintain.
Would use them again as I hate tiling.

Estate agent pic taken from site as I can't find mine
Shower is full height clad and double width

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Thanks for that. I'm just waiting for my sample to come so we can make up our minds but yeah I expect we'll give it a go. Can I ask which one you used and where you bought it?
 
I can't remember. Think they were based in the North East off the top of my head.
It was about 3 years ago and my missus ordered it all after she asked for samples from a few places. Each panel was about 9ft tall and 30cm wide.

Slots together well, used a jigsaw to cut it. It bends around external corners well if you cut the back section (easy with a knife).

Might be this one...
http://www.decorcladdingcentre.co.uk/

One panel had a scratch so they sent another on an overnight. Was a slight batch shade difference and we didn't need it anyway.

Would definitely use them (the vinyl) again.
 
The thing that always makes them look cheap/nasty is the joints and edging, for some reason they always look hideous!
They have obvious advantages, but I've yet to see one that you can't spot a mile off...
Have done a bathroom recently that was all huge pieces of marble, floor to ceiling - and also done one where instead of tiles we used coloured glass to cover whole walls (small bathroom tho!) But both those were a lot more expensive than tiles!
 
Just received the sample before heading off to work. One shiny and one matt. both are pretty solid so I can't see them being damaged in normal use. The matt one doesn't look great, like it came off an inkjet printer or something but the shiny marble type actually looks alright.

Gonna measure up the bathroom on Thursday and price it up against tiles before I make the final decision but so far I'm almost certain we're gonna go with PVC now.
 
We have multipanel - priced it up and it was comparable to tiling - yes the boards are expensive BUT the labour cost (or time if doing yourself) evens it out.

I'll get a photo




 
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