Think you are talking about a niche. One in the shower is nice for storing shampoo etc.
Shower room/Wet room
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Think you are talking about a niche. One in the shower is nice for storing shampoo etc.
Yes that. I'm thinking of having 2 made, both on the same level as each other with the same dimensions but side by side. One will be above the toilet and one behind the shower. I'll be losing space there anyway with the frame so may as well make full use of it although they won't be that deep but still enough to hold shampoo bottles etc as you said.
I'm looking online and there seems to be different types of 'waterproof boards', you mentioned hardiboard. How does this sound...
Floor boards back on the entire bathroom apart from shower tray area. Plywood sat in shower tray area nailed to wooden joists. On top of all the floorboards put some waterproof boards also above the plywood but obviously that part will be slightly lower. The part which is lower is also exposed on the edges but waterproof that area with some sort of waterproofing tape and also tape around all the edges of the bathroom. I've also purchased some electric underfloor heating. The previous shower was electric so we are using the wiring from that for the underfloor. The heating will sit on this waterproof board then I think it requires some levelling compound or can you simply use tile adhesive and tile straight over that?
Hardibacker is a cement board, it isn't waterproof in bathrooms it is mainly used in 6mm size for over boarding wooden floors or behind floating toilets. For tiling and waterproof board which are particularly good in shower areas look at Marmox boards or Jackoboard. You can also buy preformed niches for these boards which are fully waterproof, with these boards you glue and tape the joints, you can see that in the second image I posted before. You can also see I used a classi seal on the shower tray when tiled over the shower tray cant leak unlike using silicone which will degrade over time.
With underfloor heating you would lay an insulation board first like Marmox, then your heating mat, then that is screeded down with a flexible self levelling compound and then you tile. Tile floors with an S2 class powder adhesive as well, no ready mix tubs.
With underfloor heating you would lay an insulation board first like Marmox, then your heating mat, then that is screeded down with a flexible self levelling compound and then you tile. Tile floors with an S2 class powder adhesive as well, no ready mix tubs.
Finished it today, was a long road with many hiccups but finally got there. Will put some pics up tomorrow but I'm very pleased with the results.
In the end I got a 1200mm long shower tray with 1000mm glass shower screen. RAK wall hung toilet and concealed frame with RAK soft close toilet seat. Loose wire underfloor electric heating. Britton walk hung sink and unit. Standard chrome towel hang radiator. Suspended ceiling with cladding and spotlights. Led heated/de-mist mirror.
In the end I got a 1200mm long shower tray with 1000mm glass shower screen. RAK wall hung toilet and concealed frame with RAK soft close toilet seat. Loose wire underfloor electric heating. Britton walk hung sink and unit. Standard chrome towel hang radiator. Suspended ceiling with cladding and spotlights. Led heated/de-mist mirror.
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Before
https://ibb.co/kGT653q
After
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Total cost was approx 3.5k. Slightly over budget but it was the extra bits and pieces that kept adding up - the pipes, fittings, adhesives, boards etc. Some bargains were picked up e.g. the 8mm shower screen was £20 brand new from someone on gumtree, mirror £50 brand new also from gumtree. A lot of the wooden beams for the frame I got for free. Tiles were slightly discounted from a friend of mine who had ~30x spare boxes. It took the two of us around 3 weeks to do in total, was on and off from early this month when I started back in work full time. Overall, very pleased with the result.
https://ibb.co/kGT653q
After
https://ibb.co/0jxZdwF
Total cost was approx 3.5k. Slightly over budget but it was the extra bits and pieces that kept adding up - the pipes, fittings, adhesives, boards etc. Some bargains were picked up e.g. the 8mm shower screen was £20 brand new from someone on gumtree, mirror £50 brand new also from gumtree. A lot of the wooden beams for the frame I got for free. Tiles were slightly discounted from a friend of mine who had ~30x spare boxes. It took the two of us around 3 weeks to do in total, was on and off from early this month when I started back in work full time. Overall, very pleased with the result.
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Those results are great
What mirror did you buy? I'm looking for something similar for our ensuite.
Those results are great
What mirror did you buy? I'm looking for something similar for our ensuite.
Thanks.
No idea on the brand but she picked it up from wayfair? And if I remember correctly the receipt showed ~£125. It was still sealed when I got it, I thought it was a bargain at £50. Get on gumtree or even FB market and just keep an eye out on there.
No, it isn't fully fixed yet. The support arm I got with the screen is quite small and attaches at an angle and I don't really like it - plus I think if I tried to fit that it would catch the shower head anyway. I need to get a support arm that attaches perpendicular to the screen nearer the sink side. I'm on the lookout for one atm.
It's secured enough just stood there but I wouldn't be confident if I leaned on it or anything plus with kids I'm not gonna risk it.
*RESURRECTING THREAD*
Older parents now evaluating the tiled wet room versus tray market(concrete ground floor) potentially using B&Q contract firm.
Don't yet know what tiled solution b&q proposing, but expecting to see a system like -
Schlüter-KERDI-SHOWER-T is a modular system for building floor-level showers with ceramic tiles. The sloped trays are available in various dimensions for centre and off-centre placement of the matching floor drain system.
after pictures have gone, whose shower tray did you get - was it very low profile ? (low trip potential)
Older parents now evaluating the tiled wet room versus tray market(concrete ground floor) potentially using B&Q contract firm.
They look nice , reliable, water constraining, non-slip, compared to tiled options.
Don't yet know what tiled solution b&q proposing, but expecting to see a system like -
Schlüter-KERDI-SHOWER-T is a modular system for building floor-level showers with ceramic tiles. The sloped trays are available in various dimensions for centre and off-centre placement of the matching floor drain system.
I highly doubt b&q would be using top quality products like those @jpaul, they would probably be using no name brand boards and tapes. Honestly if your parents want a wet room I would find a specialist who does them all the time and not a cowboy outfit like b&q.
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Shower tray was fairly low profile at 40/45mm. It was laid directly over the floorboards but secured and levelled with cement which raised it a bit more. However, once insulation boards were laid everywhere else (for underfloor heating), then the levelling compound and then tiles with adhesive, the shower tray is raised around 25-30mm at a guess.
I'm away from home atm so can't measure to check but trip risk is so minimal its never even entered my mind. I've since purchased a support arm for the shower screen, not had time to fit it yet though.
https://ibb.co/kGDGtX0
https://ibb.co/vV6LkXk
Shower tray was fairly low profile at 40/45mm. It was laid directly over the floorboards but secured and levelled with cement which raised it a bit more. However, once insulation boards were laid everywhere else (for underfloor heating), then the levelling compound and then tiles with adhesive, the shower tray is raised around 25-30mm at a guess.
I'm away from home atm so can't measure to check but trip risk is so minimal its never even entered my mind. I've since purchased a support arm for the shower screen, not had time to fit it yet though.
For what it's worth we went with a sort of hybrid on our install with B&Q providing a bunch of stuff and the fitter and us providing a bunch of other bits such as the tiles and the shower tray so there's nothing to say you can't do the same.
That said, next time out we just found well reviewed plumbers and bought it all ourselves which gave us much more flexibility but both cost more and lead to stresses over incompatible bits/delivery timings etc.
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We had a wet room installed and whilst it looks sexy, it's a pain in the arse as you get water all over the floor that you have to dry up.
Next time we're going for the same 'look' but with a low profile shower tray.
No trouble with leaks or floor movement so far in 4 years. It was decoupled and tanked and whatnot, though I remember being worried that they laid it on 'waterproof chipboard' instead of ply or purpose-made cement board.
Next time we're going for the same 'look' but with a low profile shower tray.
No trouble with leaks or floor movement so far in 4 years. It was decoupled and tanked and whatnot, though I remember being worried that they laid it on 'waterproof chipboard' instead of ply or purpose-made cement board.