alternative to wall tiles

bindiboo

hi

we are in the process of converting our understairs cupboard into a cloakroom with toilet and hand basin. all the basics are complete and we will need to tile or something soon. the carcass of the cloakroom will need lining with ply or something to give it a smooth fininsh on which to tile onto. However I know that you can get these sheets for use in bathrooms as an alternative to tiling and these can be stuck on with adhesive. I am not sure what they are call or whether you can get them online. You can get them in various finishes and designs and colours. Can anyone help:T

uncle_buck_3

I believe the stuff you’re after is called "Decorative Interior Cladding" …its pvc with a marble type pattern on it.

I have seen this in B&Q so you could try there or if you have any building plastic suppliers in your area (yellow pages) give them a ring as they may be a lot cheaper than B&Q.

HTH

garret1

We did our bathroom and kitchen with tongue and groove and painted it. looks really good.

vivaladiva

bindiboo wrote:

hi

we are in the process of converting our understairs cupboard into a cloakroom with toilet and hand basin. all the basics are complete and we will need to tile or something soon. the carcass of the cloakroom will need lining with ply or something to give it a smooth fininsh on which to tile onto. However I know that you can get these sheets for use in bathrooms as an alternative to tiling and these can be stuck on with adhesive. I am not sure what they are call or whether you can get them online. You can get them in various finishes and designs and colours. Can anyone help:T

You can also get Easitile, which is mdf and you paint it to whatever colour you want. Homehase sell it and they do have a website https://www.easipanel.co.uk.
Occasionally it crops up on eBay too.

ToAoB

Have a look at Bathroom Marquee and this is their range of wall panels

Hope this is what you wanted?

rsvtoddy

Mermaid panels?

Anic

Hi,

I thought I would tag this onto the end of this thread as it is on the same sort of topic and hopefully someone can help me.

Anyway, after having to have one of the walls in our shower cubicle totally replaced, we have decided to go for these wall panels in the shower cubicle instead of tiles.

Having never used them before I am a bit confused as to what type to actually go for.

Is there any important differences between the various makes (apart from price), and can anybody recommend the brand that they have used?

After having a look at the "Technical Section" of the Bathroom Marquee's website, the specifications for the "Grossfillex" and "Decos" seem to be totally different and I don't even know how to start comparing them.

I was also talking to a joiner friend about what we were going to do and he said he has only seen these sort of panels once before and personnally wasn't very impressed with the "honeycomb" style boards (like Decos, etc) as he didn't see how they could be waterproof at the joints. (It may well have been that the person putting them in wasn't doing it properly - I don't know)

He wasn't certain but thought maybe a solid board like wetwall or mermaid could be a better option as they are bigger panels and one panel would cover the whole of the one wall, so there would be less joins.(Although he did admit he had no experience of this type at all and was only summising).

I know if I were to go for the "honeycomb" style I would probably use sealant between the joints anyway and this would hopefully make them totally waterproof.

But not knowing one version from another, I was just hoping that someone who has used either versions could give me their opinions and any pros/cons of each.

Many thanks in advance

Anic

Can anybody help please?

elektra-2007

this is an old thread, but im interested in using these boards ive found websites selling them. Has anyone used them? what do you use to fix them to the wall an how do you finish off the top if you dont go all the way up, can they be cut to size and for plugs??
any help would be great...

Alan_M_2

I once built a steam room using Mermaid Panels. That's about as tough as it gets.

10 years later it's still going strong.

It's all about the joints with this stuff.

I would build a very flat timber frame and glue the boards directly to the framework. For this kind of fit to work everything must be flat and level. Spend time getting the frame right and the boards are a simple job.