thinking of making downstairs wc into a wetroom

Tucker

If it's done wrong or badly, it it will be costing far more than the quote to put right....

I'm surprised anyone would be able to deal with the flooring and tank it all properly for £400???

Are you sure about this plumbers expertise in this area. Has he explained exactly what he doing with the floor and how the existing arrangement will be altered?

Without some serious specifics, I wouldn't touch him.

blushingbride_3

Does it still need to be tanked even with the special rubber floor that comes up at the sides?

He only gave me a rough price they get someone into do the flooring

Tucker

What if the flooring fails at some stage? Then you have a major structural risk.

The tanking usually involves the walls too as grout can crack.

nickjohn

just seen your post.. Did a wet room myself, had a wooden floor so we cut out a section and laid a pre formed base which gave the fall to the trap then overlaid this with a special waterproof matting which overlapped up the sides, this was then all tiled over. From what I remember the matting - pre formed base and trap came to a few hundred pounds on their own, there was then wall and floor tiles and special wet room grout and adhesive so your quote does seem way off the mark.

The heat and plumb web site has all the parts and info you would need check it out first....

andyhop

You require a tuff2 wetroom former £350

You require tanking membrane for the walls £80

Adhesive and grouts for wall tiling £100

The sheet vinyl will act as a water proof barrier and will not need tanking underneath as along as the vinyl is rolled up the walls and a rubber trim used to seal between tile and vinyl

Bin you half-wit plumber as the guy has not got a clue