Shower board or tiles?

jem16

My son needs to replace a section of tiling owing to problems with a shower.

As opposed to trying to get tiles tomatch what is there I wondered if it would be best to get shower board.

Does anyone know how it compares, cost wise ( as he's on a budget) compared to tiles?

googler

Even if it is more expensive, it pays for itself in terms of being easier to clean.

jem16

Yes I know that.

However he's just been hit with a bill for £600 and doesn't want to see it go even higher.

googler

What was the £600 for? Fixing the shower? Fitting a replacement?

FWIW, we just fitted bathroom out with a product called Showerwall around our chosen shower and enclosure.

2440x900 piece £86.49 plus VAT
Aluminium extrusions for edging £18 each
Adhesive to secure it to wall - £4 per tube
Edge sealant £4 per tube

plus joiner and plumber time to fit it (allowing for the fact that the shower should be attached over the top of the showerwall) - couple of hours one day to fix to wall, leave adhesive to dry, apply sealant and trims next day, leave them to dry, fit shower on third day (approx)

It fairly mounts up......

jem16

googler wrote: »

What was the £600 for? Fixing the shower? Fitting a replacement?

£230 was the quote for the supply and fitting of a replacement shower. The original shower was an electric shower which has packed up and the new shower was going to be one which worked with the Combi boiler.

Unfortunately when the plumber came to fit it, he discovered that water had been leaking through a hole in the bath sealant and has caused serious damage to the wall from bath level down plus the floorboards beneath. The extra £370 was to put all that right by replacing the section of wall, floorboards, treatment to ensure it doesn't turn into dry rot etc.

That's why he's trying to avoid too much extra expense.

FWIW, we just fitted bathroom out with a product called Showerwall around our chosen shower and enclosure.

2440x900 piece £86.49 plus VAT
Aluminium extrusions for edging £18 each
Adhesive to secure it to wall - £4 per tube
Edge sealant £4 per tube

plus joiner and plumber time to fit it (allowing for the fact that the shower should be attached over the top of the showerwall) - couple of hours one day to fix to wall, leave adhesive to dry, apply sealant and trims next day, leave them to dry, fit shower on third day (approx)

It fairly mounts up......

Thanks.

We'll try and compare that cost of tiles - around a 100 I believe. The problem I think is that the size of the original tiles doesn't seem to be available now.

The_Blue_Hatter

As a patch up idea you could try using mosaic tiles to go with existing tiles and make it look like a feature rather than a patch up.