Bath frame?

psybear

I want to renovate a bathroom and, as part of the job, want to tile around the sides on a new bath, instead of having the usual plastic sides.

Is this a job for a joiner, or is it something that your average professional tiler would do?

I can tile myself, but couldn't build one of these.

Anyone know who could do this locally? (Belfast)

mattogier

I'm about to do the same.

All you need is a frame of 2"x2" supporting (horizontals at top and bottom with 5 verticals evenly spaced) 22mm marine ply (WBP) - you could use stainless steel screws and then coat the whole lot with a waterproof membrane but this is not needed if you are a half decent tiler.

And then tile over the top.

I am building a tiled step in front of mine too as we have 6 kids (we foster) and it'll give us somewhere to sit whilst combing out the nits!

Colin_Kee

Only thing I'd say on this is always keep a number of spare tiles. Unless the panel is somehow removable, if for some reason in years to come you have to gain access to the piping or drainage under the bath, you may end up breaking some tiles so spares are handy to have as chances of getting similar tiles would usually be slim..

psybear

Thanks for replies... no nearer to finding someone local who will do this for me though....

dmaher1

Just ensure you use MARINE plywood and not ordinary plywood as tiles will not stick to ordinary, water sucked into wood and expands causing tiles to fall off. A colleague of mine had this problem, with a professional tiler, so it mightnt be a well known problem.

if you can tile i dont see why you couldn't cut and screw a few bit of wood together? You won't even see the wood so I'd suggest giving it a go. I've renovated 2 houses myself and i've given a lot of things a go! Some more successfully than others ........