Small Bathroom Ideas

chrisb1357

I have a plaster person coming round on Sat to quote to just do the patch up work then for me to paint and to quote on re plaster all walls and again for me to paint.

I don't think I am going down the road of tiles floor to celling as that's to much change for the council. So I will paint the walls I think and replace the tiles around the bath and sink with the same ones but new.

With the boxing of soil pipe and other pipes I have not decided on what to do yet.

Chris

chrisb1357

Hi all,

Well the council has approved my ideas which is to tile from floor to celling and to paint the celling.

They have also approved that I can box in the toilet cistern and soil pipes etc (This I am not sure what to use for the boxing as they stated they need access to these if required)

Chris

Owain_Moneysaver

Plywood panels fixed with screws.

You can tile the panels if you want to match, but where the panels join don't use grout, use silicone, then it can be cut through with a sharp knife and the panels unscrewed (screw through the tiles, not tile over the screws!)

Insulating the boxing in will help stop you hearing all the other flats' toilet activities through the communal stack.

May be worth checking your council's timetables for bathroom renewal in case you're scheduled for a new bathroom within the next couple of years anyway.

chrisb1357

Hi

Will plywood not get damp or rot with being in the bathroom. I like the idea with tiles etc on the board.

No need to insulate as we are the top floor.

I will need to check with my council the renewal program but the toilet, basin and bath are in very good condition

Chris

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

Plywood panels fixed with screws.

You can tile the panels if you want to match, but where the panels join don't use grout, use silicone, then it can be cut through with a sharp knife and the panels unscrewed (screw through the tiles, not tile over the screws!)

Insulating the boxing in will help stop you hearing all the other flats' toilet activities through the communal stack.

May be worth checking your council's timetables for bathroom renewal in case you're scheduled for a new bathroom within the next couple of years anyway.

Owain_Moneysaver

chrisb1357 wrote: »

Hi

Will plywood not get damp or rot with being in the bathroom. I like the idea with tiles etc on the board.

Provided there's no holes where warm damp air from the bathroom can get into the void, shouldn't be a problem.

I would still insulate for acoustics as the noise of other flats' toilet activities will echo up the pipe.

drummer_666

i'm just doing my old bathroom. some plaster was bad, so knocked it off, rendered and skimming tonight.

on the bath wall i put up mositure resistant plaster board and I am going to tank this and the 2 other walls by the bath before tiling. grout isn't water proof, so tanking the wall will mean it will be properly sealed and wont' get damp/mouldy.

as I'm tiling all the walls floor to ceiling, I'm installing an extractor fan. but one with a pull cord, so it only comes on when I want it to - i.e. when showering/bathing.

keystone

chrisb1357 wrote: »

Will plywood not get damp or rot with being in the bathroom.

Not if you use WBP ply which is what you should be using. Oh and BTW make it a minimum 15mm thick. Anything less will flex and the tiles will fall off..

Cheers

mantis999

there is a lot of ideas http://www.houzz.com

chrisb1357

Hi all,
Well this morning I started to remove the blown plaster. I scored around the area's in the middle but half the other plaster decided to fall off the wall which I guest its a good job I did not try and tile over before hand.
Now where do I go from here. DO i just remove the rest of the top layer of plaster skim for the whole wall as the rest just seems to crumble off and have the whole wall skimmed then maybe tile or paint.

keystone

Get the loose off. If you til over it then all you'll have is tiles attached to loose plaster. However well they are stuck to the loose plaster they'll still fall off - eventually. It'll probably need a skim afterwards.

Cheers