Bath/shower area finish

Gavin83

danrv said:

plumb1_2 said:

Will this bathroom be finished before Christmas 😊

I do hope so.

Took me about 4 months to do mine and the wife was complaining about how long she was without a bath for. Think yourself lucky!

danrv

Gavin83 said:

danrv said:

plumb1_2 said:

Will this bathroom be finished before Christmas 😊

I do hope so.

Took me about 4 months to do mine and the wife was complaining about how long she was without a bath for. Think yourself lucky!

Yes. This is a ground up job and doing it as and when hence taking a long time.
At least it’s a room with a bath now.

Slinky

danrv said:

Gavin83 said:

danrv said:

plumb1_2 said:

Will this bathroom be finished before Christmas 😊

I do hope so.

Took me about 4 months to do mine and the wife was complaining about how long she was without a bath for. Think yourself lucky!

Yes. This is a ground up job and doing it as and when hence taking a long time.
At least it’s a room with a bath now.

It's no quicker in our case with builders doing it! I've had a bath sitting in my lounge along with fittings for 3 bath/shower rooms that I've been buying since the start of March. I think all that's gone in so far has been the valve for a shower. Hey ho the plumber is here this week working on the new central heating, followed by the downstairs shower room.  I'm hoping to have a bath by Christmas......

danrv

plumb1_2 said:

danrv said:

Bendy_House said:

Cheap PVC panels do look cheap. 

I tend to agree. I’ve not seen them in person but I think they use a hollow structure and are lightweight.
There’s plenty of colours and patterns available on the bathroomcladding site and are cheap at around £8.99 each panel.
Having had another look and bearing in mind that ceramic tiles are obviously solid, the Dumawall range on there looks good and easy to cut and fit. Hard wearing too.
Large format rather than long panels and 5mm depth.
Packs of eight though which could mean 
spending another £100 just for a couple more tiles.
https://bathroomcladdingdirect.co.uk/product-category/bathroom-cladding/dumaplast-cladding/dumawall-plus/

Not for me, better with large format tiles.
plus would also recommend fitting a classi-seal around the bath with having a shower over it.

Had some panel samples turn up. Look and feel decent enough and not the really cheap £9.00 ones.
It’s a compromise given the time factor/DIY installation.
Off cuts could be used for bath panel.

danrv

Bendy_House said:

So I'd suggest, if going for panels - and I'm seriously considering them myself - is choose some with a physical surface texture. 

I have twelve of these panel samples and some have a textured surface, others are smooth or gloss. Just wondering if it would make much difference.
Most are £19.00 a panel. 

plumb1_2

All depends on the colour scheme you are choosing for the walls and floor.
They look the hollow type approx 10mm thick, don’t know where you get a price of £19 for a 1 metre wide panel, cheapest I can get those for are about £50
Unless your getting 200/250 wide, then lots of joints.
If you keep to 900mm wide panels then you’ll only need 4, if doing 3 sides.

danrv

plumb1_2 said:

All depends on the colour scheme you are choosing for the walls and floor.
They look the hollow type approx 10mm thick, don’t know where you get a price of £19 for a 1 metre wide panel, cheapest I can get those for are about £50
Unless your getting 200/250 wide, then lots of joints.
If you keep to 900mm wide panels then you’ll only need 4, if doing 3 sides.

These are 8mm, 40cm wide for £18.99. 
The 250mm ones aren’t quite as hard wearing. Also got a couple of the 1m wide, 10mm panel samples. These are £71.00.
40cm x 4 would almost do the larger wall. Short by about 2” so just an extra thin strip there.

1m ones are huge and would cost over £300 with trims and edges etc. 40cm panels total £143 and there would probably be less waste too.

danrv

plumb1_2 said:

danrv said:

Bendy_House said:

Cheap PVC panels do look cheap. 

I tend to agree. I’ve not seen them in person but I think they use a hollow structure and are lightweight.
There’s plenty of colours and patterns available on the bathroomcladding site and are cheap at around £8.99 each panel.
Having had another look and bearing in mind that ceramic tiles are obviously solid, the Dumawall range on there looks good and easy to cut and fit. Hard wearing too.
Large format rather than long panels and 5mm depth.
Packs of eight though which could mean 
spending another £100 just for a couple more tiles.
https://bathroomcladdingdirect.co.uk/product-category/bathroom-cladding/dumaplast-cladding/dumawall-plus/

plus would also recommend fitting a classi-seal around the bath with having a shower over it.

This is probably the same sort of thing. Designed for 8mm panels so will go with that as part of a job lot.
https://bathroomcladdingdirect.co.uk/product/cladseal-bath-shower-trim/

plumb1_2

danrv said:

plumb1_2 said:

danrv said:

Bendy_House said:

Cheap PVC panels do look cheap. 

I tend to agree. I’ve not seen them in person but I think they use a hollow structure and are lightweight.
There’s plenty of colours and patterns available on the bathroomcladding site and are cheap at around £8.99 each panel.
Having had another look and bearing in mind that ceramic tiles are obviously solid, the Dumawall range on there looks good and easy to cut and fit. Hard wearing too.
Large format rather than long panels and 5mm depth.
Packs of eight though which could mean 
spending another £100 just for a couple more tiles.
https://bathroomcladdingdirect.co.uk/product-category/bathroom-cladding/dumaplast-cladding/dumawall-plus/

plus would also recommend fitting a classi-seal around the bath with having a shower over it.

This is probably the same sort of thing. Designed for 8mm panels so will go with that as part of a job lot.
https://bathroomcladdingdirect.co.uk/product/cladseal-bath-shower-trim/

Not the same, classi seal you fit to the bath before installing it, but your passed that point.

danrv

plumb1_2 said:

I have spent countless hours of my life looking for bathroom and floor tiles, and it sapped the life out of me. In the end I realised that good enough is good enough.

Exactly, so crack on with it Dan. 

Quite time consuming and just want it done now.
Cutting the PVC panels to size takes a bit of care but once a system is setup, it's fairly quick.
The small gap will be in the corner so will cut a small length to fit.
The electric shower will mount on the panels. Just need to drill and plug the mounting holes before fitting the panels on that wall.

I can fit the loose lay Vinyl tiles which I've bought and do skirting. I may get a plumber to fit loo and basin to save time.