On Jan 14, 6:03*pm, Lobster wrote:
Will be refurbishing our shower at home shortly. *SWMBO has decided that
it might be nice to fit it out with flat perspex-type panels rather than
conventional tiles, like you often get in hotel rooms etc.

I have no experience of fitting anything like this, and googling has
thrown up number of possible suppliers (none of which I've ever heard of, eghttp://www.bathroommarquee.co.uk/decos-spaceline.phphttp://mermaidpanels..com/)

Costs appear to vary from about the same as tiling to substantially
more. *Anyone done this as a viable alternative to tiling? *Any tips,
experiences, sources of materials etc gratefully received.

David

Hotels use Corian, or its clones - known generically as "solid
surface". It's a pretty expensive product. Also used as kitchen
worktops - usually positioned between laminates and marble/granite in
terms of price and quality.

Corian is made by DuPont, and they are not keen to sell to the public.

LG make HI-MACS, which may be easier to obtain.

They're worked rather like a dense board material - sawn and then
trimmed with a router bit. I think the LG product installer guides are
available online. Given the cost, it isn't really one you'd dive into
unless you're pretty confident of producing excellent results with
expensive materials.

The decos-spaceline material you linked to isn't a solid-surface
material. The Mermaid Panles product probably is.