I'm getting ready to fit out a new shower-room - currently the stud
partition walls are dry lined (but not plastered yet) and other
(external) walls are rough old plaster in need of some treatment
before tiling / painting - they are out of true in both planes as you
look at them and would be a b*gger to try and tile as is....

Floor is old boards and new chipboard "patchwork", no ceiling yet
either!
Plan to do ceiling in foam backed plasterboard and skim, possibly same
on other walls too?

In the planned shower corner (traditional not wet room nonsense) I
would appreciate comments/recommendations for what to do to the walls
prior to plastering, installing shower tray etc - at the least I
expect to tile in the shower cubicle, altho I have seen the new
"formica" type sheets that are "new" trhese days - anyone bought/
fitted em?

cheers
jim

jim wrote:
I'm getting ready to fit out a new shower-room - currently the stud
partition walls are dry lined (but not plastered yet) and other
(external) walls are rough old plaster in need of some treatment
before tiling / painting - they are out of true in both planes as you
look at them and would be a b*gger to try and tile as is....

Floor is old boards and new chipboard "patchwork", no ceiling yet
either!
Plan to do ceiling in foam backed plasterboard and skim, possibly same
on other walls too?

In the planned shower corner (traditional not wet room nonsense) I
would appreciate comments/recommendations for what to do to the walls
prior to plastering, installing shower tray etc - at the least I
expect to tile in the shower cubicle, altho I have seen the new
"formica" type sheets that are "new" trhese days - anyone bought/
fitted em?

Yes. Real pain getting the sheets ti fit into the corner moulding & a real
pain to seal at the base e.g. if walls have a slight bump in them. Wouldn't
use them again.


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Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

On 1 Feb, 14:48, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:
jim wrote:
I'm getting ready to fit out a new shower-room - currently the stud
partition walls are dry lined (but not plastered yet) and other
(external) walls are rough old plaster in need of some treatment
before tiling / painting - they are out of true in both planes as you
look at them and would be a b*gger to try and tile as is....

Floor is old boards and new chipboard "patchwork", no ceiling yet
either!
Plan to do ceiling in foam backed plasterboard and skim, possibly same
on other walls too?

In the planned shower corner (traditional not wet room nonsense) I
would appreciate comments/recommendations for what to do to the walls
prior to plastering, installing shower tray etc - at the least I
expect to tile in the shower cubicle, altho I have seen the new
"formica" type sheets that are "new" trhese days - anyone bought/
fitted em?

Yes. Real pain getting the sheets ti fit into the corner moulding & a real
pain to seal at the base e.g. if walls have a slight bump in them. Wouldn't
use them again.

--
Dave - The Medway Handymanwww.medwayhandyman.co.uk

Noted - thanks
any thoughts on what would be best thing to use to subsequently tile
onto - for longevity, ease etc?? seen aquapanel mentioned here and
there but not seen a reasonable pros/cons type discussion to decide if
worth extra over plasterboard...

ta
jim

prior to plastering, installing shower tray etc - at the least I
expect to tile in the shower cubicle, altho I have seen the new
"formica" type sheets that are "new" trhese days - anyone bought/
fitted em?

Yes. Real pain getting the sheets ti fit into the corner moulding & a
real pain to seal at the base e.g. if walls have a slight bump in them.
Wouldn't use them again.


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk


For my own use I would go for the laminated ply every time in a shower.
Expensive but lasts forever. Yes, they are tight fitting the corner
mouldings. You do need to pack them out to avoid bumps. But sealing at the
bottom is OK if you go over a conventional plastic angle as you would for
tiling. I'll never tile over ordinary plasterboard again (though the
cement/fibre stuff like aquapanel is ok).

In article
,
jim wrote:
In the planned shower corner (traditional not wet room nonsense) I
would appreciate comments/recommendations for what to do to the walls
prior to plastering, installing shower tray etc - at the least I
expect to tile in the shower cubicle, altho I have seen the new
"formica" type sheets that are "new" trhese days - anyone bought/
fitted em?

If you are tiling, straight onto plasterboard will be fine - assuming the
stud work is properly constructed so there's no undue movement which could
crack the grout. Obviously you'll need to seal corners and wall to 'floor'
with silicone.

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