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, eg
http://www.bathroommarquee.co.uk/decos-spaceline.php
http://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

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.

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

It has the advantage that there is little surface preparation required
and quick & easy to fit. Some is removable. However it scratches and
is noisy (wnen the water hits it).

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

We've used these ones a few times:
http://www.multipanel.co.uk/

They look good, are lasting well so far (6 years or so for the first
ones we fitted) and are easy to fit.
From memory we pay about £75 + VAT for an 8 x 4 sheet in white, a bit
more for the more interesting ones.
When we fit them in our house, I'm thinking about adding the concealed
speaker system - http://www.multipanel.co.uk/soundPanel/soundpanel.asp

A

On 14/01/2011 20:18, andrew wrote:
On Jan 14, 6:03 pm, 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

We've used these ones a few times:
http://www.multipanel.co.uk/

They look good, are lasting well so far (6 years or so for the first
ones we fitted) and are easy to fit.
From memory we pay about £75 + VAT for an 8 x 4 sheet in white, a bit
more for the more interesting ones.
When we fit them in our house, I'm thinking about adding the concealed
speaker system - http://www.multipanel.co.uk/soundPanel/soundpanel.asp

A

I was looking at the free standing shower cubicles (Kubex and others)
that are delivered assembled. A bit pricey but I guess they would be
quick to install.

On Jan 15, 9:53 am, stuart noble wrote:
On 14/01/2011 20:18, andrew wrote:



On Jan 14, 6:03 pm, 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://mermaidpan...)

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

We've used these ones a few times:
http://www.multipanel.co.uk/

They look good, are lasting well so far (6 years or so for the first
ones we fitted) and are easy to fit.
From memory we pay about 75 + VAT for an 8 x 4 sheet in white, a bit
more for the more interesting ones.
When we fit them in our house, I'm thinking about adding the concealed
speaker system -http://www.multipanel.co.uk/soundPanel/soundpanel.asp

A

I was looking at the free standing shower cubicles (Kubex and others)
that are delivered assembled. A bit pricey but I guess they would be
quick to install.

once stayed in a holiday apartment that had these as a shower and a
steam shower - by the time we visited they very creaky, fading,
cracked (presumably from accidents??), and general felt charmless,
cheap and generally "in need of replacement".

Jim K

On 15/01/2011 10:07, Jim K wrote:
On Jan 15, 9:53 am, stuart wrote:
On 14/01/2011 20:18, andrew wrote:



On Jan 14, 6:03 pm, 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://mermaidpan...)

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

We've used these ones a few times:
http://www.multipanel.co.uk/

They look good, are lasting well so far (6 years or so for the first
ones we fitted) and are easy to fit.
From memory we pay about 75 + VAT for an 8 x 4 sheet in white, a bit
more for the more interesting ones.
When we fit them in our house, I'm thinking about adding the concealed
speaker system -http://www.multipanel.co.uk/soundPanel/soundpanel.asp

A

I was looking at the free standing shower cubicles (Kubex and others)
that are delivered assembled. A bit pricey but I guess they would be
quick to install.

once stayed in a holiday apartment that had these as a shower and a
steam shower - by the time we visited they very creaky, fading,
cracked (presumably from accidents??), and general felt charmless,
cheap and generally "in need of replacement".

Jim K

Yes, I did wonder about that. Haven't had a bath for over 10 years
though, so some sort of walk in shower (preferably with an armchair)
seems to be the way forward.

On 14/01/2011 20:18, andrew wrote:
On Jan 14, 6:03 pm, 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.

We've used these ones a few times:
http://www.multipanel.co.uk/

They look good, are lasting well so far (6 years or so for the first
ones we fitted) and are easy to fit.
From memory we pay about £75 + VAT for an 8 x 4 sheet in white, a bit
more for the more interesting ones.

Thanks a lot for this - looks very interesting and I may well go down
this route.

Seems that you can attach[1] this stuff direct to the battens in the
surrounding studwork, ie no need for plasterboard/aquapanel: does that
work OK?

When we fit them in our house, I'm thinking about adding the concealed
speaker system - http://www.multipanel.co.uk/soundPanel/soundpanel.asp

That looks *really* cool but at £350 against my £10 shower radio I fear
I may have some difficulty getting that one past SWMBO!

David

[1] This is officially the last time I'm going to use this word in
usenet posts. "Fix" from now on. Fed up with Thunderbird asking me each
time "Did you forget to add an attachment?" - "No, send now" Christ -
worthy of Micr$oft...

On 15/01/2011 09:53, stuart noble wrote:
On 14/01/2011 20:18, andrew wrote:
On Jan 14, 6:03 pm, 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 was looking at the free standing shower cubicles (Kubex and others)
that are delivered assembled. A bit pricey but I guess they would be
quick to install.

Thanks but this is a refurb of an existing (leaking, allegedly
pro-installed) shower in a 3-walled recess, so I want to replace like
with like rather than destroying the whole bathroom!

David

Lobster wrote:

Fed up with Thunderbird asking me each time
"Did you forget to add an attachment?"

Edit/Preferences (maybe Tools/Options for Windows) Composition/General
and untick 'check for missing attachments'

On Jan 16, 9:31*am, Lobster wrote:
On 14/01/2011 20:18, andrew wrote:

On Jan 14, 6:03 pm, *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.
We've used these ones a few times:
http://www.multipanel.co.uk/

They look good, are lasting well so far (6 years or so for the first
ones we fitted) and are easy to fit.
*From memory we pay about £75 + VAT for an 8 x 4 sheet in white, a bit
more for the more interesting ones.

Thanks a lot for this - looks very interesting and I may well go down
this route.

Seems that you can attach[1] this stuff direct to the battens in the
surrounding studwork, ie no need for plasterboard/aquapanel: does that
work OK?


Works fine. The stuff is basically 0.5 inch plywood with a high
pressure laminate bonded to the face, so it's pretty rigid. First time
we used it was lining a full room - we glued it straight to the studs
of the existing 100 year old stud wall.

When we fit them in our house, I'm thinking about adding the concealed
speaker system -http://www.multipanel.co.uk/soundPanel/soundpanel.asp

That looks *really* cool but at £350 against my £10 shower radio I fear
I may have some difficulty getting that one past SWMBO!


I think the trade price is a lot less than that, but still not cheap!

A

On 16/01/2011 10:34, Andy Burns wrote:
Lobster wrote:

Fed up with Thunderbird asking me each time
"Did you forget to add an attachment?"

Edit/Preferences (maybe Tools/Options for Windows) Composition/General
and untick 'check for missing attachments'

Thanks for that: Thunderbird is forgiven!