Screeding, underfloor heating pipes and wet room decisions approach...

Floor heating design shows pipes laid across the whole area which will
need a bit of juggling to accommodate the shower waste.

The tile showrooms offer various sizes of pre-formed trays at moderately
exorbitant prices. With dry screed I imagine a skilled screeder could
create the falls within the tolerances needed for tiling.

My other surprise is that the *tanking membrane* is actually a cement
based roll on mix rather than the expected plastic sheet.

I know Tim posted his experiences with setting out his wetroom but is
there any other helpful experience in here?
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Tim Lamb

On Fri, 11 Aug 2017 09:57:21 +0100, Tim Lamb wrote:

Screeding, underfloor heating pipes and wet room decisions approach...

Floor heating design shows pipes laid across the whole area which will
need a bit of juggling to accommodate the shower waste.

The tile showrooms offer various sizes of pre-formed trays at moderately
exorbitant prices. With dry screed I imagine a skilled screeder could
create the falls within the tolerances needed for tiling.

My other surprise is that the *tanking membrane* is actually a cement
based roll on mix rather than the expected plastic sheet.

I know Tim posted his experiences with setting out his wetroom but is
there any other helpful experience in here?

Haven't read all the previous stuff, but we bought a pre-formed wet room
tray which works well, but we forgot to put a slight slope on the rest of
the floor so if water gets outside the tray it can go more or less
anywhere.

We had a wood floor with the tray, then a waterproof flooring material
(tanking membrane) over everything and up the walls to skirting height.
This was a plastic (or similar) sheet.

Apart from the lack of slope on the main floor everything seems good.

Cheers


Dave R



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On Fri, 11 Aug 2017 09:57:21 +0100, Tim Lamb wrote:

Screeding, underfloor heating pipes and wet room decisions approach...

Floor heating design shows pipes laid across the whole area which will
need a bit of juggling to accommodate the shower waste.

The tile showrooms offer various sizes of pre-formed trays at moderately
exorbitant prices. With dry screed I imagine a skilled screeder could
create the falls within the tolerances needed for tiling.

My other surprise is that the *tanking membrane* is actually a cement
based roll on mix rather than the expected plastic sheet.

I know Tim posted his experiences with setting out his wetroom but is
there any other helpful experience in here?

Haven't read all the previous stuff, but we bought a pre-formed wet room
tray which works well, but we forgot to put a slight slope on the rest of
the floor so if water gets outside the tray it can go more or less
anywhere.

We had a wood floor with the tray, then a waterproof flooring material
(tanking membrane) over everything and up the walls to skirting height.
This was a plastic (or similar) sheet.

Apart from the lack of slope on the main floor everything seems good.

I have looked at those. I'd like to put slopes on the entire room which
is only 2.25x1.6m. Pre-formed trays don't seem to go that big.

Also the tile showroom kit had a very low quality waste trap which
frightened me a bit. Might be OK for a boarded 2nd floor job where you
have some chance of future access.

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Tim Lamb

On Saturday, 12 August 2017 15:54:57 UTC+1, David WE Roberts (Google) wrote:

Haven't read all the previous stuff, but we bought a pre-formed wet room
tray which works well, but we forgot to put a slight slope on the rest of
the floor so if water gets outside the tray it can go more or less
anywhere.

big mistake.


NT

On Saturday, 12 August 2017 19:01:42 UTC+1, tabby wrote:
On Saturday, 12 August 2017 15:54:57 UTC+1, David WE Roberts (Google) wrote:

Haven't read all the previous stuff, but we bought a pre-formed wet room
tray which works well, but we forgot to put a slight slope on the rest of
the floor so if water gets outside the tray it can go more or less
anywhere.

big mistake.

Would also suggest using a straight down type shower head, a handholdable type in a wetroom is asking for trouble. DAMHIKTs.


NT