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To tank or not to tank
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I am fitting a shower at the weekend in a new bathroom. There is a shower tray and one side the wall is an external plastered/ rendered and the other is a stud wall with hardieback boards on it. Both walls will be tiled. When we have done this before I have masticed the tray to the wall, sealed it from above and then tiles on top and finally sealing the gap between the tiles and the tray. For the tiling used waterproof adhesive and grout. Someone has told us we should really "tank" it but TBH not sure what this means in this context and indeed whether this is needed / better than my usual approach. Thought I would ask the collective here for their views. Thanks Lee. |
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On 02/05/2019 10:45, Lee Nowell wrote:
Hi All I am fitting a shower at the weekend in a new bathroom. There is a shower tray and one side the wall is an external plastered/ rendered and the other is a stud wall with hardieback boards on it. Both walls will be tiled. When we have done this before I have masticed the tray to the wall, sealed it from above and then tiles on top and finally sealing the gap between the tiles and the tray. For the tiling used waterproof adhesive and grout. Someone has told us we should really "tank" it but TBH not sure what this means in this context and indeed whether this is needed / better than my usual approach. Thought I would ask the collective here for their views. Entirely uneccessary. I have done exactly the same as you. Sealed tray to wall with flexible silicone, tiled over raw plasterboard and used a decent grout. Provided it is all rigid and you dont allow pools of water to accumulate all fine after 16 years Thanks Lee. -- The lifetime of any political organisation is about three years before its been subverted by the people it tried to warn you about. Anon. |
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On 02/05/2019 10:45, Lee Nowell wrote:
Hi All I am fitting a shower at the weekend in a new bathroom. There is a shower tray and one side the wall is an external plastered/ rendered and the other is a stud wall with hardieback boards on it. Both walls will be tiled. When we have done this before I have masticed the tray to the wall, sealed it from above and then tiles on top and finally sealing the gap between the tiles and the tray. For the tiling used waterproof adhesive and grout. I have also done similar, and always had good results doing this. In reality if you are properly sealing all the gaps and board joints etc before tiling, as well as taping the board joins, then that *is* getting pretty close to tanking anyway. Having said that I have usually used waterproof backings to tile onto. In the past I have rendered the walls adjacent to showers (with SBR admix). More recently I used aquapanel, which seemed to work well. Someone has told us we should really "tank" it but TBH not sure what this means in this context and indeed whether this is needed / better than my usual approach. Its usually a process of sealing all the gaps, taping all the joins, and then painting with a water proofing finish that remains slight flexible, prior to tiling. Companies like Mapei do complete kits of it with enough content for a typical shower. e.g: https://www.screwfix.com/p/mapei-sho...fing-kit/78484 -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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To tank or not to tank
On Thursday, 2 May 2019 10:45:24 UTC+1, Lee Nowell wrote:
Hi All I am fitting a shower at the weekend in a new bathroom. There is a shower tray and one side the wall is an external plastered/ rendered and the other is a stud wall with hardieback boards on it. Both walls will be tiled. When we have done this before I have masticed the tray to the wall, sealed it from above and then tiles on top and finally sealing the gap between the tiles and the tray. For the tiling used waterproof adhesive and grout. Someone has told us we should really "tank" it but TBH not sure what this means in this context and indeed whether this is needed / better than my usual approach. Thought I would ask the collective here for their views. Thanks Lee. Plaster disintegrates if it gets & stays wet. If the grout between tiles cracks, water gets in. So tanking would help ensure it stays ok, but as you now know is often omitted, just with lesser reliability. NT |
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On 02/05/2019 10:45, Lee Nowell wrote:
Hi All I am fitting a shower at the weekend in a new bathroom. There is a shower tray and one side the wall is an external plastered/ rendered and the other is a stud wall with hardieback boards on it. Both walls will be tiled. When we have done this before I have masticed the tray to the wall, sealed it from above and then tiles on top and finally sealing the gap between the tiles and the tray. For the tiling used waterproof adhesive and grout. Someone has told us we should really "tank" it but TBH not sure what this means in this context and indeed whether this is needed / better than my usual approach. Thought I would ask the collective here for their views. Thanks Lee. It is worth sealing the plastered wall with waterproof pva before tiling. Also worth being aware that timber in stud walls and joist under floors will shrink and may open up gaps. TW |
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To tank or not to tank
On 02/05/2019 10:45, Lee Nowell wrote:
Hi All I am fitting a shower at the weekend in a new bathroom. There is a shower tray and one side the wall is an external plastered/ rendered and the other is a stud wall with hardieback boards on it. Both walls will be tiled. When we have done this before I have masticed the tray to the wall, sealed it from above and then tiles on top and finally sealing the gap between the tiles and the tray. For the tiling used waterproof adhesive and grout. Someone has told us we should really "tank" it but TBH not sure what this means in this context and indeed whether this is needed / better than my usual approach. Thought I would ask the collective here for their views. Thanks Lee. Personally, my preference for showers is Mermaid or similar melamine faced plywood bonded with thermosetting resin. I don't question that tiling can last a long time if done really well, and where no cracks open up over time owing to movement. If the shower tray does not have an upstand that the tiles go over, I would use that L-shaped strip that seals on to the tray so that the tiles do go over an upstand, if you see what I mean. You still have a potential leak site at the bevel, so bed and seal that bit well. At least with not tiling direct on to plasterboard you don't have the most common cause of tiling failure. |
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On Thursday, 2 May 2019 10:45:24 UTC+1, Lee Nowell wrote:
Hi All I am fitting a shower at the weekend in a new bathroom. There is a shower tray and one side the wall is an external plastered/ rendered and the other is a stud wall with hardieback boards on it. Both walls will be tiled. When we have done this before I have masticed the tray to the wall, sealed it from above and then tiles on top and finally sealing the gap between the tiles and the tray. For the tiling used waterproof adhesive and grout. Someone has told us we should really "tank" it but TBH not sure what this means in this context and indeed whether this is needed / better than my usual approach. Thought I would ask the collective here for their views. Thanks Lee. I have always used this stuff. Gives a neat finish too. https://www.google.com/search?q=bath...4tDa nGOxxvM: |
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