Hi all,
First post, so please be gentle
I'm about to tile above our new shower/bath and was looking for some advice as to how to prepare and waterproof the walls.
Have scoured these forums, I see that aquaboarding and/or tanking might be the way forward.
I've attached a photo as I've got one wall to be boarded, and the other is plastered brickwork.
I have bought aquaboard from Wickes to cover in the mixer controller on the stud wall, but what should I do with the brick wall? How do I seal from aquaboard to plastered wall?
Any recommendations for a waterproof adhesive? I have used tubbed Nicobond so far in non wet areas. Is the Nico Aqua Ultragrip a good choice I should I use a powdered adhesive around the shower end of the bath?
The tiles are travertine tiles so will pick the most solid tiles I can round that area and all are sealed after tiling with enhancer. The grout I was using (as recommended by my tile supplier - and it does look good!) is limestone ultra flex joint which says its suitable for power showers, swimming pools etc so assume is good enough grout.
Thanks in advance.
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Hello and welcome..

Personally you can just use 12.5mm plasterboard on that frame then use a tanking membrane to make it fully water tight from ingression.

The same membrane can be used on any others areas you want to tank..


Dural WP is one i use and you use a cement based adhesive for the application of the WP and the tiling.

p.s .. i will move this to tanking forum.

Welcome. As Dave says

No much more you can say, as above. I think it would be the easiest and prob most cost effective way of going about it

Thanks for the tip. The kit that wetdec does is what I will want then I assume?
Its nice to post on a forum as a newbie where there are pros and get such helpful advice - Just wish I had found it before I'd started ;-)
Cheers chaps