My 1st Job Shower bath tiling preparation: plaster and wooden windowsill - Tile Advice

[Flintstone]

The water is going into the bath and down the plug hole mate. This is a shower above a bath, the aim here is to stop the walls getting wet and rotting due to regular soaking from the shower

 

[Kevbos]

Then why tank below bath .?

 

[Tile Shop]

It is a bath area .it is not subject to sustained amounts of water .most bathrooms shower area etc only have problems when water gets past weak points .these are areas where grout will crack etc .90 per cent of damage done in these areas results from water passing through edges of baths. Shower floor or tray areas .are you being purposely blind to this .a wet room is a room in which everything is tanked into a drain..once again read what I write .how can you tank a wall onto a bath edge.

1. Tank wall
2. Bath in to the wall
3. Tape joint between bath and wall with a healthy overlap and using the tanking solution to stick it down.
4. Tank over tape
5. Tile wall
6. Cut off excess tape beyond tile face.
7. Grout tiles and silicone to bath.

Theres how. And i did read it again and you make no sense. According to you a shower is not a shower if its over a bath. Now thats what i call being purposely blind

 

[Kevbos]

A wet room is tanked into a drain mate .what you just said you do is no good. The movement of the bath each time it's filled and emptied etc will over time cause the tanking to break away .your talking rubbish .at no point have I said a shower is not a shower if it's over a bath .you carry on being the Mr right .there is no tanking solution that sticks to bath edges

 

[Tile Shop]

A wet room is tanked into a drain mate .what you just said you do is no good. The movement of the bath each time it's filled and emptied etc will over time cause the tanking to break away .your talking rubbish .at no point have I said a shower is not a shower if it's over a bath .you carry on being the Mr right .there is no tanking solution that sticks to bath edges

Oh for the love of god! Now you really are being stupid.

Tanking will stick to both the wall and the bath. Tanking is flexible. The tape is flexible and will move with the bath. Like silicone does.

I'm really going to try hard to put this in a way that anyone would understand. Simple......

A shower above a bath or tray will still spray water on the walls yes? Regardless of whatever is below, lets say, knee height, those walls are gonna get wet. Correct?

Without tanking, where does that water go? Over time, through the grout, into the substrate. Tank it and it will drain into the bath or on to the tray.

I truly am sorry but I can't make it any more idiot proof. If i have to get my crayons out and draw you a picture, i will do it for you tomorrow. I wouldn't do it for anyone but you are coming across as rather special and i don't understand why you're not getting it.

 

[Tile Shop]

Ok, lets try this. Would you tank a shower cubicle? As in, with a standard tray, not a former.

 

[Kevbos]

Ok mate you know best .

 

[Kevbos]

Get this your cutting corners .if you tank a whole room it's waterproof .if you do what your saying it isn't. A wet room is a wet room. Doing half a job is what your suggesting

 

[Kevbos]

Tell me what you recommend is the better option .draw both scenarios in crayon .use a blue one to show where water goes in both options .my blue crayon goes down drain where does yours go

 

[Tile Shop]

And back to my previous question without side stepping it. Shower cubicle, tray...... tank whole room, tank just the cubicle or no tank at all?

 

[Kevbos]

If it's got a tray just tile it .as the silicone is only thing stopping water getting to walls etc .like the thousands of homes done each day by countless house builders .if you tank walls it only forces water down any way to floor you haven't tanked .what is the point

 

[Qwerty]

@Kevbos your posts are tantamount to trolling. You have made your point that you disagree with tanking in this scenario. Everyone has disagreed with you and the OP can digest all the information before them to make a decision. I don't think we need to hear from you again on this matter. Thank you for contributing though.

 

[Kevbos]

Alot of disagree s with my comment on what a wet room is .... A wet room is a wet room to be clear .A wet area is a wet area .there is a difference .learn your tech boys .tanking a wall onto a bath edge does not make it a wet room. Sort your little world of tiling minds out and sort it out .A wet room is a whole room tanked into a drain . Disagree all you like your wrong ... stop selling yourselves as something your not ...

 

[Kevbos]

Learn what a wet room is .not an area .read the messages before you mug me off .you all saying cutting corners now way to go .

 

[Flintstone]

Kev, nobody has said anything like that, are you a troll or what ?