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bathroom
A bathroom or washroom is a room, typically in a home or other residential building, that contains either a bathtub or a shower (or both). The inclusion of a wash basin is common. In some parts of the world e.g. India, a toilet is typically included in the bathroom; in others, the toilet is typically given a dedicated room separate from the one allocated for personal hygiene activities. In North American English the word 'bathroom' is sometimes used to refer to any room in a residence that contains a toilet, regardless of the inclusion of a bath or shower.
Historically, bathing was often a collective activity, which took place in public baths. In some countries the shared social aspect of cleansing the body is still important, as for example with sento in Japan and the "Turkish bath" (also known by other names) throughout the Islamic world.
Hi all,
Have been here in the past for a previous job some years back, but back again to get some great advice on my next job. I'm renovating my bathroom. Existing wet areas around shower and bath appear to just be plasterboard (!!) so I am looking to cut out the existing plasterboard for the...
Hi Everyone
Currently doing a bathroom refurb and will need a tiler in mid Jan to fit about 18 sqm of ceramic tiles to shower and walls. Anyone in the area you can recommend?
Cheers for your help
Terry aka signalyellow
Dear Tilers
Hi all, I've just joined the forum. I am renovating my 30s semi. I am a diyer and I have just removed some original tiles from a 1932 bathroom in my house. They were in bad condition and cracked so had to go sadly. Thing is, I want to retile, probably porcelain. Underneath the tiles...
Dear Tilers
Hi all, I've just joined the forum. I am renovating my 30s semi. I am a diyer and I have just removed some original tiles from a 1932 bathroom in my house. They were in bad condition and cracked so had to go sadly. Thing is, I want to retile, probably porcelain. Underneath the tiles...
Hi guys after some help. Could someone tell me if this tiling is of a standard I should be paying for? Or stopping work for it to be ripped out. Been told they need to touch up grout in places and silicone will hide etc. but I’m not happy with lipping etc
Many thanks
Hi all,
Homeowner here.
I’m currently having my (tiny) bathroom renovated, along with a separate cloakroom/WC room.
I’m wondering what your opinions are on the tile job that they have done for me.
The job is still ongoing currently. It’s being done by a “bathroom installer”, who is a...
Bit of a long one and sorry if this questions been answered before.
DIYer here. Planning on tiling the upper half of a bathroom wall over a bath to install an overhead shower. It’s a 5ish year old new build and currently has a bath installed and is tiled to about half way up the wall, above the...
Bit of a long one and sorry if this questions been answered before.
DIYer here. Planning on tiling the upper half of a bathroom wall over a bath to install an overhead shower. It’s a 5ish year old new build and currently has a bath installed and is tiled to about half way up the wall, above the...
Hi.
I am going to be filing around a window which is very close (about 70mm to the adjacent wall. That wall next to it will be half tiled. My question is would it look best if I aim to run the grout line dead on the bottom of the window and stop the tiles on the other wall at that height or...
The tile all around the top on the bathroom walls will have piping on the top tile. The tile on the wall under he window will butt up against the bottom of the window sill. This way the height of the top of the tiles are the same on all walls. See the photos. Is this a good way to do this? what...
Hi,
Had a walk in shower fitted which is currently being tiled. Noticed that the tradesmen are tiling over a corner gap between 2 wallboards without filling it in first. Is this normal practice?
Photo attached, the gap is approx 0.5 cm
Hi,
I need a tiler for tiling walls and floor in a renovated bathroom. Approx 12sqm walls and 3sqm floor. Tiles not selected yet but will be either
300 x 600 or
600 x 600 or
600 x 1200.
Right wall and floor will be hardibacker and both are flat.
Back wall (behind tub) and left wall are wet...
Hello
I have a 3 x 2.4m bathroom. Floor is 25mm ply overboarded with 6mm cement board. Walls are a mixture of brick & stud that have been boarded with either foam tile backer board or moisture resistant plasterboard depending on area.
For a room this size and with those features is an...
Hi Everyone, I’m a new DIY tiler looking to do my bathroom and downstairs toilet. The amount of adhesives and grouts out there is a little overwhelming and confusing for us newbies so was hoping for someone to shed some light on which ones would be best for me…
Substrates:
The bathroom has new...
Hi all, I've got a bathroom fitter starting on my bathroom he's put Hardiebacker all around the bath area, he was going to put hardiebacker at the bottom and middle and plasterboard at the top but I asked for full cement board.
He's used 6mm hardiebacker, which I believe is for the floor but...
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