wetroom tanking walls and floors - TilersForums.com

[hmtiling]

Been seeing a few tilers posting wetrooms on twitter with no wall tanking. I've always tanked anything deemed to be a wet area, whether wall or floor, in a wetroom and wondering where the rest of you stand.
Twitter is a bit back slappy imo, with nobody telling anybody they're doing it wrong when they clearly are. I think people should be told, otherwise, how will they learn?

 

[One Day]

Oooh! You're brave if you publicly criticise anyone on social media!
Snowflakes everywhere with sensitive feelings!

Yes - I would always tank a wet area.
The sole exceptions would be if I fit out with Kerdi-board (so not needed)
or using very large format in domestics with zero, or one grout joint in which case I would tank floor/tray union and up the wall 12". (lazy I know!)

 

[hmtiling]

Someone posted a geo job on twitter with an obvious mistake and I couldn't help myself.
I can't believe a geo 'specialist' would make that mistake, let alone post it.
The snowflakes need telling Mark!

 

[Qwerty]

I'm with you all on this one too. I have seen this also! Consecutive wet room jobs by the same tiler where they have not tanked the walls.

 

[LM]

If it's a moisture sensitive background it should be tanked, end of!!

 

[One Day]

Someone posted a geo job on twitter with an obvious mistake and I couldn't help myself.
I can't believe a geo 'specialist' would make that mistake, let alone post it.
The snowflakes need telling Mark!

It's a bit "wavy-davey" down the left border too!

 

[Flintstone]

And that rear mountain bike tyre looks to only have 23 psi in, 24 at the most!

 

[Andy Allen]

And the gate needs a lick of paint..

 

[Bathfix Bob]

I'd have taken that weed out for the sake of the shot.

Not bad......not great but not bad, he missed a black triangular piece out.