Tiled bath panel - How to

[London Stone Paving]

I'm fitting a new bathroom a week before Christmas. I want to tile the bath panel and have a couple of questions

1. Is it simply a case of discarding the plastic panel and replacing it with plywood and then tiling plywood?

2. What about accessing behind the panel

Cheers
Steve

[local patios and driveway]

Steve im in the very same position, cant work out a good way to fix the panel but maybe use magnets like on tv cabinet doors etc etc. i was thinking marine ply?

[seanandruby]

Ply + adhesive + tile + grout = very heavy to move for access.

[lutonlagerlout]

can be done as Sean describes but making hard work for access
as long as you are confident in the plumbing do it
personally i like a freestanding bath
LLL

[Bob_A]

Steve im in the very same position, cant work out a good way to fix the panel but maybe use magnets like on tv cabinet doors etc etc. i was thinking marine ply?

Sounds like a plan.
How about adding a safety chain inside where it can't be seen. So you have to pull the panel away a bit and then unhook.
Chances are a heavy weight panel won't fall forward but you never know.

[rimexboy]

This is how I done mine with travertine 12mm thick,
I done all the plumbing then made a frame and wanted access both ends then put ply on make sure you use PVA glue on the wood and this is what we have got.

[Bob_A]

That's neat and clever

[London Stone Paving]

Cheers for all the replies. Nice job Simon, I thought you were a novice ?
:;):

[GB_Groundworks]

always leave access our plumbers had to smash into a panel the other day as no access and then no matching tiles to repair. ive done them before and screwed them on with mirror screws.

[rimexboy]

Cheers for all the replies. Nice job Simon, I thought you were a novice ?
:;):

Ha ha I am just a keen DIY er, you guys would have had that done in no time, but for me it was a lot of messing around.

Simon