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Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 8:31 pm
by 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
Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 9:27 pm
by 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?
Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 9:32 pm
by seanandruby
Ply + adhesive + tile + grout = very heavy to move for access.
Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 12:57 am
by 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
Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 12:13 pm
by Bob_A
local patios and driveways wrote: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.
Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 3:46 pm
by Bob_A
That's neat and clever 
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 8:54 pm
by London Stone Paving
Cheers for all the replies. Nice job Simon, I thought you were a novice ?
:;):
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 10:04 pm
by 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.
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 7:08 am
by rimexboy
London Stone Paving wrote: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
