Bathroom wall PVC cladding?
Discussion
Hi all,
Bathroom is due for a refresh, and one of the things that needs to changed is the tiles on the wall.
However rather than re-tiling, I have been looking into PVC cladding instead. Some of them look really good with no grout to go mouldy.
Has anyone any experience of this?
The bathroom walls are plasterboard with the tiles on top and I am concerned that if I start pulling the tiles off, large chunks of the plasterboard will come off as well, leaving me with a MUCH bigger job that what I had originally planned.
Can the PVC boards be stuck over the top of existing tiles?
Can anyone recommend a supplier of the PVC boards?
Any other tips?
Thanks
Bathroom is due for a refresh, and one of the things that needs to changed is the tiles on the wall.
However rather than re-tiling, I have been looking into PVC cladding instead. Some of them look really good with no grout to go mouldy.
Has anyone any experience of this?
The bathroom walls are plasterboard with the tiles on top and I am concerned that if I start pulling the tiles off, large chunks of the plasterboard will come off as well, leaving me with a MUCH bigger job that what I had originally planned.
Can the PVC boards be stuck over the top of existing tiles?
Can anyone recommend a supplier of the PVC boards?
Any other tips?
Thanks
Short term they look ok but they wont age well,can become brittle ,mark easily and be broken cracked quite easily though not so easy to replace due to the tongue and groove jointing.If used around or in a shower they can draw water through the joints causing leaking out of site.In short not very good.
Buy cheap crap and I agree with the above.
Buy the right product - http://www.altro.co.uk/Products/Hygienic-Wall-Clad...
They age well, are not brittle, do not mark easily, do not crack.
In short its and excellent product if you are happy with the look.
Buy the right product - http://www.altro.co.uk/Products/Hygienic-Wall-Clad...
They age well, are not brittle, do not mark easily, do not crack.
In short its and excellent product if you are happy with the look.
If your grout is going mouldly, then you need to look at what extraction you have and why it's going mouldly. If you clean regularly and wipe down after showers etc, then the grout should stay in decent condition. I'm sure quality of grout may also play a part.
There's loads of sellers of cladding on Ebay, but more the cheap stuff. The decent stuff, like the stuff posted above is probably just as expensive as decent tiles per m2.
I wouldn't bother if it was for my own home, I'd just choose larger tiles, so less joints and grout.
Even if it takes chunks out of the plasterboard, you can get backing board to fix to the plasterboard, giving a flat surface to work off, then just tile straight on to that. You shouldn't lose too much depth.
By the sounds of it, even with the cladding, you'll just get mould on the sealant around the edges anyway.
There's loads of sellers of cladding on Ebay, but more the cheap stuff. The decent stuff, like the stuff posted above is probably just as expensive as decent tiles per m2.
I wouldn't bother if it was for my own home, I'd just choose larger tiles, so less joints and grout.
Even if it takes chunks out of the plasterboard, you can get backing board to fix to the plasterboard, giving a flat surface to work off, then just tile straight on to that. You shouldn't lose too much depth.
By the sounds of it, even with the cladding, you'll just get mould on the sealant around the edges anyway.
I used it on my last place, pretty happy with it - easy to keep clean and didn't deteriorate. But it was quite expensive stuff.
Some photos of it:
http://www.mez.co.uk/marbrex.html
Some photos of it:
http://www.mez.co.uk/marbrex.html
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