HELP - Bathroom Cladding!!

[dionbee93]

As Title - i'm going to be cladding my bathroom using 5mm thickness plastic cladding and popping slate tiles on the floor. What i'm not quite sure of it:

1 - Which trims should I be using in the corners of the rooms and the joint between the walls and the ceiling.
Where do i do first? Ceiling or walls? Or do i fit all the beading/trims first, and then work from there?

2 - do i do ceiling with no edging / beading at all and then mate the walls to it with an edging strip?

Walls are being done in grey marble, ceiling in white ash effect.

This is what i've been looking at:

http://www.buildingplasticsltd.co.uk/mobile/produc...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/INTERNAL-SILVER-WATERPROO...

ANY help welcome -

Thanks - Dion

[Happy Jim]

I'm no tiling expert so can't help on the trim question, but, got to ask...are you really tiling your ceiling?

Jim

[roofer]

Will the council allow it ?

[B17NNS]

roofer said:

Will the council allow it ?

[samdale]

Why are you not just painting the ceiling?

The trim you've listed is plastic. Obviously finish is personal taste but we went for the metal finish. The only thing I would say is our trim was aluminium so if it gets scratched it will still be metal coloured. I'd be worried with that plastic trim that the shiny coating would wear off over time and look naff.

We've not got any trim at the top where it meets the ceiling

[dionbee93]

With regards to tiling the ceiling - no.. the cladding that's going on the ceiling and walls is 5mm plastic.

(10mm slate tiles are going on the floor)

As for the council comment - i reckon it looks tidy, cheaper than tiling and 100% waterproof - ideal for a bathroom around a shower.

Any pictures of yours with the trims at all?

Thank you

[B17NNS]

dionbee93 said:

100% waterproof - ideal for a bathroom around a shower.

The weak points as I'm sure you're aware are the joints between the boards, the corners and junction details with the bath, shower tray etc. Silicone the feck out of it when assembling. Don't scrimp. Dow 785 clear and wipe off any access with these http://www.screwfix.com/p/no-nonsense-multi-task-w... Then silicone up as normal with your choice of colour, again use 785. I've done a few and on walls it can look good. Ceilings not for me personally though.

[robwilk]

Ive clad a ceiling before and did the ceiling first leaving a small expansion gap which the tiling covered this was then chauked with silicone.
For the areas without tiles a trim is available from the cladding people to allow an expansion gap.
Sorry not clad the walls.

Rob

[PositronicRay]

robwilk said:

Ive clad a ceiling before and did the ceiling first leaving a small expansion gap which the tiling covered this was then chauked with silicone.
For the areas without tiles a trim is available from the cladding people to allow an expansion gap.
Sorry not clad the walls.

Rob

A question, does cladding a wall not attract condensation behind it? I've seen it in hotels. Struck me as an easy clean option to keep looking smart, albeit not as attractive as tiles.

[dionbee93]

PositronicRay said:

A question, does cladding a wall not attract condensation behind it? I've seen it in hotels. Struck me as an easy clean option to keep looking smart, albeit not as attractive as tiles.

I thought this to start with - I've found that as long as there's a window or an extractor that works in the room, all is good. Obviously making sure (as the comment above) that everything is silicone'd properly.

Dion

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