Tanking a bathroom

Dtp1979

Doing up my bathroom upstairs at present. Timber floor. A builder friend suggested I put in a wet room type shower in and get fibreglass tanking in. I'm a plumber by trade but never came across this. Anyone ever seen it done or is it a success?

anthonyos

I hqve done it a good few times the kit I use is around 50 euro its like a grey thick paint it a good job ...never used fibreglass

Dtp1979

anthonyos wrote: »

I hqve done it a good few times the kit I use is around 50 euro its like a grey thick paint it a good job ...never used fibreglass

I'm familiar with that stuff alright. I'd use that if I was using a standard shower tray. But I'm tiling straight onto plywood and this Fibreglassing is meant to be almost shell like when finished

Robbie.G

Look into floor formers.easa,impey are makes of them you fit them on to the joists and the correct falls are built into them then use the standard tanking kit you get.

Dtp1979

Robbie.G wrote: »

Look into floor formers.easa,impey are makes of them you fit them on to the joists and the correct falls are built into them then use the standard tanking kit you get.

Thanks robbie. I've already got my floor sloped though. Was gonna look into this Fibreglassing before I made any calls

liveandnetural

seen it used lots of times its a great job .....no leaks

lots of other systems
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NNrFbq6hNM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy1pMQ3zQLw&list=PLEFjeySFJM-BspBTwTTFSTOd7box6T-In

scwazrh

Its great way of doing a wetroom.The tanking product is to go under a shower tray as a secondary defense against leaks after the tray seals leak but the fibre glass system is basically pouring a tray to suit the individual area and then you tile over it.Standard tray size if you prepare the ply base yourself , fibre glass part should cost no more 200 euro materials and labour .We've been using it for about 5 years and have not had one problem with it

Dtp1979

scwazrh wrote: »

Its great way of doing a wetroom.The tanking product is to go under a shower tray as a secondary defense against leaks after the tray seals leak but the fibre glass system is basically pouring a tray to suit the individual area and then you tile over it.Standard tray size if you prepare the ply base yourself , fibre glass part should cost no more 200 euro materials and labour .We've been using it for about 5 years and have not had one problem with it

Great hope it works for me so. What part of the country are u based?

DenisCork

Fibreglass is practically bullet proof in a wet room, far superior to tanking kits. Make sure your tile adhesive is specified for fibreglass because most flexible adhesives are not.

Dtp1979

DenisCork wrote: »

Fibreglass is practically bullet proof in a wet room, far superior to tanking kits. Make sure your tile adhesive is specified for fibreglass because most flexible adhesives are not.

Thanks. Didn't know that

anthonyos

Can you buy the fibreglass as a kit like the tanking kit and do it yourself