Advice needed: Wet room without tiles

coillsaille

A friend of mine is renovating an old cottage as a retirement home so she wants to make is as mobility friendly as she can for her later years. So she is going for a wet room rather than a shower tray, with the usual mosaic tiles in the shower area. However she is dead against a tiled floor in the rest of the bathroom, she finds them cold in barefeet and is worried about slipping on them when wet. She is considering laminate. But her builder and plumber are telling her to cop on and get tiles as there is no way of sealing the join between the mosaic tiles and the laminate, or between the walls and the laminate.

I have two questions and would appreciate any suggestions:

1. Is there any other option she should look at apart from tiles or laminate?

2. Is there some way of creating a waterproof seal between the mosaic tiles and a non-tiled floor? ( Even some kind of rubber/plastic strips)

Thanks in advance.

sydthebeat

For the "Slipping" issue use tiles that have a min r11 slip classification. These type are specified in wet room adaptation grants for elderly people.

For the "cold" issue you can use electric under floor heating mats in the bathroom alone, just switch on as required.

Dudda

You can use a resin floor and wall system. We put it in a disabled shower in a hospital as its far easier to clean than tiles and slip resistant vinyl. No joints anywhere so it's very hygienic. That was a few years ago and since I've put it in several other projects. It works really well and I'm planning to do the same in my own house later this year/early next year.

coillsaille

Both replies are much appreciated.

Dudda would you have any links to companies supplying the resin system or would you know of anyone who does it in the Galway area that you could PM on to me?