My bath has horrible flimsy plastic panels to side and front end. I want to remove and tile instead with mosaic tiles. Can I just fit two pieces of ply on the side of the bath and tile directly onto that without the tiles falling off? Do I need to treat the ply with anything first? Many thanks for any advice.
Tiling Bath Panel
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If you want to use plywood make sure it is exterior plywood as it use waterproof glue and sealed it with unibond + part water.Also make sure the panels is removeable for access to the taps + waste pipe or inspection door etc.......
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I did this recently along the side of my bath. I built a wooden frame out of 2" x 1" and used 6mm exterior ply. The ply was in two sections for ease of removal. It is also very heavy when tiled!
I tiled the panels first and when I left them to dry I found that the ply had warped. I finished up redoing it only this time I fixed two 2" x 1" battens to the back of each piece of ply to hold it straight. I then fixed the ply to the frame using mirror screws with a screw on chrome dome.
Job done..
I tiled the panels first and when I left them to dry I found that the ply had warped. I finished up redoing it only this time I fixed two 2" x 1" battens to the back of each piece of ply to hold it straight. I then fixed the ply to the frame using mirror screws with a screw on chrome dome.
Job done..
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