Advice on how to make a tiles removable panel over a cistern

[Lower]

I'm in the process of just starting to tile my bathroom with Travertine on the floor and some of the walls.

I'm fitting a concealed cistern, so will be mounting the cistern on the wall, boxing it in and then i want to tile over the box so that it blends in.

Obviously i need to leave an access point to the cistern for maintenance, but i'm struggling with how best to do that.

I want to tile the sides and the top of the box, and don't want any visible fixings holding on a removable panel.

I'd be very grateful for any suggestions or advice on how i could do it.

I have thought about making a drop in tile panel for top access where i bond the tiles onto a smaller piece of wood that then locates in a recess in the top of the box, making the panel the full size of the top of the box (which will only be about 200mm deep). But that would mean i couldn't grout the join along where the vertical tiles meet the top panel.

 

[Symptoms]

Lower - lots of hidden tackle to choose from: Keku fixings, gripper, roller, tap-in catches, magnetics.

Check-out:
www.ironmongerydirect.com
or
www.screwfix.com

 

[Lower]

Thanks for your reply.

Hidden fixings i can find. I'm interested in suggestions on how best to disguise the joins and where best to put the joins.

 

[Lower]

Anyone?

 

[KavPlumb]

You could ask yourself how many times you are going to actually need to access the cistern. Just check that everything is workin fine before gouting. Removing a couple of grout lines is not too difficult or time consuming aslong asyou take care as not to damage tiles. Just a thought!

 

[Lower]

Good point.

i could make a removable panel with suitable fixings and then just grout up the joins on the basis its not going to come off very often.

Thanks for the idea.

 

[stephenf8542]

You could also use silicon instead of grout to seal the joints

 

[Lower]

can you get ivory coloured silicon?

 

[jefoss]

can you get ivory coloured silicon?

yes

 

[Diyisfun]

Silcone is an adhesive, grout is a filler.
I would use grout, as said how many times will it need to come off & it will look a lot better than silicone.