Are modern plastic wall panels liable to leak?

[mattylad]

Hi, I'm getting my bathroom redone, these large plastic tongue and groove plastic wall panels, I know they are supposed to have a strip of silicone before fiting together, however do these panels leak?
Perhaps after a couple of years etc.

I have a bathroom fitter that thinks they do.

Also what do they do in a corner?

 

[foxhole]

No they are fine installed correctly , corner and edge profile are used ,if you have a shower tray a purpose made base trim is fitted to avoid leaks .
White corner trim in pic , other colours available .

 

[mattylad]

Cheers, sounds like I need to find another bathroom fitter then, one that has success with them.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

They're used commercially all the time where a clean environment is required and extensive washing down is required, hospitals, labs, abattoirs etc. Find another fitter, maybe consider some of the better manufacturers, if you want the very best look at Altro.

 

[aveatry]

I have been thinking about these but the big ones so you do not have any joins in the shower other than the corner.

 

[foxhole]

I have been thinking about these but the big ones so you do not have any joins in the shower other than the corner.

Depends how big the shower is.

 

[Diver Fred]

I started installing shower panels some 20 years ago. Never leaked, easy to keep clean.

Just make sure you get sufficient sealer in place in the joints and the panel bed.

 

[aveatry]

Depends how big the shower is.

you actually thought and posted that

 

[foxhole]

you actually thought and posted that

Have you seen panels wider than 120cm?

 

[simplesteve]

I was tiling a kitchen last month where the customers main bathroom walk in shower had the wetwall panels installed horizontally, so a 'seam' at 1M and another at at 2M high. Seemed strange at first, but the again, why not ?

 

[foxhole]

I was tiling a kitchen last month where the customers main bathroom walk in shower had the wetwall panels installed horizontally, so a 'seam' at 1M and another at at 2M high. Seemed strange at first, but the again, why

Panels are often 2.4m so may have been done to accommodate a high ceiling .My ceilings were out by 20mm ( too high) so I used a trim to tidy .

 

[mattylad]

Cheers folks, I think er indoors has been persuaded to go with large tiles now instead.
We are still having the panels on the ceiling but the layout has been suggested to be completely different today by someone else
which makes a better layout and everyone involved would rather go with big tiles.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Erm, you know you can get a genuine tile look with the panels? Best of both worlds IMO.

 

[aveatry]

Have you seen panels wider than 120cm?

How wide are they then because my shower cubical is 800x1000

 

[foxhole]

How wide are they then because my shower cubical is 800x1000

From 250mm to 1200mm wide , 2.4m high (up to 2.6m)