Bath Panel

[ldoodle]

Hiya,

I have a bit of a 'different' idea re tiling my bath panel.

Basically, we have not tiled where they're not needed - pretty much everywhere but the bath and sink - so I don't think I can fully tile the bath panel as it won't look right as one end of the panel will be touching a wall which is not to be fully tiled.

What we will do though is have a tiled skirting, and this will continue on the bath panel, which obviously means about 75% of the bath panel won't be tiled - it will be painted the same colour as the walls.

So, what would be the best material to use for the panel - as the top won't be tiled it will need to be thick enough to sit flush with the edge of the bath.

Is this even a good idea? As I say I don't think tiling the whole panel would look good when it's butted up to a wall that only has tiled skirting.

 

[Richard C]

So, what would be the best material to use for the panel - as the top won't be tiled it will need to be thick enough to sit flush with the edge of the bath. Is this even a good idea? As I say I don't think tiling the whole panel would look good when it's butted up to a wall that only has tiled skirting.

The look you want is doable but if you’re going to fabricate a bath panel with tiles, you should use nothing else except a well suppoted, waterproof tile backer board. Don’t use ply or any timber based products but you can use sealed timber for the support frame. Not sure what you mean by it being “thick enough”; tile backer board come is various thicknesses! Only problem you may have is the texture of the backer board may not look good after painting; you also need to use the correct paint or it will fall off! If your looking for a perfectly flat paint finish, there are tricks you can use!

 

[ldoodle]

By thick enough I mean you would usually get something that sits back from the edge of the bath so that the tiles sit flush.

As i'm not tiling the top 2/3 I need the board itself to sit flush.

What about exterior grade ply. I reckon, where the hori timber is under the bath lip, I'd need something about 18-20mm thick.

With regards to painting it, what about some waterproof equivalent of Smoothover?