Bathroom and plaster board

[i_am_fubar]

Re-doing the ol bathroom.

Stripped off the plaster down to bare brick.

Considering using dot,dab and screw insulated plasterboard (regular, not waterproof).

Using liquid tanking compound around the bath, toilet and other areas that will be tiled.

Few coats of acrylic eggshell over the rest of the walls & ceiling.

Will the tanking be enough? Or will the lack of waterproof plasterboard eventually present issues?

Any thoughts welcome

Cheers,
Fubar.

 

[deandiy61]

evening fubar. I did a shower in 2005 on plasterboard. See it regularly, no problems.I did butter lay the tiles, didn't use notched spreader. I didn't tank it, wasn't so widespread then. Tanking seems a very worthwhile precaution.

 

[i_am_fubar]

Cheers Dean,

Bathroom I've had previosuly was just plasterboard and showed no real signs of decay outside of paint peel in a couple of corners (in-correct paint).

All good

Fubar.

 

[Jameswren]

If you're going to all that effort why not use waterproof boards instead? Surely they only cost about £3-£4 extra per sheet.

 

[i_am_fubar]

I wish.

1.2x2.4 12.5mm Taper edge...

Regular plasterboard : £4.98
Moisture resistant : £10.65

At over 200% the price, can't really justify doing the whole room.

As it is, we've now finished boarding it all, 3 panels of moisture resistant around the bath, the rest is regular.

Fubar.