What should I know before I create my own custom bathroom wall niche?
I appreciate all the practical points. End of the day, we want to mainly do it for aesthetic reasons as we think it looks nice.
Ignore the haters, might be worth searching the forum too https://www.diynot.com/diy/search/25420192/?q=niche&o=relevance
No hate. Just blunt advice.
You're basically creating a mini shower tray half way up the wall, inside a timber structure. It's asking a lot of the various seals that are being required to defy gravity and physics.
Not tanking no. And its high level with very little weight imparted upon it. Sounds to me like he's adequately mitigating any risks.
Not necessarily. A lot less risky than other locations in the shower.
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These days they don't put soap bars there, they fill them with all sorts of pumped liquid bottles that claim to do different things.
I have a niche in my shower, it has my shampoo, body wash, the wifes, the daughters - we all prefer our own.
It's crammed full so no room for a pot plant
I have a niche in my shower, it has my shampoo, body wash, the wifes, the daughters - we all prefer our own.
It's crammed full so no room for a pot plant
We've done loads, especially where windows have been bricked up etc. On outside walls it's important to have continuity of insulation.
Lambs do a ready cut gauged brick niche now to save you the hours of setting out and cutting.
www.lambsbricks.com
BRICK NICHE, BERKSHIRE - LAMBS BRICKS & STONE
Pre-formed would be fine, that would deal with all the waterproofing issues.
Just as long as it's proud of the surface as shown above, not recessed in with tiles over its faces - then you have a joint that's just asking to become a new drain.
Having said that, its top edge is a potential leak and/or slime trap.
Just as long as it's proud of the surface as shown above, not recessed in with tiles over its faces - then you have a joint that's just asking to become a new drain.
Having said that, its top edge is a potential leak and/or slime trap.
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