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Post by Isambard Kingdom Brunel on Nov 28, 2020 20:25:08 GMT
No. I have only used uPVC cladding profiles for 30 years so still learning. PU18 and OB1 will not chemically affect cladding boards.
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Post by Telemachus on Nov 28, 2020 20:27:46 GMT
To be honest it looks a bit cheap and nasty to me. And fake marble (or any sort of marble) is a bit 1990s. But on the other hand, no point in being buried with quality stuff.
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Post by Telemachus on Nov 28, 2020 20:30:27 GMT
You can spend a fortune on this sort of stuff, but wetwall is at the lower end of the price range (but still much more expensive than the proposed coffin lining): www.wetwall.net/
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Post by Mr Stabby on Nov 28, 2020 20:54:20 GMT
To be honest it looks a bit cheap and nasty to me. And fake marble (or any sort of marble) is a bit 1990s. But on the other hand, no point in being buried with quality stuff. Black seems to be more in vogue at the moment but this would tend to make what is already a small and somewhat dark space look even smaller and darker. I thought that plain white cladding would look a little slab-sided. At 5mm thickness it is the same thickness as the existing cladding, so I would be able to re-use much of the existing trim. I also think that it would be quicker and easier to install than ceramic tiling, as well as being hardier in the environment in which it was installed and more cost-effective, which I freely admit is a necessary consideration. Finally, with the supplier being just up the road in Atherstone it will not entail huge logistical difficulties to source them. But I accept that we are all different. To me, fake rivets look as cheap and nasty as fake marble, the only real difference being that the whole world can see them.
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Post by thebfg on Nov 28, 2020 20:56:38 GMT
We used it when I lived know a shared house. Cheap and nasty but worked. We needed a temporary shower and we built a cubicle and lined it with similar stuff.
Don't recall it ever leaking.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2020 22:12:12 GMT
To be honest it looks a bit cheap and nasty to me. And fake marble (or any sort of marble) is a bit 1990s. But on the other hand, no point in being buried with quality stuff. Agreed, my loo and shower are done out in this type of 'marbled plastic', I really think it's practical , but no WOW factor.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2020 22:19:38 GMT
I've seen some really nice vinyl, quite expensive, a fairly high satin gloss, not recommended for bathroom flooring, but it is the only thing I have seen that looks stunning, it looks like the small mozaic tiles you get on a scrim backing,but, it's vinyl flooring, tempted, but it's not in stock, could I remove the existing trim, cover the existing plastic, and sort of stick it on with some sort of adhesive?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2020 23:21:53 GMT
Easy way to jazz things up a bit - don't put the same colour on every wall. Also, white is always fashionable.
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Post by brummieboy on Nov 28, 2020 23:37:57 GMT
No. I have only used uPVC cladding profiles for 30 years so still learning. PU18 and OB1 will not chemically affect cladding boards. This is not uPVC.
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Post by brummieboy on Nov 28, 2020 23:40:11 GMT
No. I have only used uPVC cladding profiles for 30 years so still learning. PU18 and OB1 will not chemically affect cladding boards. This is not uPVC.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2020 0:47:49 GMT
It looks a bit similar to twin wall polycarbonate sheet.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Nov 29, 2020 6:27:38 GMT
To be honest it looks a bit cheap and nasty to me. And fake marble (or any sort of marble) is a bit 1990s. But on the other hand, no point in being buried with quality stuff. Agreed, my loo and shower are done out in this type of 'marbled plastic', I really think it's practical , but no WOW factor. What I have there now is just too disgusting for words, so I do need to do something, and something easy to install. The basin is the most urgent item on the list and as I'll need to completely re-do the mounting for this then I may as well do the cladding at the same time.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2020 6:36:54 GMT
Looks like it was a nicely done install originally but damp has taken hold somewhat.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Nov 29, 2020 7:14:26 GMT
Looks like it was a nicely done install originally but damp has taken hold somewhat. Yes, that too is cladding rather than the tilework it is imitating and it appears to be made of hardboard. It's almost certainly the original fit-out so 34 years old now.
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Post by JohnV on Nov 29, 2020 7:43:32 GMT
When I made my shower room about 15 years ago I was lucky enough to be in a Focus (remember them) when they were changing their bathroom displays and were selling off the bits from the old displays. I bought a shower cubicle door for a knockdown price and two sheets of white pvc about 2 or 3 mm thick embossed with imitation tiles, big enough to make the complete full size cubicle. The sheets had been put up with double sided tape and when we loaded them onto the trolley they stuck themselves together so they seemed to be one sheet ...... so we got them even cheaper
I have never seen the mock tiled version again but I often came across the plain gloss or satin sheeting being used in food preparation areas or kitchens as hygenic panelling.
It comes in big sheets 8x4 and bigger and different thicknesses, with the thicker ones being strong enough to not need a totally flat surface to mount to. Possibly a little basic unless you can find coloured/patterned stuff but functional and easy to keep clean .... mine still look fine and wipe down fairly easily although you do need to get a nail brush at the moulded grout lines occasionally.
Don't think it was hideously expensive so it might be worth a look and being single sheet and not tongue and groove it would make for less joins (I used ordinary white silicon for the joins in mine)
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