Cricket Club Shower Room - Tile Advice

[robbieraven]

Been asked to tile the cricket club shower rooms, obviously cost is the most critical issue with clubs with not much money. Current walls are painted brick, and pretty flat, let me just stress that, it's very well painted brick! Chairman for cost savings has suggested tiling straight over to which I said No! I said it should be re-plastered or boarded out, thoughts chaps? As per my suggestion above I'd have thought. Do it right do it once!

 

[Concrete guy]

20 years ago I tiled a rugby/hockey/cricket club showers.

It had failed annually whatever they'd tried, tiling, resin coatings, paint. You name it they tried it.

I lined it with Aquapanel (which you could buy in 2400x1200mm sheets at the time) screwed to aluminium studwork, tanked it and fitted porcelain floor tiles on the floors and walls.

20 years later it's still there and as solid as the day it was completed.

The issue your cricket club have is the same as many sports clubs. Do it right first time (think of it as in investment) or do it cheap every 12 months.

 

[Tile seller]

Agree, board it will be best. Otherwise, eco prim grip it.

 

[White Room]

You don't want any gypsum plaster any where near a sports shower room...

 

[Chalker]

Overboard with insulation boards, stuck with adhesive and mechanically fixed. Tank and tile. The boards will help with condensation too.

 

[Just Rizzle]

if you've got painted walls and costs an issue I would suggest aqua boards 1200 x 2500 there plastic totally water proof and cheep wouldn't have them in my house but for a sports club shower would be cheap and effective

 

[One Day]

if you've got painted walls and costs an issue I would suggest aqua boards 1200 x 2500

Better than aqua boards- contract Tile boards from ctd (made by jackoboard) 20mm boards dot n dabbed onto walls, back up with a few anchors and they're cheap as chips. Insulate and water proof too. Cement based boards are best left out of wet areas.

 

[Just Rizzle]

sorry you've got me wrong not talking about tiling as sounds like cost is an issue I'm talking about plastic water proof cladding about 90 quid for 2400 x 1200 mm

 

[One Day]

sorry you've got me wrong not talking about tiling as sounds like cost is an issue I'm talking about plastic water proof cladding about 90 quid for 2400 x 1200 mm

Apologies then!