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[QUOTE="adrian bond, post: 817071"] Hi Guys, This is my first post so please be gentle! I will be as brief as I can Basically I am creating 2 x new showers in a house (it’s a new student let house). One is a 800 x 800 corner unit, the other is a 1000 x 760 rectangular built in unit. Both new bathrooms have been created using Gyproc moisture resistant plasterboard (green) that has been dot and dabbed (this is fine from the manufacturer, I checked first) on some walls onto the existing awful walls, or screwed to tanalised CLS timber depending upon which bathroom and wall etc. On one of the 760 walls which create the rectangular shower, this is fresh plaster skim over the old wall surface in standard thistle multi finish, which then butts up against the moisture panel of the remaining sides of the shower enclosure. Hopefully you can visualise them! I have built up the shower bases from 18 & 22mm waterproof ply, and raised them on tanalised timber to get the correct fall in the stone resin shower trays (the riser kits were cheap plastic legs!!!). I have also bought 2 x sets of aqua straps [URL]http://aquastrap.com/[/URL] to create a waterproof lip which can be tiled upon when the time is right. The tiles I’ve chosen are the standard Metro white tiles available from everywhere (B and Q, Topps, Wickes etc). Waterproof tiles with a glossy front and about 200 x 100 rectangular and pretty lightweight at 7mm thick (no overloading of the boards). From reading some of the threads on here, I now understand that moisture resistant plasterboard isn’t quite man enough to be used as a shower enclosure un tanked as it will still leak and fail! Therefor I have decided to invest in this kit here for each shower; [URL]http://www.NoLinksToThis/p/mapei-shower-waterproofing-kit/78484#product_additional_details_container[/URL] 1. Now first question is do I fit the shower trays down using flexible cement with the aqua strap silicone to the walls first or do I tank the walls first? 2. Second question is regarding adhesive. In my haste (and before discovering this forum) I have purchased BAL grip plus adhesive (15kg) [URL="http://www.*****************/products/grip-plus/"]BAL Grip Plus | Tiling Products | BAL Adhesives[/URL] and some micromax2 [URL="http://www.*****************/?s=micromax2"]Micromax2 | BAL Adhesives[/URL] grout from tops tiles. I still have the receipt so can take it back if required…..but is this stuff okay to use on tanked walls and will it give me the water proofing I require in my showers? Or should I take it back and get something more suitable? 3. Any tips is should be aware of before I begin as this is my first foray into tiling and fitting showers (I’m doing it all myself where possible to learn and to try to save some costs if possible). Thank you for all your replies guys. They really are appreciated. Adrian [/QUOTE]
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