Sufficient tiling for over-bath shower?

[rosebead]

My local council recently part-refurbished some of the flats on my council estate - below is a picture of my refurbished bathroom. According to my council the shower hose is meant just for washing hair. My council decided against mounting shower heads in all of the refurbished bathrooms because not all flats were going to be getting new boilers and the council wasn't sure there'd be enough water pressure for a shower in flats without new boilers. However my flat was lucky to get a new boiler and the water pressure is more than adequate for a shower so I'm thinking of mounting the shower head and putting a shower screen - do you think the tiling around the bath is adequate for a shower though? Are painted walls sufficient protection against shower spray?

 

[Gazzer]

Painted walls are not suitable for shower areas. The area that has been tiled is pretty standard for councils.

 

[Rookery]

Its pathetic isnt it. For the sake of less than 2 boxes of tiles they could have made the job much better.

 

[Deleted member 9966]

How bizarre that the council didn't want you to use the area as a shower, yet they've tiled all the way to the ceiling, making it look like you could stand there under a shower... I love councils, not.

I had a very similar layout in my old housing association house, and we used a circular shower rail off the tap end wall, and 2 shower curtains on it so that there wouldn't be much water spray on to the painted walls.

 

[Del W]

The paint will flake,the plasterboard will rot.Two weeks ago I retiled an area with the same layout. Are the builders still in your area ? Maybe you could "purchase" 2 boxes of tiles from them.

 

[Deleted member 9966]

that's my old bathroom. From the pics it looks like the tiles come further along the wall than yours do rosebead. might be worth contacting the council to see if you can have another column of tiles added?

 

[prceramics]

cant really see in the picture are they bumpy whites ?

 

[Deleted member 9966]

they look like standard flat white 6x6's to me pr

 

[prceramics]

think they only about 8p each ain't they ?

 

[Gazzer]

they look like standard flat white 6x6's to me pr

The problem being there is no such thing as a standard white. Shades will vary as will the sizes from manufacturer to manufacturer.

 

[Deleted member 9966]

The problem being there is no such thing as a standard white. Shades will vary as will the sizes from manufacturer to manufacturer.

this is very true Sir Ramic.

Rosebead, if you want to extend your tiles further along the wall, I suggest you act fast and contact the council or their contractors to obtain more tiles from the same manufacturer and preferably the same batch.

 

[prceramics]

yeah good point even bumpy whites vary

 

[Andy Allen]

you will have to remove the trim as well...

 

[Del W]

this is very true Sir Ramic.

Rosebead, if you want to extend your tiles further along the wall, I suggest you act fast and contact the council or their contractors to obtain more tiles from the same manufacturer and preferably the same batch.

Didnt I say that ? See above.

 

[rosebead]

Thanks to everyone for your advice. Guess I have no choice but to extend the tiles. The tiles are Johnson Prismatic gloss white 6"x6" tiles - I know because they left a box and a half of the tiles along with a pile of rubbish in my hallway that no one cleared away despite several requests - guess I'll be using those tiles then.

Is there any easy way of removing the trim without damaging adjoining tiles, or will those tiles have to go?

Yeh I agree GirlRacerRed, it is bizarre that they would tile all the way up to the ceiling near the taps but not at the other end of the bath - I don't get the reasoning either.

 

[Gazzer]

A sharp stanley knife will cut through the trim but be careful to not cut yourself or damage the tiles.
When cutting dont try to go through the trim in one go and a new blade is a must...but watch those fingers.