Ceramalite or laminex panels for shower walls?

[pedro the swift]

Hi Jb, When I did the ensuite(two years ago) I fixed the lamipanel to the wall sheeting as it was in relatively good condition. I had to do the job as the tiles in shower recess were bulged out about two inches. a good knock and the whole lot would have fallen off! dangerous.
When I pulled the tiles off I found the waterproof villaboard had a large crack in it and I had to replace it. That was a bit of fun as I had to cut the new piece into two to get it in the recess. one was cut to shower recess height((1800) and next piece was placed above it to ceiling.
I left the tiles on the shower hob , just scuffed them with a diamond wheel and covered them with lamipanel.
Also put lamipanel around the rest of the ensuite up to waist height (900mm or so).
The bare villaboard was covered with waterproofing compound ( two coats, used the whole four litres) , Copper tray in shower recess looked ok, floor tiles in ensuite and shower were ok so they were left.
Used the supplied cornices and edge capping supplied by Lamipanel and no problems encountered with that. Biggest headache was wether to mitre the junctions of vertical corners and capping or leave it a straight cover over.

It turned out to a rather satisfactory job (in my opinion) and looks good. I am planning to redo the main bathroom similarly (when time permits) in similar fashion.
If I can find out how post pics I would.
PS if you are gonna paint using second hand paint make sure its all the same colour (dont ask)

[JB]

Biggest headache was wether to mitre the junctions of vertical corners and capping or leave it a straight cover over.

Why would you need to mitre these? Aren't they covered by the joiners or trim?

Thanks for your post. Hope to start fitting lamipanel in a month or so when villaborad etc is fitted. Expect more queries about then!

[pedro the swift]

Where the joiners in internal corners or such meet the top capping, the dilemma was wether to have the internal corner stop at the top of the sheet or have the top capping over the corner joiner or to have them meet via a nice mitre. Since my mitring skills are not exactly the best I chose to have the top capping above the corner joiner (if that makes sense to you or anyone).
I will try to post pics if I can.

As far as that goes it took me two trips to the hardware store and two lengths of cornice before I worked out how to cut it to fit into the existing cornice. Nothing more frustrating than cut to cornices and then finding one has done it in reverse or cut it 100mm short.

[pedro the swift]

I noticed that there may be some confusion about just what I meant . I meant the corner joining strip and top capping strip not the sheet itself.

[sugarman7]

Has anyone used Ceramalite in the Kitchen as a splashback? How has it lasted? Will it take heat?
Thanks

[Bondy1s]

I have used ceramalite and lamipanel in shower recesses/bathrooms over the past several years and they are both great products. They look great in display bathrooms in shops and showrooms. The only problem they have is when you add water and soap.

[Daren]

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any other opinions on lamipanel versus tiles ?