bathroom reno

[cabman]

hi room im about to start my bathroom reno need some help.today i took out the old cnr vanty and the villa board does not go all the way down see pic to the slab when i resheet the bathroom do i have to put the villabaord to the slab?also is it better to waterproof the slab then put 20mm sand and cement to get the floor level?thanks

[bricks]

Not sure about villa board, I hav'nt used it much.
When I use gyprock tho I've been told to keep it 15-20 mm above the floor so that if water gets under the floor it does'nt soak up the wall.

Also you should use a cement screed mix and give the floor fall to the floor traps in the room and level off under vanity's and toilet pans. Normally fall is around 15-30mm per meter, in your shower you want as much fall as you can get without making it impossible to tile.

[cabman]

thanks mate 1 more thing i have a 3 way bathroom i have 3 internal walls i want to knock down the walls but i have 3 floor waste 1 in front of my main vanity another just in front of the toilet and 1 on the side of my bath.should i leave all 3 there or just put 1 in the middle of the room.thanks

[Metung]

James Hardie recommend a 6mm gap under the vilaboard and that you install the sheets with the long edge at right angles to the framing. They have all the installation instruction on their web site - well worth a look.

[bricks]

thanks mate 1 more thing i have a 3 way bathroom i have 3 internal walls i want to knock down the walls but i have 3 floor waste 1 in front of my main vanity another just in front of the toilet and 1 on the side of my bath.should i leave all 3 there or just put 1 in the middle of the room.thanks

Unless I had an exact diagram of your bathroom showing what you want to do and what you have already I can't tell you. That sort of decision is best left to a plumber, really should be done by a plumber too.

[Ivan in Oz]

Might this help?
Here or others?

http://www.reece.com.au/bathrooms/planner

Also, Yes!!!
The 'James Hardie' instructions

Though I seem to bend some rules

[cabman]

thanks for replys ill post some pics when i get a chance cheers

[cabman]

here is some pics of my bathroom.my bath as it is now is a 3 way bathroom i am going to take down 3 internal walls which are marked red and going to make it one big room when the walls get taken down but i have to support the celling first with a beam.Ive taken down a archway i had leading into the bathroom and square it off ready for a door jam and door.ill post some more pics as i do a little more cheers.

[cabman]

here is a plan how it should look after i take down the walls cheers.

[Dirty Doogie]

I see on your plan that you are going to have a corner bath/spa AND a shower? You could put the shower over the corner bath ad have some more room.

[cabman]

i tried to tell the miss that lol shes wants them separate.ill post up so more pics as i go along and has any one else installed a cnr spa whats the way you install it brick hebal or timber frame and whats the best way of making a acces point to service the pump cheers

[cabman]

started today ripping up the floor and i got to a floor waste the problem is i cant get the dam thing out i think when they put them in they glued it in to a 50MM pipe has any one got any ideas around this.i was planning to buy new floor waste but dont know which ones to get cheers

[pawnhead]

i was planning to buy new floor waste but dont know which ones to get cheers

I reckon that a Smartile looks quite snazy.
What's that black area on your floor plan?

[cabman]

thats a wall mate it backs onto the kitchen where the fridge is