Trying to scam?

[DanP]

Better still for cutting holes for taps etc, is a diamond holesaw. Much neater than a blade.

Dan

[seriph1]

can i just clarify folks (and apols for going slightly off topic) this is for a bathroom floor..... is the laminated tile-look product suitable for floors? If so I am a happy boy!

don't much like tiling, which is why my old californian bunglaow has the most stunning ex-roofing slates laid at randowm throughout the place - covered a world of sins

[vsquizz]

In a word...Nope

There may be another product that is though. Hit up the Hardie and Laminex websites.

Cheers

[IanA]

Gemi,

We managed with no drain in our bathroom floor, with two kids right through from 0 to left home.

If you have the whole floor graded to a drain it may help with gross spills, but you will still need to mop up after. If the floor is basically flat there is not much point in the drain.

I can remember times when I swear there was more water on the floor than in the bath, but the joyful noises were worth the mess.

Have a crack at tiling. It really is not that difficult.
Having read heaps of your other posts I reckon you have enough practical knowhow and common sense to breeze through it.

[seriph1]

http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...8&q=DIY+tiling

have a look


be careful watching tellie in the bathroom gemi - Beko's dont like water

[gemi_babe]

hahahahhaha @ seriph http://www.parbury.com.au/ceramilite/ceramilite.asp is the board squizz is talking about... it seems like the go for me with the tiling for the walls.

I am planning the bathroom and will attempt it when the weather heats up.
Drying times for adhesive etc would be quicker on hotter days right?
And if we are not allowed to walk on the floor... Luckily I have a new neighbour, she is very nice, so will be able to borrow her loo and shower :P

Does anyone here recommend a good adhesive for wooden houses? One that allows movement?
Does anyone know of products to stay away from in the tiling industry?
If I am going to do this on my own, I want to have all the right stuff the first time around.

I wont bother with the drainage hole as we are doing ok without it. Towels and mops work fine

I spoke to te fencing guy the other day, who put my 10ft gate in... I was speaking about the hire of the nail gun that this tiler had quoted me for bla bla bla.... He says.....Oh you gotta put those things in the cost of the job, for replacement value... See that drill.....guess how much it cost me.... $540 :eek:yeah. A panasonic drill..... ???

Thanks all for the support to do it myself... I am going to

[DanP]

Use Resaflex (sp) I am told that it is great stuff.

Dan

[vsquizz]

Gemi, here's the panel Bunnies can supply;

http://www.homeideas.com.au/showprod...&state=1&cat=5

or here; http://www.jameshardie.com.au/buildi...?cid=36&did=23

or the LamiPanel here:

http://www.laminex.com.au/pdf/lam_pr..._panelling.pdf

Cheers

[nine-to-fiver]

I have a 4yr old and bathtimes can get a little messy Sturdee, I need a spillage drain (they are called something else)

Hi gemi,
I have just started my first ext/reno and the tech talk learning curve is huge!
Well for me any way, not to smart, but can lift heavy stuff.

The drain is called a FLOOR WASTE, and to my thinking if you have any carpet any where near a bathroom, its a must, kids....

Scott.

[Jon]

When if did up the bathroom on my previous place I used Lamipanel and I would not hesitate to recomend it. It can be descibed as laminex on backing board and is very tough. It needs to be cut with a scribe type laminex cutter.

A couple of years back I assisted my father in law in doing one of his bathrooms and though I recomended Lamipanel he bought something cheaper and Ceramlite rings a bell. It is very soft and it very soon started to show dings and cuts right through the surface from too vigouress cleaning and who knows what.

In my opinion, check the durability of the surface, Lamipanel seems fairly tough, at least one of the other products is not tough enough.

Jon

[journeyman Mick]

I can vouch for the durability of Lamipanel, I've fitted 100's of square metres of the stuff, mostly in boats and a lot of it in boats bathrooms and galleys. (Not many places more demanding for resistance to moisture, heat and vibration). It's actually a solid sheet of laminate 3.5mm thick, no backing. It's best cut with an aluminium cutting blade in a cicular saw or a laminate cutting blade in a jigsaw. It can be planed with an electric planer with tungsten blades and machines readily with tungsten bits in a router. I've fitted the ceramilite in a few bathrooms (client's choice, not mine) and I don't believe it would be anywhere near as durable. It's basically masonite and any cut edges need to be sealed with enamel paint. If you get any of your joints wrong or you go through the protective top layer moisture would get into the board itself and eventually break it down.

Mick

[Don Nethercott]

Lamipanel is now called Wet Area Panelling.

[journeyman Mick]

Lamipanel is now called Wet Area Panelling.

Oh yeah, I forgot they changed the name a few years ago now. Also Lysaght is now called Bluescope and all the colorbond names he=ave changed too. Gotta keep all those marketing type people busy now.

Mick

[bitingmidge]

And Besser Blocks aren't Besser blocks any more, they're some other kind of Block (but they're still Besser blocks even though they've got a different name, according to the literature).

Now there's another one for that thread on generic products taking up a brand name!

Cheers,

P

[vsquizz]

Also Lysaght is now called Bluescope and all the colorbond names he=ave changed too.
Mick

Well Midge you left the gate open

Heard about that:eek: , raced outside and checked my colourbond that used to be "Harvest", I think it looks much better now that it is "SandBar"


Cheers