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I'm soon to have a new bathroom & I'm thinking of having it tiled all over to save any future decorating.
At the moment it's tiled half way with wall paper on the top half.
I can't decide if it would look too clinical if it was tiled all over.
Any thoughts/ideas?
We wouldn't have ours tiled again Carol. It was tiled from floor to ceiling three years ago and it's ready for re grouting again, especially in the shower cubicle.
Re grouting is hard tedious work, and grouting attracts algae and mould no matter how clean you keep it.
There are large waterproof panels that can be glued to the walls, just like those installed in some hotels, and because there are very few joints, there is no need to re grout every so often and will last virtually forever....
we recently had our en suite completely refurbished
before shower unit etc was fitted in but shows the tiles used
Now here is a tip for you
ask how many sq metres of tiles needed, then go to a tiles wharehouse and get end of line, which is what we did for the above picture. Those tiles were normally £25 a box and we got them for £10 a box plus a couple of boxes for nothing as they could not restock, saved us £150 in total. we got 15 sq mtres for the en suite
Or you could go for something like our main bathroom which we also completely refurbished
Note the line of tiles to add a bit of colour
thinking back would have not used white tiles but as now done etc
So may give some ideas Carol. The en suite we had laid in brick style which looks so much better. Also had in there LED ceiling lights fitted , so much better than the original ones
as usually I took photos of before during and finish, handy to know the pipe runs under the floor as we had the heated towel rail moved as well
We wouldn't have ours tiled again Carol. It was tiled from floor to ceiling three years ago and it's ready for re grouting again, especially in the shower cubicle.
Re grouting is hard tedious work, and grouting attracts algae and mould no matter how clean you keep it.
There are large waterproof panels that can be glued to the walls, just like those installed in some hotels, and because there are very few joints, there is no need to re grout every so often and will last virtually forever....
not seen those wet wall types but I do have to query what is used to stick them to the walls Slightest place missed and steam would soon have all that down making a real mess.
As for grouting of which I have done loads of in previous properties we had, never once had alge or mould occur.
What I suspect is originally the grouting was not done properly or worse poor quality grout which is more likely as it can go off if stored for some time first just like plaster.
As long as tiled walls are dried off after a shower and air left to circulate, then one should not have any problems
not seen those wet wall types but I do have to query what is used to stick them to the walls Slightest place missed and steam would soon have all that down making a real mess.
As for grouting of which I have done loads of in previous properties we had, never once had alge or mould occur.
What I suspect is originally the grouting was not done properly or worse poor quality grout which is more likely as it can go off if stored for some time first just like plaster.
As long as tiled walls are dried off after a shower and air left to circulate, then one should not have any problems
Not true here, I'm afraid.
My tiles are always towel dried and the window left open, yet mould still starts if I am not vigilant.
We had our bathroom redone 4 or 5 years ago and there is no sign of mould. Nowadays you can get Anti-Mould Grout, and there are products advertised as Water-Repellent & Anti-Mould. And I don't know the name of the one I bought but it definitely works.