Morning people I have some showers to fit vinly on floor coved and vinyl on the walls these showers are in constant use all day and god nows how much water over them through out the day, the vinyl thats on there has all bubbled and fallen off and owners not happy with the way it was fitted ( not by me ) the owners are saying the walls have to be welded to floor upstands i have no problem doing this and 100% confident in my welding but when doing this way there is always a small risk viny shrinking weld breaks down through cleaners using to strong cleaner that water will get in somewhere between welds but my favoured method is to lay floor upstands then use t200 ( dim strip ) to cap it weld them together then fit walls with coved internals and let the vinyl at bottom run up over the t200 and weld line onto floor upstand by a couple of mm so the water runs straight down avoiding any welds where wall / floor meets, the owners have never had this way fitted to any of the showers they have and are a little unsure as its not the way they have ever seen, has anyone used this method would you push to use your own known to work system or the way they want it done theres masses of work coming up there and dont want any reason for something to go wrong, im in 2 minds as to push to doit my way or there way and hope it stays dry behind sugestions welcome
Hi Andy you idea seems ok but a little over kill, i know your idea as if its a drip edge, dont think it would make a difference in my opinion, the water has a way of getting in, and the chances of the welds breaking down would be enhanced with this harder detail to weld and cutting off, i would use white rock and a strip at the bottom, rather than having the problem of trying to put vinyl on wet walls, this will be your problem in an occupied area, ripping off and drying to enable you to lay new vinyl could take you longer than you will have, this is a private house with a pool that we did, so did his showers in orange whiterock bending it around all the windows, sorry about the bad pictures, its worth looking into and anybody with a skill set to lay vinyl on the floor can do this on the walls, if your interested let me know and i will point you in the right direction.
Thanks curve the walls will be dry as there ripping the lot out and putting new in in an ideal word they would be better with a white rok system but the whole place is vinyl on the walls and new has to match the existing
Thought it was being done while it was still open sorry, if they are doing it as new then i would just do it as they have done it before , just better , finding out how it failed would help would round off all edges, making it curved, doing externals at an angle and pigs ear shapes, will send pictures, going back to your original idea i might use it if they are using the thin polyclad vinyl and then 2mm on the floor , whats the spec?
they are all stained with the chemicals as they cant use soap and water and its a few years old but shows the shape you cut this is a ceiling but not sure you can see the joints that show the detail not a great picture of what i mean, its a little old and a little battered Gary
The original spec is all over the place and didnt make any sense they were talking about using tarkett multisafe for floors with colour matched set in skirting and tarkett aquarelle on walls none of the colour codes matched any of the samples, so a 360 miles round trip last week I found out its tarkett granit multisafe on floors coved and tarkett iq granit on walls, one of the reasons why its wet behind is the state of the welding its welded in every internal and its 2.7 metres high so they have a 60cm strip at top then 2m in middle with 10cm floor upstand, ive asked builders to take photos before they rip it out as I wasnt allowed as it was open and being used when I looked at it
Hi Andy, Have you considered using PVC tiles as a possible option for the floor? I've used some in the past and they are handy to fit and would probably be ideal for shower area of the swimming pool as they are both anti-slip and water resistant. This is of course if they haven't already decided to go with the tarkett finish you mentioned above. Sounds like you have your hands full to say the least. You just need to make sure that you prep everything well before installing and take time doing it to ensure they are happy with the outcome. Let's hope they just let you get on with things. Check out these guys - http://flexi-tile.com/
