Traveller Posted July 31, 2018 Report Share Posted July 31, 2018 Have spent some time doing a refit of the shower area. Near finished now but need to decide on something to line the shower cubicle walls. Have discounted tiles and favour a suitable linoleum type product that can easily be stuck to ply backing. Any suggestions would be appreciated.| Thanks Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bizzard Posted July 31, 2018 Report Share Posted July 31, 2018 Gloss paint is as good as anything, and easy to do and to change colour when fed up with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boater Sam Posted July 31, 2018 Report Share Posted July 31, 2018 We used to do commercial showers on a budget with Formica, sealed corners with silicone. There are several products that are waterproof ply and melamine coated like Formica/Wearite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicknorman Posted July 31, 2018 Report Share Posted July 31, 2018 If you want to do it properly, you could use purpose designed shower panelling. Something like Spashwall from B&Q is at the lower end of the price range. https://www.diy.com/departments/bathroom/bathroom-wall-panels/bathroom-panels/DIY1457024.cat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traveller Posted July 31, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2018 8 minutes ago, nicknorman said: If you want to do it properly, you could use purpose designed shower panelling. Something like Spashwall from B&Q is at the lower end of the price range. https://www.diy.com/departments/bathroom/bathroom-wall-panels/bathroom-panels/DIY1457024.cat Thanks but far too pricey for what is a holiday boat. Guess I should be looking at something like wet-room floor covering or the like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calon Posted July 31, 2018 Report Share Posted July 31, 2018 Grant Westfield shower wall panels are probably the best solution and they look classy though expensive at approx 140 a panel i use these on domestic installs and commercial as there very hard wearing but any local upvc trade supplier will also sell a much cheaper upvc wall panel probably " geo" panel eighter in 250mm wide tounge and groove or 800 wide these are easy to fit and cheap as chips from a proper upvc supplier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea Dog Posted July 31, 2018 Report Share Posted July 31, 2018 My shower, fitted by the boat builder, is lined with common or garden cushion floor type vinyl flooring.. Its sealed with normal bathroom silicone in the corners and around the top and bottom edges. Lightweight, totally impervious to water and massive choice of colours styles and patterns, inexpensive by any measure. Ours is a subtle blue mosaic which I think looks great. It's been up the best part of ten years and looks new. No leaks. I wouldn't hesitate to replace it with the same should it ever need it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
system 4-50 Posted July 31, 2018 Report Share Posted July 31, 2018 (edited) There is a supplier of geopanels in Tamworth that sells seconds (and only seconds) at around half price or less. You need to visit to choose what defects you can accept. I did my shower with them. Edited July 31, 2018 by system 4-50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traveller Posted July 31, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2018 16 minutes ago, Sea Dog said: My shower, fitted by the boat builder, is lined with common or garden cushion floor type vinyl flooring.. Its sealed with normal bathroom silicone in the corners and around the top and bottom edges. Lightweight, totally impervious to water and massive choice of colours styles and patterns, inexpensive by any measure. Ours is a subtle blue mosaic which I think looks great. It's been up the best part of ten years and looks new. No leaks. I wouldn't hesitate to replace it with the same should it ever need it. Now that sounds ideal. I shall certainly check that option out. Thanks Sea Dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard T Posted July 31, 2018 Report Share Posted July 31, 2018 There are commercial vinyl suppliers who make walling grade vinyl - common names are Tarkett, Polyflor and others. You need to make sure that there are no defects whatsoever in the substrate otherwise they will'grin' through the vinyl. The preparation takes longer than the fitting of the vinyl. You can seal junctions with silicon sealer or even better put cove formers in the junctions and then you can use a single sheet without any joints. This system is used extensively in hospitals as ceramic tiles are no longer used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan de Enfield Posted July 31, 2018 Report Share Posted July 31, 2018 We had Lino / cushion floor on the walls after 13 years it was staring to break down, the joints leaked it had gone 'brittle' and was staring to look 'stained'. We replaced it with fibreglass. (Fibreglassed and gel-coated in situ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted July 31, 2018 Report Share Posted July 31, 2018 I used cushion floor and is still looking good,Well as good as it ever did. Its been in use for 16 years now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Ambrose Posted July 31, 2018 Report Share Posted July 31, 2018 Hi Colin, our shower as others have said is lined with a mosaic patterned cushion floor no problems with it. You could try using closed cell plastic sheeting, easy to work with and to fix, I used Sticks Like Sh*t a great adhesive . I did use close cell plastic for the ceiling as it has a high gloss finish and is warm to touch I'll text you my new number Regards Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nb Innisfree Posted July 31, 2018 Report Share Posted July 31, 2018 Blacking? ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuthound Posted August 1, 2018 Report Share Posted August 1, 2018 10 hours ago, nb Innisfree said: Blacking? ? Now that is the solution I would have expected Miss Max to come up with ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mack Posted August 1, 2018 Report Share Posted August 1, 2018 4 hours ago, cuthound said: Now that is the solution I would have expected Miss Max to come up with ? Along with blocking the extractor fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan de Enfield Posted August 1, 2018 Report Share Posted August 1, 2018 6 minutes ago, David Mack said: Along with blocking the extractor fan. And covering the windows and mushrooms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty40s Posted August 1, 2018 Report Share Posted August 1, 2018 17 hours ago, ditchcrawler said: I used cushion floor and is still looking good,Well as good as it ever did. Its been in use for 16 years now You must have a big water tank.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted August 1, 2018 Report Share Posted August 1, 2018 3 hours ago, matty40s said: You must have a big water tank.... Like the people with washing machines on board,I refill the tank, regularly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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