harrycatcat1 Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 A lot of firms recently are advertising to renovate old bathrooms and fitting plastic wall panels among other stuff as well. We had ours done a couple of years back with the plastic panels and recently had a tenanted house bathroom done for 3.5k. Reading the comments on one firm that does it someone was saying that they were using the cheapest plastic panels and they would only last a few years. Is this bull muck or are there different qualities of wall panel and if so how do you know the difference 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Bear Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 It is the thickness that usually makes the difference. All UPVC "hardens" with time and becomes more "brittle" but correctly fixed to the wall that should not be a problem. If properly cleaned it usually does not discolour and will only fracture on hard "point" impact. I have used it in 2 houses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddoakley Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 It's not the thickness of the panel itself that matters, it's the thickness of the outer skin and the number/spacing of the internal ribs. Cheap rubbish has fewer ribs therefore relies on the outer skin more which is invariably very thin on cheap panels. I'm not a fan. Edd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted January 16 Author Report Share Posted January 16 30 minutes ago, Yellow Bear said: It is the thickness that usually makes the difference. All UPVC "hardens" with time and becomes more "brittle" but correctly fixed to the wall that should not be a problem. If properly cleaned it usually does not discolour and will only fracture on hard "point" impact. I have used it in 2 houses. Thank you 😉 19 minutes ago, eddoakley said: It's not the thickness of the panel itself that matters, it's the thickness of the outer skin and the number/spacing of the internal ribs. Cheap rubbish has fewer ribs therefore relies on the outer skin more which is invariably very thin on cheap panels. I'm not a fan. Edd Thank you 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Bear Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 20 minutes ago, eddoakley said: It's not the thickness of the panel itself that matters, it's the thickness of the outer skin and the number/spacing of the internal ribs. Cheap rubbish has fewer ribs therefore relies on the outer skin more which is invariably very thin on cheap panels. I'm not a fan. Edd I have only used solid panel 1.5 to 2.5 mm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team tractor Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 We use nuance wall panels . 100% water proof and won’t go brittle . Not cheap but it’s not the same product. I’ve got it and it’s great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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