Tile effect vinyl in shower / wetroom?

[sandspider]

Hi folks

Does anyone have any experience of the above? We have a nice tiled shower, but the grout between the tiles keeps going, so it's getting expensive to keep repairing it. We don't want to go plastic shower tray, so we're considering vinyl. The price seems good, and it should last a while (as I understand it - longer than tiles anyway). I'm guessing it will look a bit rubbish though, not like real tiles? How long does it actually last? We struggle to get more than 3 or 4 years from a set of tiles - one starts to bounce then water gets under.

Cheers. 👍

[oldypigeonpopper]

Hello, What happens to the grout ?? You can get shower wall panels 

Edited 10 hours ago by oldypigeonpopper

[sandspider]

It cracks as the tiles start to flex, and water gets under it...

[oldypigeonpopper]

6 minutes ago, sandspider said:

It cracks as the tiles start to flex, and water gets under it...

Hello, Look at the Shower panels from the Plastic Hub .co.uk

[sandspider]

Thanks, but I shoild have said - it's for the floor! The walls are fine!

[TIGHTCHOKE]

It sounds like your floor requires some reinforcement to stop the flexing.

[Yellow Bear]

Vinyl will flex with floor but having seen it used extensively in healthcare with many problems I would not use it myself.

[JKD]

The problem is the base, ie the floor. It should be as solid and firm as possible if being tiled over. I'm assuming it's a timber floor,,,, joists, boards etc.

Poorly thought out and installed tiling I'm afraid 🙄

[marsh man]

14 minutes ago, JKD said:

The problem is the base, ie the floor. It should be as solid and firm as possible if being tiled over. I'm assuming it's a timber floor,,,, joists, boards etc.

Poorly thought out and installed tiling I'm afraid 🙄

Could even be the tile cement , not sure if they do a powder form of waterproof tile cement , but like you say if the base is not solid then it is only a matter of time before problems arrive  MM

[JKD]

3 minutes ago, marsh man said:

Could even be the tile cement , not sure if they do a powder form of waterproof tile cement , but like you say if the base is not solid then it is only a matter of time before problems arrive  MM

Any tiling over a timber and ply floor is usually fitted using flexible tile adhesive. This allows for the slight flexibility in the timber, which is a natural occurrence. Any work similar is all down to the preparation,,,, in this instance the timber and ply[?] floor, and also the possibility of the use of normal tile adhesive, which doesn't flex 😐

And then, like you said,,,, "it's only a matter of time before,,,,,, " 🤦‍♂️

[oldypigeonpopper]

Hello, Ah the floor, presume timber floor board, could you not lay some down hard board and use vinyl flooring

[amateur]

I laid sheet rubber flooring in our ensuite, over the floorboards.

It is the stuff used on hospital floors.

It has proven to be very hard wearing and flexes with the floor, without cracking.