tiling round a shower enclosure - aquapanel?

[NOAH]

I am now double checking evrything my builder does and making sure I go for the "RIGHT" option. I am going to have an en suite in one bedroom that will be enclosed with plasterboard on 2 sides. The idea is to tile onto the plaster board direst, ie no rough plaster first. however, I read up on a thing called aquapanel that appears to be the best option as it is waterproof et.

Any advice and I dont want to go completely overbaord but this is my last house and I want it right from the outset. I will be there 20 years plus dv!

help

here is link for aquapanel



noah

 

[Leo]

Hi Noah, see here for a discussion on tiling directly onto plasterboard. The green paper lined plasterboard is also moisture resistant, compare the prices for this with the aquapanel.
Leo

 

[teddyk]

From reading the links about Aquapanel, it appears that you can tile straight onto it. No need to plaster etc. beforehand. Can't find any suppliers of it in Ireland though.

 

[fandango1]

Just saw that Aquapanel stuff in B&Q Liffey Valley at the weekend...would be interested to hear about any experience with it as we'll be looking to finish off a new shower enclosure soon.

 

[teddyk]

Went to have a look at the Aquapanel in B&Q Liffey Valley yesterday.
Sheets are 1200mm x 600m x 10mm, which is quite small.
€21 per sheet. Would be too costly for me to clad whole bathroom.
Most of the sheets on the pallet were damaged too.