I’m trying to find information on using acrylic sheets to sheath a shower stall or bath tub area. Not one-piece or 3-piece acylic sets, but rather solid sheets of 1/4 inch material. A better-quality home builder here in Toronto had one in a model home, but I can’t find any info on the actual product (I believe it’s acrylic), the installation or where I can get it.
Dave
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Some of the solid surface manfacturers sell material in ¼" thickness sized for shower installation. Or you could try a plastics supply house such as Curbell. http://www.curbellplastics.com/
Thanks, I'll check it out. I have to be honest, I like tile, but my wife was really impressed with whatever product it is she saw. She's a Realtor and gets to see a lot of homes, but unfortunately can only come home and tell me about it and I have to sleuth it out from there.
If your into tile at all, try this web site. http://ontariotilesetters.com/
Really useful for us do it yourselfers.
She probably likes the smooth surface because she is the one who has to clean it. There are lots of good products available; I hope you find something you both like.
i just did a custom job in puyallup wa.i bought such a liner from dix systems.somewhere in canada.it goes by the name one-liner it seemed like a decent product but very expensive for the amount of material.contractor's price for a 67"x27" was over $600
I looked at the DIX website. Nifty product. At $600 it seems a bit expensive, although I recall a past FHB article on a built-up shower pan and I believe the author said he charges about $500 to do one so it's ready for thinset and tile. I have 3 shower stalls to do and they're all different sizes. $1800 for three of those is incentive enough for me to learn how to build them up myself. We got a little off topic from the part about the one piece wall panels. But since the topic of tile came up, I've recently been visiting a tile web site that's really helpful to duffers like me. And its local too. ontariotile.com
Dave in YYZ
Corian makes shower panels (with American Standard) that are pretty slick. Not cheap---$2,000 grand for the shower.
I cut to size 4 x 8 sheets of 1/4 inch Lucite (by GE) for a free standing outside shower. While most people won't want a standalone see through shower, this material has been in place now for about 3 years and doesn't show any signs of wear or scratching, etc. It is used throughout the winter. It provides a lot of safety too in the outdoor environment I used it in (as opposed to glass, etc.)
much of what would work in a /as a shower stall can be found at a sign supply shop... sheet lexan.. same stuff that holds up for 20 yrs in sub zero to 120 degree days in the sun... some you can bend with a sheet metal brake...
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If you are interested in tiling the shower stall, I recommend you look into Schluter Kerdi membrane. You use regular sheetrock, then apply this membrane, then thinset your tile in. It's apparently impervious. Check out john bridge tile forum. Put it in our shower as well as the walls of a tub/shower. They make ditra membrane also, featured on the cover of FHB last summer. This is for floor tile so it is less likely to crack.
good luck!
Johnny
Just order tempered glass and paint the back side any color or pattern you want. Hard part is ordering one with holes for the valves.